Top 20 King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners 1955 - 2017

The top 20 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winners 1955 - 2017, in my opinion.
The roll of honour for this race incredible. I had to leave some very top class winners off this video and I'm sure a few would be controversial. A lot of the performances here were truly outstanding. For me, in the time I've been watching racing I'd go with Generous as the best King George winner I've seen.
In alphabetical order:
Brigadier Gerard
Dahlia
Dancing Brave
Daylami
Enable
Galileo
Generous
Grundy
Harbinger
Lammtarra
Mill Reef
Montjeu
Nashwan
Nijinsky
Reference Point
Ribot
Shergar
St Jovite
Swain
Troy

[@michaellovell1368]

As much as I love these compilations we rarely see enough of our heroes in Black and White from the 1960s. Like Nasram, Meadow Court, Busted and Royal Palace.

[@katyevans5658]

So many fabulous horses ..brigadier Gerard..nijinsky ..nashwan ..ela mana mou ..shergar ..mill reef ..all top class ..troy ..

[@seanmcmanus867]

Was Brig Gerard overrated???

[@williammitchell9974]

Thanks For This Great Post All Great Horses👏( Why Does Sir Lester) Always Bring Thee Wry Smile😇Teenoso👏

[@dannyeldergolf]

Montjeu was the most impressive by a mile, beating a horse like fantastic light hard on the bridle is amazing!

[@alioucisse1548]

Yup. He won on the bridal. He was the best by a country mile

[@DavidCarvillr]

Montjeu was extraordinary,however fantastic light was a much better horse the following year.

[@seangrayson541]

Wow..I enjoyed watching that ! Some truly Amazing Horse's on show there 👏

[@jimhawkins3765]

Generous must be the most underrated horse of recent times!

[@MILESnomore]

GENEROUS, st jovite -- who hosed up.... MONTJEU, harbinger.. all amazing winners

[@RichardHenry-b3b]

Indeed Generous and Lamtarra ran the big races unlike Frankel who won one classic and dodged the rest

[@nightowl7459]

Robot, the unbeaten Italian champion, often overlooked.

[@chrissimmins4171]

For me still the best all age middle distance race of the year love to see it get back to the sort of status it used to have. I was there when Harbinger won having backed him so sad he never made it to the Arc a fantastic horse

[@nightowl7459]

Chris Simmins: Definitely, it's the most fairest race, you rarely get very soft ground or horse who are past their best at that time of year, I just wish it was a little more international like the Arc is.

[@rohansrider]

​@@nightowl7459 Agree with you both: Back in the day this race would attract Derby winners, French Derby winners, English and French Oaks and other very talented one and half milers. Nowadays relatively small fields and not as classy. Considering the prestige and the prize money, it’s odd that it seems less attractive to owners and trainers. FYR Brigadier Gerrard won the Two Thousands Guineas so did Nijinsky, Dancing Brave, and Nashwan.

[@nightowl7459]

@@rohansrider Under I think a few tend to sidestep the King George in favour of the international, and we rarely get that much of a International field although last year wasn't that bad with a German and Japanese runner in the field, I think a lot has been lost by France cutting the distance of their Derby and Oaks, and the Brigadier was great, the only other Guineas winner's to have won the King George are Nashwan and Nijinsky as I can remember, but I'm sure there could be one or two more over it's long history?

[@rohansrider]

@@nightowl7459 Dancing Brave also. He who went on to win the Arc which Nijinsky and Nashwan failed to do I know it’s ancient history but the illustrious horse should have had the Derby on his CV. Terrible jockey error, quite possibly one of the worst in modern times. To win the Guineas in early May and then go on to capture the Arc in early October is a great training achievement . I rate the horse very highly and cannot watch that Epsom defeat without yelling at the TV. Nashwan never ran in the Arc, having run very badly over the course and distance in the Prix Neil in the Sept and Nijinsky who was well below par was beaten by Sassafras , but not badly and had he not had that bout of ringworm he would have won, I feel sure. Dancing Brave for me comes out on top. When we compare horses we do need to look at everything they won and who they beat. Fascinating subject.

[@nightowl7459]

@@rohansrider I'm not sure? I think Nijinsky was a little unlucky in the Arc, he had the race in the bag only to swerve and hand it to the other horse, people will say that Dancing Brave was definitely unlucky at Epsom, but take nothing away from the winner Sharistani who proved what a good horse he was in the Irish Derby before losing his form, I always believed El Gran Senor was even more unlucky not to have a Epsom Derby on his CV.

[@livetwice7702]

I was there on my 40th birthday to watch Swain win …..best day ever ……it was a bit of a My Fair Lady moment though , sitting in the stands and no one was saying a word ……I didn’t quite shout …….move your blooming arse …..but I did jump up and down shouting go on Frankie …..much to the disgust of the Ascot crowd …….i loved Swain ……he was a beautiful horse ….

[@PATRIARCA173]

Ribot-Mill Reef-Brigadier-Dancing Brave

[@EnjoytheQ.]

That lammtarra commentary was legendary loooool

[@FORESTDONS]

No horse comes near to Ribot,One of the greatest horse ever

[@nightowl7459]

Definitely one of the best.

[@quidnunc2436]

Some great horses, but Ribot was a monster and would have beaten them all, nothing would have got near him. Enable was probably the best of the others.

[@keithmaxine8387]

@@quidnunc2436 Montjeu would canter all over him.

