Royal Ascot Media Guide 2026

Welcome to Royal Ascot 2026

We are so excited to be opening the gates on Royal Ascot with five fabulous days of racing, fashion and pageantry ahead of us.

There will be more than 1,300 members of the media joining us across written press, online outlets, photographers and broadcasters and we look forward to working with you all to help tell the stories that will unfold throughout the week.

On the racing front, we look forward to welcoming many of the world’s best horses to Ascot again. Runners from America, Japan and Australia are expected and we have made important increases to prize money with a record £10.65 million on offer, up from £10.05 million last year. In total, 26 of the 35 races are worth more than they were 12 months ago and the minimum race value has risen to £120,000. All eight Group 1 races are worth at least £700,000.

International partnerships are incredibly valuable to us and on that front, we were delighted to renew our broadcast deal with NBC at the end of last year that will see Royal Ascot showcased to American audiences through until 2028. As part of that deal, an order of running change sees the Norfolk Stakes, a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series race, move to the Saturday, when the racing is simulcast on the main NBC channel.

ITV and Sky Sports Racing will carry all of the action live domestically once again while Royal Ascot will be broadcast across 190+ territories through 25 confirmed broadcast networks, with the international flavour of critical importance.

Throughout the week there will be so much to enjoy and savour. We can’t wait for it all to get underway.

Warmest wishes,

Felicity Barnard Chief Executive Officer, Ascot Racecourse

Front cover: Ombudsman wins the 2025 Prince of Wales’s Stakes for John & Thady Gosden, William Buick, and Godolphin.

Racing

Lazzat beats Satono Reve in the 2025 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, for Jérôme Reynier, James Doyle, and Wathnan Racing.

The Racing

Record investment into prize money at Ascot Racecourse in 2026

Ascot Racecourse announced last year that Royal Ascot 2026 will be worth £10.65 million, up from £10.05 million in 2025.

Increases to Royal Ascot have been made across the programme with all eight Group 1 races now worth a minimum of £700,000 (two at £1 million), while all races at the Royal Meeting will be run for £120,000 or more, up from £110,000. In all, 26 of the 35 races across the week will be run for more than they were in 2025.

Total prize money at Ascot in 2026 will be a record £19.4 million, an increase on 2025 of £1.65 million. Figures exclude the industryowned QIPCO British Champions Day.

ROYAL ASCOT PRIZE MONEY HISTORY

2026 - £10,645,000

2025 - £10,050,000

2024 - £10,050,000

2023 - £9,520,000

2022 - £8,652,500

2021 - £6,000,000

2020 - £3,610,000

2019 - £7,330,000

2018 - £7,305,000

2017 - £6.600,000

2016 - £6,580,000

2015 - £6,580,000

2014 - £5,310,000

Nick Smith, Director of Racing and Public Affairs at Ascot Racecourse, said:

“Prize money is the most important investment tool that we have in attracting horses to run from home and abroad, at all levels of racing that we stage.

“We saw some world-class racing at Ascot in 2025, with runners travelling here from four continents. It is vital in an increasingly competitive international market that we keep Ascot at the forefront and the Royal Meeting is key to this.”

Docklands after winning the 2025 Queen Anne Stakes for Harry Eustace, Mark Zahra, and O T I Racing.

2026 Order of Running

This year there are a number of small changes to the order of running.

As previously announced last year, the Windsor Castle Stakes is now a six furlong contest with sire restrictions.

Meanwhile the Norfolk Stakes and the Chesham Stakes have swapped positions, with the Norfolk Stakes now the first race on the Saturday in order to maximise television exposure for that race in the USA.

Elsewhere on the Thursday, the Gold Cup and the Britannia Stakes will be run at slightly earlier times in order to avoid a clash with the FIFA World Cup.

Finally, the upper handicap limit for the Copper Horse has been reduced to 100 from 105, in order to support the Listed Grand Cup at York Racecourse.

ITV1 2.30pm The Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) 4+

Straight mile

ITV1 3.05pm The Coventry Stakes (Group 2) 2 £200,000 Six furlongs

ITV1 3.40pm The King Charles III Stakes (Group 1) 3+

ITV1 4.20pm The St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1) 3

ITV1 5.00pm The Ascot Stakes (Handicap) 4+

Five furlongs

Two miles, four furlongs

ITV1 5.35pm The Wolferton Stakes (Listed) 4+ £125,000 One mile, two furlongs

ITV4 6.10pm The Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap) 4+ £120,000 One mile, six furlongs

ITV1 2.30pm The Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2)

ITV1 3.05pm The Queen’s Vase (Group 2) 3 £265,000 One mile, six furlongs

ITV1 3.40pm The Duke of Cambridge Stakes (Group 2) 4+ fillies & mares £250,000 Round (old) mile

ITV1 4.20pm The Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Group 1) 4+ £1,000,000 One mile, two furlongs

ITV1 5.00pm The Royal Hunt Cup (Handicap) 3+ £175,000 Straight mile

ITV1 5.35pm The Kensington Palace Stakes (Handicap) 4+ fillies & mares £120,000 Straight mile

ITV4 6.10pm The Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed) 2 £125,000 Six furlongs

ITV4

ITV1 5.35pm The Golden Gates Stakes (Handicap)

ITV1 6.10pm The Queen Alexandra Stakes (Conditions)

One mile, two furlongs

Ascot unveils state-of-the-art jockey facilities

Ascot Racecourse is delighted to have completed a £2 million project to redevelop and refurbish the jockey facilities.

The refurbishment has delivered world-class upgrades to the facilities in place for jockeys across the changing rooms, physio rooms, gym area, valet space and lounge suite. The changing rooms have been rebuilt from the ground up to meet modern standards in safeguarding, ergonomics, and operational flexibility with the existing facilities stripped out entirely.

The project was shaped significantly by safeguarding mandates issued by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), which now apply across every racecourse in the UK. A shared central zone for valets to operate between the male and female changing areas has been designed to allow the female facilities to expand when required, with different configurations available depending on the day’s racing programme.

Dedicated under-18 cubicles have been incorporated, alongside carefully considered segregation and privacy measures throughout.

New ice baths have been installed across both male and female changing rooms, alongside two dedicated physio rooms and a gym area that opens directly onto the valet tables – keeping jockeys and valets connected throughout raceday. Saddle racks, wall-mounted hooks, additional benching and washing and drying equipment give the valets everything they need close to hand.

The new Lounge and Kitchen café-style area provides a quiet space for jockeys to rest throughout the day.

Nick Attenborough, Chair of the Professional Jockeys Association, said: “I’d like to thank the Trustees and Directors of Ascot for the superb new weighing room and changing facilities at the racecourse. These will make such a difference to the working lives of both our male and female jockeys. We understand that this upgrade came at very considerable cost when the sport is under financial pressure, so we greatly appreciate what’s been achieved.”

Hollie Doyle, one of British racing’s leading jockeys, said: “The new jockey changing rooms are really outstanding – the best I’ve seen in the UK.”

Fellow rider Tom Marquand was equally positive: “Ascot has done what they’ve always done – put jockeys in world-class changing facilities, as you’d expect at a racecourse of this calibre.”

Track Condition and Equine Welfare

GOING REPORTS

Live weather data and track conditions will once again be available for Royal Ascot in 2026 through Weather Trax Live available on Ascot’s website via https://www.ascot.com/thegoing

A wealth of information including rainfall figures for the past 24 hours and seven days as well as wind speed and direction and daily evapotranspiration figures, are all available in real-time.

Alongside the WeatherTrax Live data, from 10th June, daily Going reports will be provided combined with GoingStick readings coinciding with the timing of entries and declarations.

Going maps, rail positions and irrigation information will also be available. GoingStick and soil moisture data is collected independently by TurfTrax.

The first assessment takes place seven days before the meeting begins, then readings are taken four days, 48hrs and 24hrs prior to the meeting and on every race day morning. The data is analysed each day by Ascot and TurfTrax alongside more than 15 years’ of historic weather and Going data to assist with irrigation planning if required.

