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Flat Season Owner & Trainer Information 2026

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2026 prize money

£16.7m

TOTAL FLAT SEASON PRIZE FUND

£10.65m

ROYAL ASCOT

£2m

KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES

BRITAIN’S JOINT-RICHEST RACE PLUS £4m+

QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY

BRITAIN’S INDUSTRY FINALE & RICHEST RACEDAY

Field of Gold, winner of the St James’s Palace Stakes 2025 for Juddmonte (owner), John & Thady Gosden (trainer), Colin Keane (jockey) and Roundhill Stud (breeder)

Welcome to the 2026 Flat season at Ascot.

We will once again stage 18 fixtures this year, culminating in QIPCO British Champions Day. Last year’s renewal saw King George winner Calandagan double up in the QIPCO Champion Stakes, which was subsequently recognised as joint-top race in the world in the official 2025 Longines IFHA world rankings.

That contest was a fitting crescendo to Britain’s first ever raceday with five Group 1 races, and this year total prize money on the day will be £4.35m across the seven-race card. That includes the £250,000 QIPCO British Champions Day Two-Year-Old Conditions Stakes which will once again be run without penalties.

Across our 17 other Flat racedays, we have made investments at all levels with every Flat race at Ascot in 2026 now worth a minimum of £25,000, representing an increase of £287,000 into Class 3 and 4 contests alone.

Total prize money at Royal Ascot has increased to £10.65 million with 26 of the 35 races having a higher value than they did in 2025. That includes a minimum prize fund for all races of £120,000 (up from £110,000), with all eight Group 1 races now run for at least £700,000 (two at £1 million). One notable change is that the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes will now be a sire-restricted race run over six furlongs after consultation with the British Horseracing Authority’s Flat Pattern Committee.

We announced last July that this year’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes would become Britain’s joint-richest ever race at £2 million. Last year’s contest, won by Calandagan, was the fourth-best race of 2025 with the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at the Royal Meeting joint-eighth, meaning that Ascot hosted two of the top three intermediate distance turf races in the world last year.

All in all, eight of the top 15 turf horses in the Longines World’s Best Racehorses Table ran at Ascot in 2025, including

Ombudsman (Prince of Wales’s Stakes winner), Field Of Gold (St James’s Palace Stakes winner), and Delacroix (fourth in the QIPCO Champion Stakes behind Calandagan, Ombudsman and Almaqam).

Royal Ascot Trials Day will get the Flat season underway here on Friday 1st May – this fixture has moved from Wednesday to Friday from this year, with the two Group 3 contests (the Longines Sagaro Stakes and the Commonwealth Cup Trial) now set for terrestrial television coverage alongside the Guineas meeting at Newmarket. As with last year, the winners of those two races as well as the Paradise Stakes will gain a wildcard entry to the equivalent races at Royal Ascot.

Later in the season, we welcome a Hong Kong Jockey Club team at the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup for the first time. The newly revamped event has also been added to the World Pool roster and there is more info on pages 30-31 of this brochure. We hope to welcome you to Ascot at some point this year for what is sure to be another exciting and competitive Flat season.

Front Cover: Calandagan winnning the 2025 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes for Aga Khan Studs SCEA (owner), F-H Graffard (trianer), Mickael Barzalona (jockey), Haras De San Altesse L’Aga Khan Scea (breeder)

Owners

The following information is applicable to all Ascot Racedays, excluding Royal Ascot, for which there is a separate brochure.

OWNER/TRAINER

BADGES

We are delighted to offer owners with a horse running complimentary Owner/Trainer badges and lunch, per runner. Please see the table on page 10 for details on where your badge permits access to.

Syndicates and Partnerships requiring more badges

We appreciate that racehorse ownership comes in many forms and as such we can be flexible and tailor individual owner badges requirements. We aim to accommodate all owner groups including large syndicates.

If you require any information or have any special requests (i.e. additional badges), please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our Owners and Trainers’ Manager, Hannah Parlett ownersandtrainers@ascot.com

BOOKING & APPLICATION

Owners with a declared runner are kindly asked to complete a two-stage booking process before arrival at Ascot.

Step 1

Booking entry badges via PASS

Please submit those attending via the PASS system by 4pm the day before racing.