[@waynequincy5695]

Generous for me is with dancing brave and Frankel 🐴

[@invisiblemaninvisibleman2097]

Generous was impressive also

[@jackkey2199]

Ribot is the ultimate champion

[@kieranrobinson5746]

where is Pentire in this list? his 96 win was classy as owt, having lost 6 or 7 lengths at the start and then cruised by Classic Cliche and a Derby winner on the bridle! only just poked out of the previous year by the unbeatable lamtarra! is definitely in my top 10! But it's impossible not to have Montjeu in any top 3 as he was very impressive as was Nijinsky!

[@MILESnomore]

Pentire should have beaten LAMMTARRA - Hills got there too early (on the bridle) and then did nothing in front (a bit like Harchibald in the champ hurdle) ... some horses can't get home and need to be placed really late, on the line.. Pentire was pure class and loved Ascot (which seemed to suit) .. perhaps , FRANKIE on Pentire and Hills on Lammtarra produces a diff result,, not to knock LAMMTARRA , who got the 1mile 4f so well... MONTJEU and NIJ are best tho

[@paulheywood0309]

Nijinsky the greatest last triple crown winner says it all

[@seamusfallon3104]

Absolutely

[@roberthenderson4495]

Nijinsky for me.

[@nightowl7459]

Robert Henderson: It's got to be Troy for me.

[@barbaradyson6951]

Brigadier Gerard ran his 1st ever 1.5 mile race when he won. He never gone that distance before. He won 17 of his 18 races. Nobody knows that.

[@nightowl7459]

Barbara Dyson: Possibly the effects of this race that contributed to his only defeat a few weeks later, and that's taking nothing away from Roberto who was brilliant that day he defeated the Brigadier.

[@pngcfc]

time charter 83 and mtoto 88 should be on the list

[@leecook8818]

1. Nijinsky, 2. Shergar, 3. Generous, 4. Nashwan, 5. Grundy.

[@jamescarpenter6585]

Bit young then for Brigadier Gerrard who won 16 of 17 or Mill Reef winner of The Derby, Arc (in course record) and King George in the same season?…Those two horses would probably start as favourites to beat your top five. The only question is who would’ve won between them over a mile and a half.

[@leecook8818]

@@jamescarpenter6585 No I saw both Brigadier Gerard and Mill Reef. Both great horses, if I have any changes it would be the Brigadier over Grundy.

[@alioucisse1548]

@@leecook8818The fact that you put Sheagar, Nashwan, Generous and Grundy over The great Mill Reef and the Brigadier tells me you know nothing about horse racing. I don’t think there is 10 ppl in the horse racing world that would put them over those two 😂😂😂😂😂

[@seanmcmanus867]

Lammtarra oooh

[@mikedavies9953]

Dancing Brave the greatest horse over 1.4 that there ever was had he won the derby like he should have there would be no argument

[@manafalmola318]

Dancing brave greatest stallion winner arc triomphe of all time and generous greatest stallion winner king George and enable and shergar greatest horse winner Epsom derby

[@v.p9699]

dancing brave , ribot , enable , shergar

[@reginabusse-gohrig7343]

Where are novellist and Danedream???Novelist Beats the record

[@yami-no-kami3586]

I know. It's a shame that Danedream seemingly never gets mentioned in such videos. But I guess german horses aren't worth the mention no matter how good they ran.

[@MILESnomore]

GO germany --- what about STAR APPEAL in the arc

[@hkman1171]

Montjeu , nevertheless , is supposed to be the ever greatest champion over one and a half mile on turf : no doubts or worries at all for the challenge from Dubai Millenium in 2000 !

[@jdjohnson7299]

How dare you not include the tour de force start to finish lead run from Pawneese. It was a strong field and she ran them ragged

[@leeannerobertson2678]

HARBINGER would have been unbeatable if not injured.

[@nightowl7459]

Leeanne Robertson: It would have been good to have seen what he was really capable of after the King George.

[@michaelreedy3987]

I think Rheingold deserved a place here.

[@electriceclectic5144]

Montjeu annihilates all.

[@eugenemccloskey511]

@@electriceclectic5144 he didn't anialate sindar did he

[@jjsmith4829]

Rheingold never won the King George and QE Stakes.

[@manafalmola2634]

galileo great

[@keithmaxine8387]

Beat by fantastic light who was giving him weight ,light got slaughtered by montjeu giving him lumps of weight. Montjeu would,be eaten Galileo alive.

[@essanaessana2011]

1) harbinger 2) dancing brave 3) mill reef 4) grundy 5) dahlia 1973 6) troy 7) shergar 8) nashwan 9) swain 10) galileo 11)

[@Kevjohno]

murat siyahkara GRUNDY ..just because it's grundy

[@keithwilliams2077]

Dancing brave1.2 sees the stars.3 sea bird.4.treve 5.sakhee.6.trompolino

[@essanaessana2011]

@@keithwilliams2077 sea ​​bird did not win king george

[@jasonfox4857]

@@essanaessana2011 neither did any of the others he,s obviously doin arc winners or some other race only he knows about!!!

[@PaulDanny-dr7jw]

Najinsky

[@electriceclectic5144]

montjeu would.ve annihilated them.

[@barbaradyson6951]

This race broke Bustino and Grundy.

[@somersetfan1]

I'd take out St Jovite and Swain and put in Danedream and Novellist