LOOKING AFTER OUR HORSES AND JOCKEYS

The safety and welfare of horses and jockeys is paramount at Royal Ascot. In recent years, several major changes have been made to the racecourse to improve welfare standards including cambering the home and old paddock bends and removing the road crossing over the track. The Unsaddling Enclosure lawn is positioned to benefit from maximum shade and equine misting fans also aid with post-race cooling of horses.

Five specifically qualified equine vets are on duty every day, dedicated to the welfare of all the horses. During each race, vets follow the runners by car and can respond to and attend an incident generally within a minute – as fast as the paramedic teams responsible for jockeys. There are three equine ambulances on course at all times and three ambulances for any incidents involving injuries to jockeys.

Ascot’s two permanent veterinary boxes are supplemented with an X-Ray machine to assist with swift diagnosis before administration of treatment on site or any movement necessary to equine hospitals. There are six doctors on site specifically to deal with any jockey injuries.

BRITISH RACING’S COMMITMENT TO OUR RACEHORSES

HorsePWR is British racing’s hub dedicated to the Thoroughbred racehorse, the ultimate equine athlete. The site (www.horsepwr. co.uk) is designed to open the doors to the sport and talk about the Thoroughbred – their purpose, the lives they lead, and the high welfare and safety standards that underpin British racing.

Goingstick & moisture readings plan

TUESDAY 9TH JUNE

GoingStick reading pre entries confirmation (reading by around 2pm)

FRIDAY 13TH JUNE

Reading early afternoon

SUNDAY 14TH JUNE

Reading to be completed by 8am ahead of Day One declarations

MONDAY 15TH JUNE – SATURDAY 20TH JUNE

Readings completed daily by 8am

Ascot recognised for hosting world-class equine talent at Longines World Racing Awards 2025

QIPCO Champion Stakes named joint-best race in the world in 2025

Eight of top 20 horses in the world ran at Ascot last year

Three races in the top ten, and 10 in the top 100, were held at Ascot

Ascot was once again proven as a destination for world-class racing at the Longines World Racing Awards 2025.

The QIPCO Champion Stakes, the feature race on QIPCO British Champions Day, was named the joint-best race in the world alongside the Japan Cup in Association with Longines. The 2025 renewal saw the world’s best racehorse, Calandagan, triumph in a pulsating contest that lived up to the pre-race hype.

With Calandagan topping the rankings, it means that from 2018 to 2025, seven of the world’s top turf racehorses (including ties) have run at Ascot in the year they were crowned.

All in all, in 2025, eight of the top 15 turf horses in the world ran at Ascot, including Ombudsman (Prince of Wales’s Stakes winner), Field Of Gold (St James’s Palace Stakes winner), Almaqam and Delacroix (third and fourth respectively in the QIPCO Champion Stakes behind Calandagan and Ombudsman). Four of the 15 ran at Royal Ascot with Anmaat finishing second in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes and Notable Speech fourth in the Queen Anne Stakes. Meanwhile the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, also won by Calandagan, saw Jan Brueghel finish fourth.

The world-class equine talent on show at Ascot last year means that three races were named in the top nine in the world. As well as the aforementioned QIPCO Champion Stakes, the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes was the fourth best race of 2025, whilst the Prince of Wales’s Stakes was joint-eighth, meaning that Ascot hosted two of the top three intermediate distance turf races in the world last year. The Gold Cup, meanwhile, was named the world’s best extended distance (stayers’) race – making up one of the 10 held at Ascot in the top 100 races worldwide.

Felicity Barnard, CEO, Ascot Racecourse, said:

“To see Calandagan win the QIPCO Champion Stakes having won the King George the same year topped off a fantastic season for the racecourse. The quality of the racing we saw on QIPCO British Champions Day, and throughout the whole year at Ascot, was something to behold.”

Calandagan wins the 2025 QIPCO Champion Stakes for Francis Graffard, Mickael Barzalona, and Aga Khan Studs SCEA.

The 2025 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings

Eight of the horses ranked in the world’s top 20 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.

Calandagan wins

King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes for Francis Graffard, Mickael Barzalona, and Aga Khan Studs SCEA.

Doyle James

The Man For The Big Stage

With more than two dozen Royal Ascot winners to his name, one of horseracing’s most accomplished and decorated riders reflects on his career-defining breakthrough, his association with the all-conquering Wathnan Racing, and why the Royal Meeting still feels as magical as ever.

For most jockeys, one Royal Ascot winner is enough to define a career. For James Doyle, it took just 80 minutes to transform his.

It’s now more than a decade on from that extraordinary afternoon on Wednesday 19th June 2013, but the memory remains as vivid as ever. Arriving that day without a Royal Ascot winner to his name, Doyle left having ridden three in a row - a breakthrough that changed everything.

“It arguably put me on the map, really. I hadn’t had a sniff of a Royal Ascot winner before that day,” he recalls in an exclusive interview with Ascot Racecourse. “I had three good rides and was quietly hopeful. To get three in a row was beyond my wildest dreams. My feet didn’t touch the ground.”

It was a whirlwind couple of hours, starting in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes. Race, trophy lift, press room for questions, race again, with barely time to reset and gather his thoughts or tactics before the next contest. But that winning feeling aboard Al Kazeem, who’d given Doyle his first British Group success the previous year, meant even more.

“He was one of the major horses in my career,” explains Doyle. “He taught me the competitiveness of Group 1 racing. A Shadwell horse [Mukhadram] slipped the field, and we had a bit of ground to make up, but I had a very willing partner on my side. To win a Prince of Wales’s Stakes as my first Royal Ascot winner was pretty exceptional.”

Back in 2013 jockeys were permitted to ride at more than one meeting per day - and so after Belgian Bill’s Royal Hunt Cup success and then Rizeena’s Queen Mary Stakes victory at 5.00pm, Doyle had to hot-foot it to nearby Kempton Park for a ride in the 6.40pm. But he wasn’t going to miss out on the celebrations…

“The car parks at Ascot are a very cool place to celebrate. So, I actually went from Kempton back to the car park and Belgian Bill’s owners and yeah, we had a couple of drinks…! Obviously, there was racing the next day, so we didn’t go mad, but it was a day I’ll never forget, for sure.”

For Doyle, that afternoon did validate that all of the hard work had been worth it, as he openly admits:

I almost did give up on my career. Not necessarily because of [the lack of wins at] Royal Ascot, but I had some tough times where I was quite successful as an apprentice and being quite a tall jockey, I kind of wanted to lose my claim as quick as possible to help me with my weight, but it meant that I didn’t have actually much experience out the other side of that. So, I did struggle, and there was a time where I questioned whether I’d carry on, but shortly afterwards I had the treble here, so that changed everything for me.”

Raised in Lambourn and introduced to racing from a young age, his connection to the meeting goes back decades, with visits as a youngster instilling that passion for the sport that endures to this day. He recalls:

“My mother used to bring me here when it was actually the old track, I remember the old pre-parade ring and watching some amazing horses in the pre-parade ring. We used to always come on a Tuesday, for as long as I can remember, it was always a thingthe first day of Royal Ascot. And it’s the Olympics of our sport. It’s where it all comes together.”

That early hunger has helped shape a career that has since delivered some of the meeting’s - and Doyle’s - most memorable moments. Two of those astonishingly came in the same week, when Godolphin’s Blue Point won both of the Group 1 sprints in the space of five days in 2019. As Doyle explains, it was only by chance – and some gentle persuasion - that he was part of that historic feat…

Doyle and Al Kazeem win the 2013 Prince of Wales’s Stakes.

Doyle after winning the 2013 Queen Mary Stakes on board Rizeena.

“Back then, I worked with Godolphin and Charlie Appleby very closely, and William [Buick] was unfortunately injured. I kind of jokingly said to Charlie, if he bolted up today, would you think about running him on the Saturday? He sort of paused a little bit, and we didn’t really speak about it much after that. And obviously he bolted up on the Tuesday, he won pretty convincingly. We came back on the Saturday and it was a little bit closer. He’s probably the best sprinter I’ve ever ridden. He was exceptional to do that, twice in a week in different kind of conditions as well.”