PASS system

For more information on how to register and reserve badges via PASS, follow the PASS System guide.

PASS system guide

IRISH & OVERSEAS OWNERS

Step 2

Lunch booking

Please submit a lunch booking form by 4pm the day before racing.

Lunch booking form

We ask any owners that do not have access to the PASS system to contact our Owners and Trainers’ team directly. Please email Hannah Parlett, Owners and Trainers’ Manager ownersandtrainers@ascot.com with the names of who will be attending by 4.00pm the day before racing.

BADGE COLLECTION

Badges and lunch vouchers should be collected from the Owners and Trainers’ desk in Ticket Office West, adjacent to the West Turnstiles (map page 11). Please give the name of your horse/s, along with the individual name/s booked. An official form of photo identification will be required for collection.

HELICOPTER ARRIVALS

We kindly ask that any owners arriving by helicopter let the Owners and Trainers’ team know so that we can arrange for your tickets and badges to be at the landing area on arrival.

Trainers

PROFESSIONAL JOCKEYS’ ASSOCIATION

The following information is applicable to all Ascot Racedays, excluding Royal Ascot, for which there is a separate brochure.

BADGES

Trainers must bring their photo ID cards to gain admission to the racecourse. NTF metal badges will allow access to facilities once inside the racecourse, if you are not a member of the NTF, two Owner/Trainer badges can be collected on arrival. Those with runners on the day are also entitled to bring a guest who can join them for lunch and a further two guest Owner/Trainer badges (no lunch) (irrespective of how many runners on the day). Please see the table on page 10 for details on where each badge permits access to.

OFFICIAL

BOOKING & APPLICATION

For trainer’s badge and lunch requests please contact ownersandtrainers@ascot.com or +44 (0) 7738 716395

IRISH & OVERSEAS TRAINERS

Please email Hannah Parlett, Owners and Trainers’ Manager ownersandtrainers@ascot.com

BADGE COLLECTION

Badges and lunch vouchers should be collected from the Owners and Trainers’ desk in Ticket Office West, adjacent to the West Turnstiles (map page 11). An official form of photo identification will be required for collection.

Jockeys

PROFESSIONAL JOCKEYS’ ASSOCIATION

The following information is applicable to all Ascot Racedays, excluding Royal Ascot, for which there is a separate brochure.

BADGES

Jockeys MUST bring their PJA accreditation to gain access to the racecourse. We are delighted to offer those with a ride on the day two complimentary Owner/Trainer badges for guests. Please see the table on page 10 for details on where each badge permits access to. The table below outlines badge allocation.

OFFICIAL

BOOKING & APPLICATION

Badges can be arranged on the day or in advance by contacting ownersandtrainers@ascot.com or +44 (0) 7738 716395 or leaving names at the Owners and Trainers’ desk on the day.

BADGE COLLECTION

Badges should be collected from the Owners and Trainers’ desk in Ticket Office West, adjacent to the West Turnstiles (map page 11). Please note that jockey’s guest badges will not be released unless the jockey has requested them in person or in advance. An official form of photo identification will be required for collection.

MEDIA

Badge access

OWNER/TRAINER

NATIONAL TRAINERS’ FEDERATION

PROFESSIONAL JOCKEYS’ ASSOCIATION

VALID TO 31 MARCH 2024 ONLY

Media accreditation card on Red ‘RCA Media 2024’ lanyard

Jockey accreditation card on yellow ‘Jockey 2026’ lanyard

Includes scannable PASS

Includes scannable PASS QR Code

QR Code

Shield shape with NTF and Trainer in chrome on Green enamel. Numbered individually in black Separate PASS Card

Jockey Guest accreditation card on yellow ‘Jockey Guest 2026’ lanyard

Includes scannable PASS QR Code

PROFESSIONAL JOCKEYS’ ASSOCIATION

Official accreditation card on yellow ‘BHA Official 2026’ lanyard Includes scannable PASS QR Code

Jockey accreditation card on Red ‘Jockey 2024’ lanyard

Includes scannable PASS

QR Code

Jockey Guest accreditation card on Red ‘Jockey Guest 2024’ lanyard

Includes scannable PASS

QR Code

Official accreditation card on Red ‘BHA Official 2024’ lanyard

Includes scannable PASS

QR Code

Dining & facilities

We are pleased to offer complimentary lunch to owners and trainers with runners on the day, served in our Owners and Trainers’ Dining Rooms.

Whilst we take lunch bookings, we cannot reserve tables, so we advise getting to the restaurant in good time. Tables are allocated on arrival. In order to accommodate everyone, we also ask for tables to be vacated once you finish your lunch, perhaps enjoy a complimentary tea or coffee in one of our two Owners and Trainers’ Bars.

Lunch must be booked in advance by completing the lunch booking form by 4pm the day before racing.

Please note, we cannot take lunch bookings on the day.

Lunch booking form

EXCLUSIVE VIEWING AREAS

Owners and trainers with a runner can view races from our two dedicated viewing areas. One located underneath the Royal Box, within easy reach from the Parade Ring. The other is to the left of the horsewalk. As these are stewarded areas, particularly on busy a raceday, please ensure you have your badge/s on show to gain access.

OWNERS AND TRAINERS’ DINING ROOMS

The two dining rooms can be found either side of the Owners and Trainers’ Bar, overlooking the Pre-Parade Ring. They both offer:

• Complimentary lunch: starter, self-service buffet lunch, and dessert with a complimentary glass of wine

• TV & betting facilities

• Easy access to the Pre-Parade Ring, Unsaddling Enclosure and Parade Ring

• Cash bar

Lunch is served from 12:00pm to 3:00pm.

We also offer a complimentary light afternoon tea, served circa 3.30pm, within the Owners and Trainers’ Trackside Bar.

We were delighted to be awarded an ROA Gold Standard for the ownership experience on offer at Ascot in 2025.

OWNERS AND TRAINERS’ BAR

Located in the Old Paddock building, overlooking the Pre-Parade Ring, this bar offers:

• Complimentary tea and coffee

• TV & betting facilities

• Easy access to the Pre-Parade Ring, Unsaddling Enclosure and Parade Ring

• Elevated Pre-Parade Ring viewing

• Cash bar

OWNERS AND TRAINERS’ TRACKSIDE VIEWING BAR

Located in the west end of the Grandstand, entrance A, this bar offers:

• Track viewing in a relaxed atmosphere

• Complimentary tea and coffee

• Complimentary light afternoon tea, served at 3.30pm

• TV & betting facilities

• Easy access to the Pre-Parade Ring, Unsaddling Enclosure and Parade Ring

• Cash bar

General information

DRESS CODE

Whilst we are relaxed in our Owners’ and Trainers’ facilities and suggest you dress for the weather, we advise to follow the King Edward VII Enclosure dress code if you wish to use Level 4 bars and viewing.

Flat season dress code

TRAVEL & PARKING

Parking for all connections is within Car Park 2 via the entrance marked “Trainers, Jockeys, Press” off Ascot High Street.

Should you require disabled parking in Car Park 2, please ensure your blue badge is clearly displayed and give the name of your horse on arrival.

ACCESSIBILITY

Please contact Hannah Parlett if you have any questions regarding accessibility ownersandtrainers@ascot.com or +44 (0) 7738 716395

Ascot Racecourse accessibility Travel information gov.uk/eta

OVERSEAS VISITORS

All our visitors from non-visa countries will require an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA).

HELICOPTER FACILITIES

If you wish to charter a helicopter to Ascot please book via the heliport operator Fresh Air at ascot@freshair-uk.com or by calling +44 (0) 1869 278244. Please don’t hesitate to let us know if you will be arriving by helicopter so that we can arrange convenient badge collection.

DINING AND BOX OFFER FOR OWNERS

We are delighted to offer owners two offers at Ascot:

• 20% discount on an ON 5 Restaurant package ON 5 Restaurant offers the best food, wine and champagne, with glass fronted views of the action on the track.