Other celebrated winners such as Kingman, Poet’s Word and Lord North feature on an illustrious roll call of truly exceptional equine talent ridden to victory here by Doyle. But one more in particular stands out for the reception it generated.

“Big Orange in the Gold Cup was unbelievable,” he recalls, with a sense that he’s re-riding the race in his mind as he tells the story of that day in 2017. “He liked to lead. And we took a lead to begin with. And just passing the winning post here, we took up the lead again and he stayed in front all the way. Order Of St George flew at me late on, but he dug out a little bit more and kept his head in front.

“There’s that saying, the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. But they really did. It was an exceptional welcome that he had back into the winner’s enclosure.”

The setting for today’s interview allows Doyle to glance down at that famous winning post as he reflects on all of these phenomenal successes. Sitting in the Wathnan Racing private box, a luxurious space just past the winning line at Ascot, the 38-year-old is now the retained rider for the global racing stable owned by the Emir of Qatar. He admits it was a bit of a gamble to leave Godolphin for a relatively unproven operation at the start of 2024, but he always believed that success would follow.

“I had to really put faith in the in the people that were at the top of Wathnan Racing, those being Oliver Tait, our manager, and Richard Brown, who I’ve known for quite a number of years - he’s always been on my side. He told me about the aspirations behind Wathnan Racing, which is all well and good, but it needs to come through. And exactly what they said at the time has happened. And each year we’ve built a bigger team, more quality. And our Royal Ascot team has got quite considerably larger.”

Wathnan Racing burst onto the scene in 2023 when Courage Mon Ami delivered a famous, poignant Gold Cup success for Frankie Dettori and there was no sign of that momentum abating in 2024 when they sent out four winners at Royal Ascot, all ridden by Doyle. Last year it was five, as many as Coolmore, with the long-established Irish partners only winning the Leading Owner title thanks to achieving more second places. With

Different day, same result as James Doyle and Blue Point win the King’s Stand Stakes (top) and Diamond Jubilee Stakes (bottom), both in 2019.

Doyle and Big Orange win the 2017 Gold Cup

that success, expectation follows, and Doyle acknowledges that pressure is a privilege in these situations, saying: “We have a big, big team that puts together our Royal Ascot squad - so much work goes into that, whether that’s researching horses to potentially buy for certain races, and so there’s quite a bit of pressure.

“It’s always nice to get a winner early in the week just to try and steady the ship a little bit. But I think it’s to be expected. There’s a lot of money invested as well of course. Look, I think we always try and downplay it a little bit and say, ‘if we get one winner, we’re happy’. But in reality, they’re nice numbers to deal with.”

One of the more memorable moments of last year’s Royal Meeting came on the final day, with Doyle involved – for the wrong reasons.

The ecstasy of Lazzat’s triumph in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes was quickly turned on its head, almost literally… Says Doyle, with a sheepish grin: “After the winning line, he was good as gold. We turned around, we waved to the crowd a little bit, and we were just getting back to our jubilant trainer [Jerome Reynier] who pulled out the lovely gold sheet, the winning sheets that are presented to the winning horses. And like a matador, he whipped it out to chuck it on him, and he just spooked.

“I ended up landing on my back, which was quite embarrassing. And then the horse proceeded to do a couple of laps at the track, which was not very helpful considering the King and Queen were stood on the podium waiting to give out the winning trophies! I think it’s probably the only time a jockey would have returned to the winner’s enclosure to meet the monarch without the horse, so that was a little bit embarrassing.”

Doyle also had the opportunity to ride for Queen Elizabeth II and delivered her a Royal Ascot success in the COVID year of 2020 when Tactical won the Windsor Castle Stakes – her final winner at the Royal Meeting.

“It was a bit surreal, obviously having a Royal Ascot with no spectators was a bit strange, but it still meant a lot nonetheless,”

he says. To ride a royal winner here and Her Majesty the late Queen not to be present. I was heartbroken, I really was.”

With a growing Wathnan squad of potential stars emerging, and Royal Ascot continuing to be the central focus, the next chapter is still very much being written. And as one of only four active jockeys with more than 25 winners at the Royal Meeting, Doyle’s experience of the very biggest occasion can only be an asset come June.

“Wathnan did a lot of research into successful jockeys at Royal Ascot. So obviously that was a little bit of a twitchy moment for me, but thankfully I came out quite nicely on the figures, so that was obviously nice!” he jokes.

“It’s obviously very early days for us and we’re very much a building team. Of course, we have a huge team for Royal Ascot. That is the main focus of our season. It’s all geared around trying to get as many winners as we can at Royal Ascot. But we’ve started to breed horses, which is quite nice. So that’s another exciting part of Wathnan Racing that we haven’t done before. Our squad’s gone up to roughly around 150 horses now in a short period of time. Hopefully the Emir can look and can be proud of what his racing team have achieved and what we’re going to achieve.”

And there’s no more captivating stage to demonstrate your talents than Royal Ascot. Just ask Doyle.

“I was asked on the way in just to say one word about Royal Ascot, and without hesitation I said ‘magical’, because it really is the mixture of emotions you can go through. From arriving here in the car park to leaving, it can be so different. Some days you can walk away and you just think, ‘that was a disaster’. And then other days you just float home. It really is a magical place.”

Doyle after winning the 2025 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on board – and not on board! - Lazzat.

Bow Echo and Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s ongoing influence at Royal Ascot

A mainstay in the pantheon of iconic silks over three decades, Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s yellow colours with three black spots have heralded plenty of success at Royal Ascot and beyond. The leading breeder and owner passed away on 29th December 2025 but his legacy lives on, through his involvement in one of the dominant sires in the sport, but also the horses still running in his name.

The most high-profile and exciting of all of those is undoubtedly Bow Echo, who was one of the most impressive 2000 Guineas winners

of recent years when bolting up at Newmarket at the start of May. That success was the result of multiple generations of homebred calculation – his dam Aristocratic Lady being out of Dubai Queen, and his sire Night Of Thunder having the colossal Dubawi as his own father. Dubai Queen and Dubawi both came from the same mare –Zomaradah – making Bow Echo inbred 3x3 to horses who were both bred by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid. A true homebred success and he now looks set for the St James’s Palace Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot, a race won by Rosallion for Sheikh Mohammed Obaid in 2024.

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum and Defoe after winning the 2019 Hardwicke Stakes.

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s successes at Royal Ascot

2024 Commonwealth Cup Inisherin Kevin Ryan Tom Eaves 9/4F

2024 St James’s Palace Stakes Rosallion Richard Hannon Sean Levey 5/2

2023 Queen Anne Stakes Triple Time Kevin Ryan Neil Callan 33/1

2023 Wolferton Stakes Royal Champion Roger Varian Jack Mitchell 16/1

2021 Wolferton Stakes Juan Elcano Kevin Ryan Andrea Atzeni 14/1

2020 Copper Horse Stakes Fujaira Prince Roger Varian Andrea Atzeni 3/1F

2019 Wokingham Stakes Cape Byron Roger Varian Andrea Atzeni 7/2F

2019 Hardwicke Stakes Defoe Roger Varian Andrea Atzeni 11/4F

2018 Britannia Stakes Ostilio Simon Crisford Silvestre de Sousa 10/1

2010 Hampton Court Stakes Afsare Luca Cumani Kieren Fallon 9/4F

In fact when it comes to the Royal Meeting, it all began with Zomaradah, the Group 1 Italian Oaks winner in 1998 and winner of a further three Group 2 races in different countries. She was bred by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid and was one of a handful of horses owned by him to run in Great Britain that year.