• 15% discount on private box packages

Please contact Hannah Parlett, Owners and Trainers’ Manager for more information ownersandtrainers@ascot.com or +44 (0) 7738 716395

WHEELY | OFFICIAL CHAUFFEUR OF ASCOT

Wheely, the Swiss-founded British luxury services company, offers chauffeured journeys to and from Ascot, available on demand or in advance through the Wheely app. When booking your journey, simply enter “Ascot Racecourse” as your desired location and choose Car Park 2 for your drop-off and pick-up location. Special fixed-rate journeys between Ascot and London are available with Business Class (Mercedes-Benz E-Class or EQE).

Wheely’s exquisite fare classes include Business, First (Mercedes-Benz S-Class), and XL (Mercedes Benz V-Class, with seating for up to six). For a truly elevated experience, exclusively available to Members, experience Wheely’s most refined class to date – SUV – featuring the latestgeneration Range Rover Long Wheelbase 4x4. Enjoy a sumptuously appointed and spacious cabin, ample luggage room, and curated amenities.

Wheely would like to offer Owners and Trainers’ an elevated race experience with a complimentary package of two Wheely journeys worth up to £50 each (valid through to 31st October 2026) together with a three-month Wheely Membership.

For any queries, please contact Wheely Customer Service via the in-app chat.

*The fixed-rate applies to non-stop journeys. If a journey includes any stops, the cost will be calculated according to the standard fare.

Scan the QR code to download Wheely app and redeem your complimentary offer.

Racing information

STABLING AND RACING STAFF ACCOMMODATION

We have 220 stables situated in a secure yard away from the road and close to the racing staff accommodation with ample parking for cars and lorries. We provide paper or shavings and while we will endeavour to meet your bedding requirements, your preferred bedding cannot be guaranteed.

The racing staff accommodation has 42 double rooms, a large dining room, lounge area and a bar. Accommodation must be booked in advance.

For more information and to book, please contact Tom Grantham, Stables Manager on +44 (0) 01344 878454, +44 (0) 7717 631437 or thomas.grantham@ascot.com or Michele Grantham, our Hostel Manager on +44 (0) 7817 124023 or michele.grantham@ascot.com

RACING STAFF

Racing staff are provided with complimentary food on all racedays in the Stables Canteen. We also issue Best Turned Out awards for each race at Ascot with a minimum prize of £100.

GALLOPS

Gallops are available between 8.00am and 8.30am each morning. Please book in with the Stables Manager before proceeding to the course.

HORSEBOXES

Horsebox entry to the stables is next to Car Park 2 from Ascot High Street. Please follow signs to Car Park 2 and then look for the stables sign on the High Street.

GOING

For additional information please call Chris Stickels, Head of Racing & Clerk of the Course on 07970 621440 Live weather station and going information

VETERINARY PROVISIONS

VETERINARY CLINICS

Newmarket Equine Hospital

CB8 0FG

Tel: +44 (0) 1628 782020 referrals@neh.uk.com

Liphook Equine Hospital

GU30 7JG

Tel: +44 (0) 1428 723594 post@theleh.co.uk

(Emergency out of hours: +44 (0) 1428 727727)

Royal Veterinary College

AL9 7TA

Tel: +44 (0) 1707 666297

Mobile: +44 (0) 7921 565918 whakansson@rvc.com

Rossdales Equine Hospital

CB8 7NN

Tel: +44 (0) 1638 577754

Tel: +44 (0) 1638 6631510 hospital@rossdales.com

Personnel and equipment on duty to specifically attend to any equine injury/incident:

• Senior Veterinary Surgeon: Simon Knapp (Kingsclere Vets)

• 3 x Veterinary Surgeons: Clive Hamblin (Collis Equine), Bobby McEwen (Rossdales), Jamie Knapp (Kingsclere Vets)

• Veterinary Technician/Nurse based at the stables

• 2 x Horse Ambulances with specialist drivers

• Horse Recovery Vehicle

• Mobile Response Vehicle with Groundsman

• 2 x Veterinary Treatment Boxes (1 at stables and 1 near Pre-Parade Ring)

• 2 x Farriers

Two of the veterinary surgeons follow the runners during each race and are in a position to respond to any incident as quickly as possible. One veterinary surgeon is located at the finish, ready to respond if required.

The other veterinary surgeon oversees the Pre-Parade Ring, Parade Ring and Winners’ Enclosure, and can go to the stables as required. There will be at least one veterinary surgeon based in the Pre-Parade Ring, one in the Parade Ring, one at the start and one at the finish (when there are horses in these areas).