She might not have been the most celebrated of those on the track, with the 1998 Derby winner High-Rise – also second in that year’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – also amongst that year’s cohort. But Zomaradah’s lasting influence would come at stud, her first foal coming from the ill-fated Dubai Millennium’s only crop – a colt, born at Godolphin’s Kildangan Stud under the

Darley banner, called Dubawi. After a successful career on the track, his now legendary time at stud has produced over 60 individual top-level winners and counting. Sheikh Mohammed Obaid’s part in creating one of the dominant sires of recent decades should not be understated.

But his horses’ performances on the track deserve plenty of attention too. High-Rise was the shining star that really put the cousin of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on the map. He maintained his perfect record with a head victory over City Honours in the Derby, meaning he won the family bragging rights over the much-vaunted Godolphin operation that year.

Rosallion wins the 2024 St James’s Palace Stakes.

The family tree of Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s remarkable broodmares

Zomaradah and Jumaireyah

Zomaradah

Jumaireyah 1998m Fairy King

Reem Three 2003m Mark of Esteem

Bolsena 2021m Kingman

Captain Winters

2020g

Lope De Vega

Triple Time

2019h

Frankel

2023 Queen Anne Stakes

Third Realm 2018h

Sea The Stars

Imperial Charm

2016m Dubawi

Ostilio 2015g New Approach

2018 Britannia Stakes

Dubawi 2002h

Dubai Millennium

Afsare 2007g

2010 Hampton Court Stakes

Cape Byron 2014g Shamardal

2019 Wokingham Stakes

Ajman Princess 2013m Teofilo

Dubai Queen 2008m King Mambo

Emirates Queen 2009m Street Cry

Night of Thunder 2011h

Naqshabban 2008g

Street Cry Rosaline 2012m New Approach

Aristocratic Lady 2016m

Invincible Spirit

Royal Champion 2018g Shamardal

2023 Wolferton Stakes

Bow Echo 2023c

Night of Thunder

Inisherin 2021h

Sharmadal

2024 Commonwealth Cup

Rosallion 2021h Blue Point

2024 St James’s Palace Stakes

The blue team would gain revenge in the King George, though, with High-Rise giving sway to the six-year-old Swain who was winning the race for the second year running.

It would be over a decade later that Sheikh Mohammed Obaid tasted Royal Ascot success for the first time. Afsare was unraced as a juvenile but made rapid progress in the space of just 46 days in 2010, progressing from a second-placed effort on debut at Kempton at the start of May, to victory in the Listed Hampton Court Stakes by the middle of June. By Dubawi, out of his own broodmare Jumaireyah – more on her later - this was a true homemade success.

Afsare didn’t hit the heights expected of him after that, but a second-placed effort following a tardy start in the 2012 Group 1 Arlington Million was a reminder of both his talents and his quirks, and he signed off his career with arguably his best performance, a dominant display in the Group 2 Celebration Mile at Goodwood.

By the turn of the decade, Sheikh Mohammed Obaid’s modest operation had started to develop strength in numbers, with his silks being seen more regularly on courses up and down the country. And in 2013, it was time for another star to hit the track. Postponed, a son of Dubawi, purchased for 360,000 Guineas the previous October, showed potential as a two-year-old and developed into a Group 2-winning three-year-old when he won the Great Voltigeur Stakes at York. His breakthrough, though, would come at Ascot the following year when going one better than High-Rise and winning the King George, battling back to get the verdict over the favourite Eagle Top right on the line. Postponed would add three more Group 1s to his CV, the Sheema Classic at Meydan, the Coronation Cup at Epsom and the Juddmonte International at York, proving not only his versatility but also his longevity, the latter of those coming at the end of his five-year-old season.

His next homebred star was Defoe, a son of the Aga Khan’s Dalakhani out of Sheikh Mohammed Obaid’s own Dulkashe. Defoe, like Postponed before him, showed that things often get better with age as he too saved his best performances for his five-yearold season. Victory in the Coronation Cup was followed by a dominant win in the Hardwicke Stakes in the summer of 2019, though he failed to back up

that form in a red-hot King George featuring that classic battle between Enable and Crystal Ocean. He would fail to defend his Hardwicke title in 2020, his last race before sadly suffering a fatal injury on the gallops.

There were two more Royal Ascot victories for the yellow and black silks that came from the sales rather than the homebreds as Fujaira Prince won the Copper Horse Handicap as favourite in 2020 before Juan Elcano caused a minor shock when successful in the 2021 Wolferton Stakes.

Closer to home, another of Jumaireyah’s offspring would deliver plenty of Sheikh Mohammed Obaid’s biggest names. Reem Three, a Mark Of Esteem mare, enjoyed a relatively modest career on the track but managed to produce a remarkable nine flat winners, by nine different sires. The best of those was undoubtedly Triple Time who caused one of the biggest shocks at Royal Ascot 2023 when winning the Group 1 Queen

Anne Stakes on seasonal debut, beating the likes of Inspiral, Modern Games and Native Trail. Cape Byron also enjoyed success at the Royal Meeting but his success was far more predictable, justifying favouritism in the Wokingham Stakes from nearly the top of the handicap. The most-raced (and winningmost) of Jumaireyah’s progeny was Ostilio, another Royal Ascot winner when taking the Britannia Stakes in 2018.

Ajman Princess was narrowly denied in the Ribblesdale Stakes but, yet again, it was testament to the strength of the Sheikh Mohammed Obaid bloodlines that she would produce another Group 1 winner in Inisherin. The only surprise with him was that he proved far more adept at sprint trips, most notably when winning the 2024 Commonwealth Cup over six furlongs – half the distance his dam had thrived at.

And even one of Reem Three’s unraced progeny got in on the act. Rosaline may not have made the track but her best son was the sensational Rosallion. A Group 1 winner at two, he won the Irish 2,000 Guineas the following year and then the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot a month later. That would be his last victory although a string of seconds at Group 1 level as a four-year-old, including in the Queen Anne Stakes, marked him down as surely one of the unluckiest horses in training last year.

Rosallion and Inisherin marked the fifth and sixth Royal Ascot winners racing in Sheikh Mohammed Obaid’s colours out of either Jumaireyah, her daughter Reem Three, or her granddaughters. The Group 1 double of Rosallion and Inisherin in 2024 was to be Sheikh Mohammed Obaid’s final flourish at Royal Ascot, without a winner in 2025. The St James’s Palace Stakes will be the next target for Bow Echo, who is being campaigned to prove his credentials as the best miler around. And there’s a certain poetry in the fact that Rosallion and Bow Echo each stem from one of those two prolific, almost foundational mares – Jumaireyah and Zomaradah.

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s racing bloodlines have left an indelible mark on the Royal Meeting, and with top-class talent still racing in his colours this year, there’s no doubt that his legacy will live on - at Royal Ascot and beyond.

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum celebrates with Inisherin, trainer Kevin Ryan and jockey Tom Eaves after winning the 2024 Commonwealth Cup.

Royal Ascot: Global Contenders

Ascot Racecourse and Equine Productions have this year teamed up to produce a series focusing on the global appeal of Royal Ascot, and the strong international challenge expected this June. Below is an excerpt from the first two episodes of the series, presented by horseracing and bloodstock expert Kevin Blake, looking at the Australian and Japanese contingent travelling halfway around the world in search of glory.

Over the last 25 years, any sprinter making the journey from Australia to Royal Ascot has been firmly on the radar when it comes to finding winners. From Choisir’s historic double in 2003, through the likes of Miss Andretti, Black Caviar and Nature Strip, and ending most recently with Asfoora in 2024, horses from Down Under have dominated the sprinting scene in Berkshire. Indeed, four days before Black Caviar’s dramatic success in 2012, Little Bridge – bred, born and originally trained in New Zealand - won the then-King’s Stand Stakes for Hong Kong trainer Danny Shum.

This year, Australia and New Zealand combine to provide a hot favourite.

Joliestar may be based at Chris Waller’s Sydney training yard but with the handler himself a Kiwi, and owners Sir Brendan and Lady Jo Lindsay also hailing from New Zealand, this is very much a joint production. As Sir Brendan puts it: “We feel like we’re the racing All Blacks at the moment!”

The man on board also hails from New Zealand. James McDonald has ridden Joliestar on her last seven starts including three victories

from three this year – two of them at Group 1 level. Says McDonald: “She’s well named, she is a star. She’s got this amazing race-winning record at the moment. She’s won all the best sprint races here in Australia. She’s won a Group 1 over a mile. The six furlongs at Ascot is just going to be, you would think, tailor-made for her. Especially that last furlong. She’s at the peak of her powers. She’s a five-yearold, well-matured, ready to travel, and she is trained by an absolute master.”

With their star mare proving better than ever this year, the Lindsays felt they couldn’t turn down the opportunity of glory on the biggest stage, with Lady Jo admitting: “We’re very fortunate to have a horse that can actually go to Ascot. The most exciting thing is getting to the races on race day and watching her win.”

Sir Brendan adds: “It’s just too big of an opportunity to come from Australia, to be part of all this, and turn it down. It’s an adventure alright, and we can’t wait to get on the plane and start the adventure. Life’s about making new memories. This is going to be a new memory that we can make together. This is next-level stuff compared to what we are used to.”

Overpass was fourth behind Joliestar in their last start, the T J Smith Stakes at Randwick – the seven-year-old is also making the trip to Royal Ascot with trainer Bjorn Baker well aware of the opposing mare’s talents, saying: “I’m very familiar with Joliestar and have been able to compete against her numerous times. Unfortunately I’ve come off second-best the large majority of those!

Joliestar and James McDonald win the 2025 Asahi Super Dry T J Smith Stakes at Randwick.

“Overpass has been a remarkable horse. He has been sound and healthy, and such a stable stalwart for so long. His form has definitely been very consistent at that very high level. It’s going to be a great thrill and I think I’ve got the horse to be competitive as well.”

It seems more likely that Overpass will take up his entry in the King Charles III Stakes, with Joliestar taking in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, where Japan came agonisingly close to a first Royal Ascot winner last year.

Satono Reve was the hot favourite to become Japan’s lucky 13th runner at the Royal Meeting, with journalist and broadcaster Naohiro Goda in attendance for that history-making bid.

He explained: “He’s one of the best sprinters in Japan’s history. I was very excited, a Japanese-trained horse has never won a race at Royal Ascot. Joao Moreira started to make ground on the stands side, and I lost my mind. I shouted and hit the desk, ‘come on, come on’!

Dreams would be shattered though as France’s Lazzat held on to continue the drought of Japanese winners. But Goda is convinced that the attraction of the week means that duck will soon be broken, saying: “For horseracing fans in Japan it’s a dream to attend Royal Ascot once in their lives. And it’s a dream for all owners and trainers to have a runner at Royal Ascot. The competition this year is as tough as last year, but I think he has a good chance to become the first Japanese-trained winner at Royal Ascot.”

And McDonald knows the challenge he is likely to face when piloting Joliestar, adding: “Satono Reve, he’s competed everywhere around the world, he’s got the best form lines in terms of behind Ka Ying Rising, you can’t get better than that.”

The strong international challenge is what has cemented Royal Ascot’s enduring legacy as a global spectacle – that very much looks like continuing this year.

You can watch the full series of Royal Ascot: Global Contenders on the Ascot Racecourse YouTube channel.

Dual Group 1 winner Overpass contests the Sydney Stakes at Randwick in 2024.

Satono Reve and Joao Moreira just fail to reel in Lazzat in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot 2025.

Royal Ascot reaches truly global audience with over 25 networks across 190+ territories

• NBC airing five days across NBC/Peacock with on-site presence

• Middle East focus renewed with Dubai Media and Abu Dhabi Media

• International angles covered, with Australian and Japanese broadcasters on-site

• New Southeast Asian footprint with major pan-regional broadcasters

Royal Ascot, taking place from Tuesday 16th June to Saturday 20th June, will be broadcast across 190+ territories through 25 confirmed broadcast networks, with further negotiations at an advanced stage.

This year’s five-day Royal Meeting is expected to feature a compelling international field, with contenders anticipated from France, Australia, America, Japan and beyond making the journey to Berkshire.

CONTENT PACKAGES AVAILABLE TO BROADCASTERS:

• Royal Ascot World Feed: Daily coverage including the full 35-race card across the Royal Meeting. The enhanced production, presented by Tom Stanley, Michelle Yu, Aly Vance, Ella McNeill and Ally Mosley, will provide broadcasters with 25 hours of uninterrupted coverage.

• 90-minute International Programme: Designed with a worldwide audience in mind, the live programme will focus on the Gold Cup (Thursday) and include exclusive interviews, expert analysis, curated features and the very best action, stories and lifestyle of Royal Ascot.

DISTRIBUTION DETAILS:

ITV Racing will present their award-winning coverage live from Ascot Racecourse in daily five-hour programmes. Sky Sports Racing and Virgin Media supplement the UK and Irish audience offering.

In the USA, NBC will broadcast Royal Ascot with an on-course production presence and talent team, available on Peacock, NBCSN and network coverage. Meanwhile, fans in 49 territories across Latin America can catch the action via ESPN and Disney+

Another notable new acquisition is Channel 7 - Australia’s principal free-to-air broadcaster - who will deliver all five days of Royal Ascot to over 17 million homes in a significant new broadcast for the Royal Meeting - extending the event’s reach into one of the world’s most established and passionate racing nations.

European coverage is provided by Rai (Italy), Polsat (Poland), Viaplay (Scandinavia, the Netherlands), WeDo Sport (Germany, Switzerland and Austria), Setanta (Balkans and Eurasia), Silknet (Georgia), D-Smart (Turkey) and CYTA (Cyprus).

Across the Asia-Pacific region, a new deal with SPOTV will bring Royal Ascot to 14 Southeast Asian territories, while TVRI will deliver free-to-air coverage across Indonesia to reach an estimated 80% of the country’s households. WeDo Asia will extend its reach into India and Israel for the first time. Australian racing broadcaster Tabcorp will also be on the ground at Ascot, reflecting the strength of the international field and the two nations’ deep shared racing heritage.

In the Middle East, Dubai Media International and Abu Dhabi Media (Yas TV) continue to serve multiple territories across the region, ensuring Royal Ascot reaches one of the sport’s most passionate and engaged audiences.

Globally, Sport24 and Anuvu will ensure Royal Ascot is available live in the skies and seas onboard various airlines and cruise ships worldwide.

World Pool is now in its eighth year, having started at Royal Ascot in 2019. World Pool is a collaboration of pool betting operators from 27 jurisdictions worldwide who commingle their pools into a single “World Pool” operated by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. This results in enormous liquidity with huge value opportunities for racing fans while generating significant new funding for British and Irish racing.

Last year, British and Irish racecourses hosted 23 World Pool days, and that number is set to grow in 2026, with new racedays added, including the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup meeting here at Ascot in August.

In 2025, World Pool’s global better turnover surpassed £1billion. By bringing together pool betting liquidity from across the globe, World Pool provides huge pools to bet into and exciting opportunities to look for value as racing fans support particular horses, jockey and trainers familiar to them. The pool betting model is agnostic about results so welcomes winning customers.

Since 2019 World Pool has contributed over £65 million to participating racecourses. In addition, there’s £100,000+ in prizes on offer to racing staff for World Pool Moment of the Day and Year every season and £50,000 for charity as part of the annual World Pool Jockeys’ Championship.

WORLD POOL MOMENT OF THE DAY

All UK and Irish World Pool days featuring six or more races will see a Moment of the Day chosen and the winning stable receiving a cheque for £4,000/€4,500 to be distributed to the groom and those who work closest with the horse. Each winner will also have the chance to be named World Pool Moment of the Year. The Moment of the Year winner will win a VIP trip for four to the racing in Hong Kong.