The four veterinary surgeons on duty are all specialist equine vets; three of the vets on duty each do approximately 100 racedays on various courses during a year.

Flat course plan

SPEEDBUMPS

INDICATES

2026 fixtures & race conditions

Royal Ascot Trials Day

FRIDAY 1 ST MAY 2026

Royal Ascot Trials Day provides the perfect opportunity for horses being prepared for the Royal Meeting in June.

The seven-race card has four specific trials and in recent years the day has produced several horses that have gone on to win or be placed at Royal Ascot. From 2026, Trials Day moves from Wednesday to Friday, ensuring ITV coverage alongside the Guineas meeting at Newmarket.

The Commonwealth Cup Trial, registered as the Pavilion Stakes, has been won by the likes of Limato, Blue Point, Calyx and Rohaan in recent years and is often a key pointer to the Commonwealth Cup itself, run on the Friday of Royal Ascot. Bradsell also finished third in the race in 2023 before going on to win the King Charles III Stakes whilst Big Mojo won the race last year then went on to Group 1 glory later in 2025. The Sagaro Stakes, a designated Gold Cup trial, sees Estimate and Stradivarius on the roll of honour, while the Paradise Stakes often produces Queen Anne Stakes protagonists, including Docklands who won the opening race of the Royal Meeting after finishing second on Trials Day.

Total prize money on the day will be £365,650, up from £315,000 last year, with the two Group 3 contests worth £95,000 and the Paradise Stakes worth £60,000. The Darley British EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes is worth £40,000 and continues to form part of the High Value Maiden and Novice programme promoted and supported by the BHA and Darley.

ROYAL ASCOT WILD CARD ENTRY

The winners of the Group 3 Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes, the Group 3 Longines Sagaro Stakes and the Listed Paradise Stakes, will be offered a wild card entry into the respective Royal Ascot contests if not already engaged at the initial stage.

FREE TO ENTER

The Royal Ascot Two-Year-Old Trial EBF Conditions Stakes is once again FREE TO ENTER and will provide complimentary entry to the winner for one of the six two-year-old races at Royal Ascot. Llast year Wise Approach won the race on Trials Day before finishing second to Charles Darwin in the Norfolk Stakes.

Free to enter

Winners will receive a wild card entry into the respective Royal Ascot races.

Big Mojo winning the eventsmasters.co.uk Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes 2025 for RP Racing Ltd (owner), Michael Appleby (trainer), Tom Marquand (jockey) and Ringfort Stud Ltd & The Ladies (breeders)

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Changes 2026

The Chesham Stakes will be run first on the card on Thursday 18th June and The Norfolk Stakes first on the card Saturday 20th June, maximising television exposure for that race in the USA which is a key Breeders’ Cup Win & You’re In Challenge race.

The Listed Windsor Castle Stakes will now be a sire-restricted race run over six furlongs after consultation with the British Horseracing Authority’s Flat Pattern Committee.

Finally, the upper handicap limit for the Copper Horse Handicap has been reduced to 100 from 105, in order to support the rest of the British summer staying programme.

Docklands winning the Queen Anne Stakes 2025 for O T I Racing (owner), Harry Eustace (trainer), Mark Zahra (jockey), Mickley Stud (breeder)

£10,645,000 TOTAL PRIZE MONEY

TUESDAY 16 TH JUNE 2026

WEDNESDAY 17 TH JUNE 2026

THURSDAY 18 TH JUNE 2026

FRIDAY 19 TH JUNE 2026

Royal Ascot

SATURDAY 20 TH JUNE 2026

In conjunction with our Official Trophies and Silverware Supplier, Garrard, owners of all Group 1 winners at Royal Ascot will be presented trophies to keep, along with the Royal Hunt Cup and the Queen’s Vase. We will continue to present the traditional perpetual trophies, which are such an important piece of Ascot history. If you have been awarded a perpetual trophy, commissioning a replica from Garrard is the perfect way to ensure your victory will always be remembered. Whether you are looking for a smaller, scaled-down version or a life-size replica, Garrard can preserve your winning moment for eternity with an exact reproduction of an original trophy.