5 WORLD POOL DAYS TURNOVER

WORLD POOL UK&IRE JOCKEYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

The World Pool UK&Ire Jockeys’ Championship is an initiative for elite jockeys to compete against one another based on the World Pool WIN odds for all UK & Ireland World Pool races. The Championship began on 2000 Guineas Day on 2nd May and ends at QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot on 17th October. World Pool has been promoting the best international racing events and enhancing customer experience since its launch in 2019. This Championship provides a different perspective for racing fans to follow top class jockeys, their horses and high calibre races in UK and Ireland.

For the winning jockey of every World Pool race, points will be awarded based on the World Pool WIN odds. Different to most jockeys’ championship or challenges, the concept of this point system offers a level playing field for all jockeys, from leaders to rising stars, and their chances of winning are dictated by the public as reflects by the tote odds.

Billy Loughnane triumphed in the inaugural UK & Ireland World Pool Jockeys’ Championship and donated the £50,000 prize to The Christy Lambe Foundation. Topping the leaderboard with 187.50pts, Loughnane finished over 90pts clear of Oisin Murphy (97.25pts) having triumphed on a number of outsiders through the World Pool season, including Rashabar in the Coventry Stakes (World Pool Win odds 129.90). Loughnane said: “I’m very grateful to World Pool for this prize. It’s a significant amount of money and I’m honoured to be able to donate it to The Christy Lambe Foundation.

“Riding in these races on the big days is what I’ve always dreamed of, so to win a few and to top the leaderboard is a fantastic feeling.

“The Christy Lambe Foundation was only setup two years ago and this money will be very important. The charity works to help people struggling with mental health and poverty, and it’s a cause that’s close to my heart as Christy’s oldest brother Michael is my sponsor, through his company Lambe Construction.”

Oisin Murphy triumphed in 2025, topping the table after 15 World Pool raceday winners, accumulating 151.15pts.

Murphy decided to split the prize 50-50, with Racing Welfare receiving £25,000 and the other £25,000 going to Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Murphy said: “Firstly, thanks to World Pool for putting up the prize. It’s a privilege to be able to donate this considerable amount of money to two very important charities.

“Racing Welfare, who have had a particularly challenging time following the death of Nicki Strong, do so much for the sport, while the MND Association touches me as I have a family friend who is suffering at the moment.

“There were a couple of big-price shocks on the day, and Jamie Spencer almost snatched it from me, so it was a big relief to have held on in the end.”

All five days of Royal Ascot are World Pool days, meaning all 35 races at the meeting count towards the World Pool Jockeys’ Championship.

2025 WORLD POOL JOCKEYS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

Ascot Racecourse unveils Grandstand solar project

System will generate approx. 569,000kWh renewable electricity and savings of 118 tonnes CO2e in year one

Ascot Racecourse has taken a significant step in its efforts to cut emissions with the installation of a major new rooftop solar array, delivered with SSE Energy Solutions and Ortus Energy.

The system will help power Royal Ascot - one of the UK’s most high-profile sporting events - as part of Ascot’s ambition to stage one of the world’s most sustainable major race meetings. Beyond race week, it will support day-to-day operations and more than 300 non-racing events held at the venue each year.

The system, installed across the 480-metre-long roof of the Grandstand, has a total capacity of 608.04 kWp and comprises more than 1,200 solar panels. It is expected to generate approximately 569,000 kWh of renewable electricity in its first year, enough power for a medium sized electric car to drive just over one million laps of the course. 100 percent of the energy used on site will support day-to-day operations at Ascot Racecourse, offsetting around 9% of annual consumption.

Ascot now sits alongside the London Stadium and Manchester City’s campus as having one of the most substantial onsite solar installations in UK sport, and is a flagship within British horse racing. The system is fully integrated into the existing Grandstand originally opened in 2006 and shows how permanent infrastructure of this scale can be deployed at heritage venues without compromising their character or operational demands. The project also demonstrates how unused roof space at sporting venues can be transformed into a strategic energy asset.

Sam Thompson, Director of Estate Operations, Ascot Racecourse, said:

“This installation is a significant milestone for Ascot. It allows us to make measurable progress on cutting emissions while strengthening the resilience of our operations. By generating renewable electricity on site and using it directly, we are turning our roof space into a long-term asset that supports both our environmental commitments and the future sustainability of the racecourse.”

INSTALLED CAPACITY

608.04 kWp

SOLAR PANELS

1,200+

ESTIMATED ANNUAL GENERATION 569,000 kWh

ON-SITE CONSUMPTION 100% (no export)

ANNUAL ENERGY OFFSET

Approx. 9%

CARBON SAVINGS (YEAR 1) -118 tonnes C02e

Site changes

Every year we strive to improve the experience for the near 300,000 racegoers that attend Royal Ascot. This year in particular, we have made a number of enhancements and changes to the site which will make people’s day more enjoyable and comfortable. They include:

• Across the course we have installed an additional 1,580m2 of shade and rain cover. This includes 1,290m2 in the Village Enclosure thanks to the brand-new circular ‘Salacia’ structure previously seen at the music festival Tomorrowland.

• We have also provided an additional 1,789 seats across all enclosures – an increase of 17.6%.

• There are 25 Hydration Stations across all enclosures – allowing racegoers to fill up their water bottles throughout the day.

SHOWCASING SUSTAINABILITY

At Ascot Racecourse we are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our events on every scale with the ambition of being Net Zero by 2040. This year, a dedicated area in the Queen Anne Enclosure will showcase our sustainability work to racegoers and provide them with an ideally placed hydration station in the shade.

To incentivise people to travel in a sustainable way, the first 50 racegoers that visit the area on each day will be able to claim a complimentary Royal Ascot water bottle if they have travelled to the racecourse by train, bus electric car, bike or walked.

Water bottles will also be available to purchase which can be used at the Hydration Stations around the site as we try to reduce the amount of single-use plastic on site. We will also have Sustainability Ambassadors on hand to talk about the various things we are doing to rescue our environmental impact.

Away from the track

Royal Ascot Handbook 2026

Ascot Racecourse unveils ‘The Art of Dressing Well’ featuring Erin O’Connor and launches inaugural Royal Ascot Colour of the Year

Ascot Racecourse has unveiled the 2026 Royal Ascot Handbook: The Art of Dressing Well, a celebration of British heritage, individuality and contemporary style, presented by Official Ascot Partner Beyond Developments Dubai. Fronted by British fashion icon and supermodel Erin O’Connor MBE, the campaign is Creative Director Daniel Fletcher’s third annual guide to Royal Ascot and social season dressing and also marks the announcement of Royal Ascot’s first ever official Colour of the Year: Bright Tomato.

Leading the campaign, Erin O’Connor, a longstanding Royal Ascot attendee, stars on the cover and in a dedicated edit of the campaign titled ‘Think Outside the Box’. Shot within a sculptural box inspired by the Winning Post and positioned across the picturesque Berkshire racecourse, this striking series features standout looks including tailored pieces by Edeline Lee, dresses by Rebecca Vallance and Roksanda, and accessories from Longines, Christian Louboutin and Bucherer, paired with statement millinery from the likes of Emily London, Harvy Santos and Jane Taylor.

O’Connor commented:

“To be a part of such an iconic fashion campaign is a total honour; I’m always in awe of the creativity and thought that goes into Royal Ascot attire, and how it sets the tone for the summer social season.”

As part of the campaign, Ascot introduces style notes for its inaugural Royal Ascot Colour of the Year: Bright Tomato. An unapologetically vibrant hue, the shade draws from expert trend forecasting, SS26 runways and the enduring flair of the Royal Ascot crowd. Bright Tomato weaves through multiple edits of the campaign, brought to life in standout bespoke pieces, including a custom hat by Rachel Trevor-Morgan and custom looks by British designers Claire Mischevani and Suzannah London. Racegoers are encouraged to embrace the colour on Gold Cup Day, which falls on Thursday 18 June 2026. For women, this may take the form of statement dresses or bold millinery, while men can incorporate the hue through tailoring, ties, pocket squares and subtle accents.

Ebony Horse Club

Changing lives in the heart of Brixton

Ebony Horse Club is a community stables committed to transforming the lives of young people facing disadvantage by harnessing the unique power, discipline and opportunity that horses provide. Rooted in the heart of the community, Ebony Horse Club offers a safe, supportive and inspiring environment where young people can grow in confidence, develop essential life skills and build strong foundations for their futures.

Their mission is to advance aspirations, strengthen educational engagement, improve wellbeing and create clear pathways into further education, training and employment, all through access to horses. The Club’s programmes cultivate resilience, responsibility, curiosity and ambition. Ebony Horse Club believes that horses offer far more than a recreational activity: they unlock potential, create a sense of belonging and provide life-changing opportunities. Through committed coaching, mentoring and community connection, the Club empowers young people to develop the skills and mindsets they need to thrive both within and beyond the equestrian world.

The Ebony Horse Club vision is a future where every young person, irrespective of their background or circumstance, can access the transformative benefits of horses, sport and community.

You can find out more about Ebony Horse Club by visiting their stand in the Queen Anne Enclosure at this year’s Royal Meeting.

THE KING’S TRUST AT ROYAL ASCOT

At this year’s Royal Ascot, young people supported by The King’s Trust are gaining valuable employment and work experience opportunities across the event. Roles span entertainment, catering, broadcasting and event stewarding, offering hands on experience, confidence building and real industry insight within a world class sporting setting.

Racegoers can also enjoy performances from two King’s Trustsupported musicians, Tiernan Heffron and John Nicholas, who will be playing in the Windsor Enclosure. In the Village Enclosure, The Scran Man - a Trust supported catering business - will be serving a range of delicious food, showcasing the talent and entrepreneurial spirit of young people backed by The King’s Trust.

In addition, The King’s Trust will have a dedicated presence on the ground floor concourse of the Grandstand, within the Queen Anne Enclosure, directly opposite the Parade Ring. Guests are invited to step through five decades of impact, discovering powerful stories of what young people can achieve with the right support and how The King’s Trust continues His Majesty’s vision - opening doors, championing opportunity and empowering young people to unlock their potential. Designed to inspire as much as it informs, it’s a powerful experience to build into the day.

In memory of Sir Johnny Weatherby KCVO

It was with great sadness that we learned about the death of Sir Johnny Weatherby last December. On behalf of everybody at Ascot, Sir Francis Brooke, current Chairman and His Majesty’s Representative at Ascot, said:

“All of us at Ascot were deeply saddened by the news of Sir Johnny Weatherby’s death on Thursday, 18th December.

“Johnny’s entire working life was devoted to racing in many roles but the 23 years that he spent at Ascot as a Trustee then as Chairman and for nine years as Her Majesty’s Representative at Ascot were the most prominent.

“He played a key role in the Grandstand redevelopment project and then took over as Chairman and led the business with great dedication and commitment.

“Johnny was a hugely popular figure in racing both at home and abroad where he was a wonderful ambassador for Ascot and British racing. He will be much missed by us all and the wider racing community.

“Our deepest sympathies go to his entire family but especially to Sophie, Isabella, Jack, Max and Lara.”

2026 Chef line-up

The world’s most Michelin-starred sporting event returns with a star-studded

culinary line-up

Ascot has revealed its exceptional culinary line-up for Royal Ascot 2026, continuing its tradition of pairing world-class racing with world-leading hospitality. Across the five-day event, racegoers will enjoy dining experiences curated by a remarkable roster of Michelin-starred chefs whose combined accolades include 32 Michelin Stars, 3 Green Michelin Stars, and more than 30 AA Rosettes.

This year welcomes two exciting new additions: Steve Smith, chef-patron of Latymer at Pennyhill Park, Surrey, and Angela Hartnett OBE, the renowned British chef celebrated for her modern Italian-inspired cuisine. They join returning icons Raymond Blanc

OBE; Simon Rogan MBE, pioneer of farm-to-fork dining; innovative chef Tom Shepherd of UPSTAIRS; and French culinary master Yannick Alléno – each delivering distinct fine dining experiences throughout the Royal Meeting. Acclaimed master pâtissier Benoit Blin also returns to elevate the Royal Ascot Afternoon Tea across multiple locations on course.

From immersive tasting menus to elegant patisserie and seasonal, flavour-driven dining, each ‘Chef in Residence’ brings a signature perspective – ensuring every meal at Royal Ascot is as extraordinary as the racing spectacle itself.

RAYMOND BLANC OBE

PANORAMIC RESTAURANT, ROYAL ENCLOSURE

Two-Michelin-starred Raymond Blanc returns to the Panoramic Restaurant, bringing his renowned dedication to seasonal, garden-grown ingredients. His refined four-course menu is served in a light-filled space offering sweeping views of the racecourse – one of Royal Ascot’s most intimate and elegant culinary settings.

SIMON ROGAN MBE

PARADE RING RESTAURANT, ROYAL ENCLOSURE

Celebrated for his hyper-seasonal British cookery, the nineMichelin-starred Simon Rogan returns with a five-course à la carte menu overlooking the Parade Ring and track. His creative precision and sustainable ethos – central to his flagship restaurant L’Enclume – continue to define modern British gastronomy at Ascot.

YANNICK ALLÉNO

BAR ANTOINE BY THE FOUR SEASONS, ROYAL ENCLOSURE

French maestro Yannick Alléno brings his relaxed outdoor pop-up inspired by his Bar Antoine at the Four Seasons, Park Lane. With 17 Michelin stars across his global portfolio, Alléno delivers a vibrant small-plates tasting experience that blends classical French craft with contemporary innovation.

TOM SHEPHERD

THE SANDRINGHAM, ROYAL ENCLOSURE

Michelin-starred Tom Shepherd returns with his modern British menus served in The Sandringham’s orangery-style space. Chefled stations and a signature table menu create a dynamic fourcourse dining experience set within the Royal Enclosure Gardens.

STEVE SMITH

THE VISTA, ROYAL ENCLOSURE

New for 2026, Steve Smith brings his refined modern British cuisine to The Vista, located just beyond the winning post with panoramic track views. His six-course tasting menu and open kitchen add theatre to a dining experience immersed in the heart of the action.

ANGELA HARTNETT OBE

ON 5, QUEEN ANNE ENCLOSURE

Making her return to Royal Ascot having last appeared on the chef line-up in 2014, Angela Hartnett takes up residence in ON 5 – the Queen Anne Enclosure’s flagship restaurant – serving a vibrant seasonal menu rooted in her modern Italian style. With a stunning fifth-floor vantage point and rooftop terrace, ON 5 offers exceptional trackside perspectives.

BENOIT BLIN

ROYAL ASCOT AFTERNOON TEA, VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Master pâtissier Benoit Blin crafts an indulgent Afternoon Tea experience available across various restaurants and private boxes. Renowned for his precision and artistry, Blin’s creations deliver a luxurious moment of pause amid the excitement of the racing action.

Jonathan Parker, Managing Director, 1711 by Ascot, said:

“We are incredibly proud to once again deliver the world’s most Michelin-starred sporting event. Welcoming back some of the culinary greats, while also expanding our line-up with the exceptional talents of Angela Hartnett and Steve Smith, ensures Royal Ascot 2026 will set yet another new standard in sporting hospitality.”

Royal Ascot and the community

Royal Ascot Local Schools Art Competition 2026 winners

Our annual competition goes from strength to strength with another strong year of participation with 1,680 entries received from 34 schools. Shortlisted entries were showcased at our Spring Family Raceday and online for a public vote which in total received 3,500 votes - showcasing and celebrating the creativity and talent of pupils across our community. All the winners and runners up were invited to the Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% May Racing Weekend for a celebratory presentation tea. These images will be reproduced and added to the gallery of past winners ahead of Royal Ascot which are displayed in the Heath Tunnel for racegoers and the local community to enjoy. The winners have also been invited to form a Jockey’s Guard of

Fashion Design Competition

Now in its sixth year, the competition continues to evolve. Building on last year’s success, it marked the second year of delivering a Fashion Design Enrichment Programme, supported by local creative consultancy Colours Immortalis, across 10 local schools and colleges. Through a series of workshops, students aged 15+ studying textiles, fashion and/ or photography gained confidence, developed transferable skills, and deepened their understanding of the real world design process while enhancing their portfolios.