Racing to Zero Summer Mile Racing Weekend

King George Weekend

FRIDAY 24 TH - SATURDAY 25 TH JULY 2026

The 2026 running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes will be the joint-richest race ever run in Great Britain, worth a record £2 million, up 33% from £1.5 million last year.

The 2025 renewal was officially ranked the fourth-best race in the world as Calandagan beat two-time Group 1 winner Kalpana and the globetrotting superstar Rebel’s Romance. The card also features the Group 3 Longines Valiant Stakes which was won by subsequent Group 1 winner Friendly Soul in 2024.

This year, total prize money on the day will be in excess of £2.5 million for the first time ever, with the eight-race card also featuring the £150,000 Moët & Chandon International Stakes along with the £95,000 Longines Valiant Stakes and the £80,000 Group 3 Princess Margaret Stakes for two-year-old fillies.

The Listed Flexjet Pat Eddery Stakes headlines Friday’s card and also receives a prize money boost to £65,000. It has been one of the strongest two-year-old races of its kind in the last two years, producing future Group 1 winners Rosallion, Ancient Wisdom, Sunway and New Century.

Trainer Francis-Henri Graffard (France) winning the 2025 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, with Calandagan

FRIDAY 24 TH JULY 2026

Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup

SATURDAY 8 TH AUGUST 2026

Breaking new ground in 2026, the unique team competition, attracting top jockeys across the globe, will become a World Pool day with Hong Kong Jockey Club team introduced

There are four teams competing for the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup:

REST OF THE WORLD

• Jockeys will wear team colours and have their names on the back of their silks.

• Each team will have three jockeys allocated.

• Jockeys will earn points based on where they finish in each race as follows:

STABLE BONUS SCHEME

A bonus payment of £25,000 to the leading stables is also up for grabs with points allocated as follows. Last year saw Charlie Johnston take home £12,500, with a second and third places on the day.

• £525,000 in prize money is available. An increase of £25,000 from 2025

• Field sizes are capped at ten for each race

• There will be two reserves for each race. These can replace any non-runner up to 5pm the day before (Friday 7th August)

• Prize money is paid to tenth place

FREE TO ENTER

Entry is free to all races.

The Big Ascot Food & Wine Racing Weekend

BetMGM Autumn Racing Weekend

QIPCO British Champions Day

SATURDAY 17 TH OCTOBER 2026

A stellar seven-race card features five Group 1 races –the most on a single day in Europe.

The Flat racing season in Great Britain culminates at QIPCO British Champions Day on Saturday 17th October – the richest raceday in Britain.

Last year’s event was one for the ages as the QIPCO Champion Stakes saw Calandagan – the world’s best racehorse in 2025 – beat an all-star cast including Ombudsman and Delacroix. The race was named the joint-best in the world, and one of four Champions Day contests named in the top 100 races in the world – the joint-most on a single raceday.

The QIPCO Champion Stakes over ten furlongs and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO) will once again be worth over £1 million in 2026. As well as the five Group 1 contests, there is also a valuable six-furlong conditions race open to all two-year-olds and run without penalties, and the Balmoral Handicap for three-year-olds and upwards, over a mile.

Trawlerman winning the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup for Godolphin (owner & breeder), John & Thady Gosden (trainer) and William Buick (jockey)

Alliances

Automatic Wild Cards

Travel allowances will be paid for the below initiatives.

The winners of the designated races at the Kentucky Derby Meeting, Churchill Downs, on 2nd May 2026, will each earn an automatic wild card entry into five races at Royal Ascot. The winners of the Queen Anne Stakes and the Prince of Wales’s Stakes will receive an entry for the Arlington Million.

The winners of the designated races at Gulfstream Park (May 2026) will each earn an automatic wild card entry into any one of Royal Ascot’s six two-year-old races.

In 2025, both Lennilu and Sandal’s Song were placed third at Royal Ascot having won their respective qualifiers. Gabaldon finished second in the 2024 Windsor Castle Stakes having won The Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes. 2023 saw Crimson Advocate, winner of The Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies’ Stakes gain automatic entry to Royal Ascot and she went on to win The Queen Mary Stakes.

Twin Spires Turf (Gr2) (5 1/2f)

The Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1) (1m1f)

American Turf (1m) (G1)

Edgewood Stakes (1m) (G2)

Downs

King Charles III Stakes

The Queen Anne Stakes

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes

St James’s Palace Stakes

The Coronation Stakes

Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes

Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies’ Stakes

The Coventry Stakes (Gr2)

The Queen Mary Stakes (Gr2)

The Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed)*

The Norfolk Stakes (Gr2)

The Albany Stakes (Gr3)

The Chesham Stakes (Listed)*

*pedigree qualifying conditions apply

KENTUCKY DERBY MEETING
ROYAL ASCOT
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ARLINGTON MILLION
ROYAL ASCOT
Colonial
Arlington Million Stakes (Gr1) (1m2f) (Mid Aug)
The Queen Anne Stakes
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes
GULFSTREAM PARK RACES
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Royal Ascot, King George Day and QIPCO British Champions Day meetings are World Pool days, meaning that a strong global pool hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club operates.

Breeders’ Cup

Seven races run at Ascot are designated Breeders’ Cup Win & You’re In Challenge races. This year’s Breeders’ Cup will take place on October 30th & 31st at Keeneland Racecourse, Lexington, Kentucky.

For further information please contact Josh Christian, whose contact details are on page 42.

breederscup.com/challengeseries/full-schedule

The Japan Cup Bonus

The JRA offer a bonus to any horse successful in the two Ascot races outlined which goes on to win or be placed in the Japan Cup.

The JRA will provide transportation subsidies for invited horses and their stable staff, and business class flights for owners, trainers and jockeys and respective partners.

In 2025, Calandagan won the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and then the Japan Cup, ensuring connections claimed the Japan Cup Bonus.

Queen Anne Stakes (Royal

The King Charles III Stakes (Royal Ascot)

The Breeders’ Cup Mile

The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Royal Ascot) The Breeders’ Cup Turf

The Norfolk Stakes (Royal Ascot)

The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes

The Princess Margaret Stakes

The QIPCO Champion Stakes

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint

The Breeders’ Cup Turf

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf

The Breeders’ Cup Turf

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Royal Ascot)

The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes

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The 2025 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings

Eight of the horses ranked in the world’s top 21 in the 2025 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings ran at Ascot. They were headlined by the world’s best horse – Calandagan – who won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the QIPCO Champion Stakes. The Prince of Wales’s Stakes winner Ombudsman was rated the joint second best while St James’s Palace Stakes winner Field Of Gold was joint-tenth on the list.

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Calandagan wins the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2025.

The 2025 Longines World’s Top 100 Group One Races

We saw 10 races run at Ascot in the top 100 races, five at Royal Ascot, The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and four on QIPCO British Champions Day.

The QIPCO Champion Stakes was the joint-top race in the world alongside the Japan Cup while the King George was fourth and the Prince of Wales’s Stakes joint-eighth.

Contacts

ASCOT RACECOURSE

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the dedicated team: ownersandtrainers@ascot.com

Nick Smith

Director of Racing & Public Affairs

M: +44 (0) 7771 791449

E: nick.smith@ascot.com

Chris Stickels

Head of Racing &

Clerk of the Course

M: +44 (0) 7970 621440

E: chris.stickels@ascot.com

Hannah Parlett

Owners and Trainers’ Manager

M: +44 (0) 7738 716395

E: hannah.parlett@ascot.com

Reon Sanford

Head Groundsman

M: +44 (0) 7850 914607

E: reon.sanford@ascot.com

Tom Grantham

Stables Manager

M: +44 (0) 7717 631437

E: thomas.grantham@ascot.com

Jane Brightmore

Racing Executive

M: +44 (0) 7817 121835

E: jane.brightmore@ascot.com

Weatherbys

T: +44 (0) 1933 440077

E: ownershipdesk@weatherbys.co.uk

ROA

T: +44 (0) 20 7152 0200

E: info@roa.co.uk

Wheely, Official Chauffeur

See page 15 for details Wheely.com

FreshAir

T: +44 (0) 1869 278244

E: ascot@freshair-uk.com

Local taxis

Ascot Cars

+44 (0) 1344 297297

Sterling Executive Cars Ltd

+44 (0) 1344 883838

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