This year also marked an exciting new chapter, with the programme working alongside Daniel Fletcher, Creative Director of the Royal Ascot Handbook, further strengthening its industry insight. Students were also challenged to incorporate a hat from the Royal Ascot Millinery Collective as featured at London Fashion Week into their designs.

Poppy Bergin was named the winner, with her outfit set to be manufactured by Daniel Fletcher. She has been invited to work on her design at his London studio, ahead of wearing the completed look at Royal Ascot on Saturday 20 June, styled with a hat by Vivien Sheriff. Poppy will also be offered work experience later in the year.

Heath Enclosure / ticket ballot / local services tickets

For Royal Ascot 2026, a dedicated viewing and picnic area within the Heath Enclosure will once again welcome local students to experience the Royal Procession and racing. Scotty, the Ascot Colts & Fillies Club mascot, will make a special appearance, with students receiving a commemorative goody bag and Union Jack flag. A total of 750 children from 17 local schools are set to attend across the first two days of the Royal Meeting.

Racing to School will also be part of the day, delivering an immersive VR equiciser experience. To mark the occasion, an exciting competition is being held to design a set of racing silks (the coloured jackets worn by jockeys), with the winning design produced in time for Royal Ascot and being used across Racing to Schools national programme.

In addition, Ascot continues its commitment to the local community through the Local Residents’ Ballot, providing 500 pairs of Queen Anne Enclosure tickets for the second day of Royal Ascot and taking the total donated to residents to over 6,000 since 2021. Discounted tickets are also extended to the NHS, Thames Valley Police, Fire and Ambulance services in recognition of their ongoing support.

“Ascot Racecourse Supports” was launched in 2017 and brings together all Ascot’s community and charity work into one programme for the benefit of the local community and beyond. Its goals are to support small, local charities and community groups with a focus on children and mental health issues in addition to equine charities. In addition to the activations for Royal Ascot overleaf, the programme continues to deliver social impact which in 2026 will include:

TRIAL LUNCH SERVICE FOR CHARITY/COMMUNITY GROUPS

300 staff members from 38 local charities and community groups supported by Ascot Racecourse Supports have been invited to enjoy a complimentary lunch on the Monday ahead

Retraining of Racehorses (ROR) donation

Royal Ascot 2026 marks the third and final year of RoR’s partnership with Ascot Racecourse Supports, celebrating a powerful collaboration that has placed the afterlife o horses after racing centre stage. The initiative has already raised £65,000 across its first two years, with further funds to come in 2026, with Ascot Racecourse continuing to donate £5,000 donation for every race won by Ascot Racecourse Supports Racing Ambassador, Ryan Moore at Royal Ascot. Ascot’s support has also helped transform RoR’s long term fundraising capability, contributing to the launch of a new fundraising microsite in early 2025—publicly credited to Ascot Racecourse and Agria—which delivered a sixfold increase in online individual giving. Funds raised through the 2025 and 2026 campaigns will continue to support RoR’s wider digital redevelopment, strengthening education, communication and traceability for horses and owners, and reinforcing racing’s long term commitment to life beyond the track.

of Royal Ascot. Guests will experience outstanding hospitality, with food prepared across across 15 restaurants at Royal Ascot, some featuring Michelin-starred chefs. Alongside providing a well deserved day out for those doing vital community work, the initiative also offers a valuable training opportunity for Ascot teams as they prepare for the busy week ahead.

BUCKET COLLECTORS INCLUDING THE TRI-FORCES

The three principal single service Armed Forces charities - the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF) and the RAF Benevolent Fund – have again been invited to be Ascot’s nominated bucket collectors on the Friday of Royal Ascot, supported by 100 volunteer collectors. On the day, it is anticipated that over 370 members of the Armed Forces community will attend, aligned with Ascot Racecourse’s 50% discounted ticket offer for serving personnel, recognising their vital contribution.

Representatives from HEROS, Daisy’s Dream, Sport in Mind and The King’s Trust will also be bucket collecting across the week, attending on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday respectively.

£50K

donated via Berkshire Community Fund supporting OVER 1,982 BENEFICIARIES

7,600 OVER

raceday tickets donated to charity/community including

£80K LEGACY FUNDING

STAFF VOLUNTEERING

105 STAFF MEMBERS

597 HOURS DONATED + = 85 VOLUNTEER DAYS across 16 local charities

OVER

£34K

2.5 OVER TONNES OF SURPLUS FOOD

100+ to People to Places & Alma Beacon

donated to City Harvest = 5,995 MEALS to charities feeding their communities

OVER 400 donated to support community events, clubs & programmes

MEET & GREETS

plus community outreach visit for National Racehorse Week with our equine ambassador

Upcycled Community Art Installation unveiled SIDE

£179K

CHILDREN visited our Sensory Room with 5 STAR RATING

NE W Sustainability Education Programme launched

OVER

5,000

students have taken part in our Student Engagement Initiatives

OTHER BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE:

raised in total for charitable causes including a record £35K donation to Retraining of Racehorses

Fashion Design Workshops launched across 10 SCHOOLS with 180 ENTRIES RECEIVED for our Fashion Design Competition

£450K

raised for charity via the BGC Britannia Stakes initiative

Pre-Royal Ascot Trial Lunch invitation enjoyed by 254 STAFF MEMBERS from 39 LOCAL CHARITIES

Sculptures across the Royal Ascot site

2026 marks the tenth year of Muse Sculpture Co. curating the sculptures showing in the Royal Enclosure Gardens

All sculptures shown are by British contemporary sculptors who are busily creating in studios and foundries around the UK. All sculptures are available to own through Muse Sculpture Co. Each morning there will be a guided walk around the Royal Enclosure display and Muse Sculpture Co. will be on hand throughout the week to answer any questions about the artwork.

Justin Gardner: 07828174679 www.instagram.com/musesculptureco/ justin@thesculpturecompany.co.uk

This year for the first time ever there will also be sculptures in the Queen Anne Enclosure whilst the Village Enclosure also showcases two equine works as well.

Rupert Till Never Alone

Rupert Till is a wire sculptor living in the Cotswolds. He has been working with wire since leaving Chelsea School of Art School in 1991 and since then he has had the opportunity to work with clients from all over the world.

Rupert has exhibited at RHS Chelsea since 1994, and exhibits at Cheltenham, Burghley & Maryland 5 Star.

Location: Near Bucks Club.

Philip Jackson CVO Skittles with Scarlatti

This work is part of a bronze world edition of just 8, created and cast in the UK.

Philip Jackson lives and works in Sussex and served as Royal sculptor to the Late HM The Queen. He has created some of our most important public monumental sculptures including The Bomber Command Monument, Green Park, HM The Queen, Windsor Park, HM The Queen Mother in The Mall.

Skittles with Scarlatti is part of his hugely successful series of works where he concentrates on line and movement, pulling away from the tightness required in his magnificent monumental sculptures.

Location: Near the Ascot Shop.

Hamish Mackie is a firm favourite with Royal Enclosure guests. Probably the UKs best known wildlife sculptor. Hamish lives and works in Oxfordshire and his sculptures are cast by the celebrated Lockbund foundry, Banbury.

Hamish was born in 1973 and grew up on the family farm in Cornwall. He attended Radly collage, followed by Falmouth School of Art and Kingston University. His largest work to date is the six life-sized galloping horses at Goodman’s Fields in the City of London.

Location: Owners’ and Trainers’ Lawn in the Queen Anne Enclosure.

Hamish Mackie Peacock

Steve Winterburn

Standing to Canter

This will be the second time that Stephen Winterburn has had sculptures within the Royal Enclosure Gardens. Last year his monumental work stood at the entrance to the gardens, in front of the Sandringham. This year, for the same space, he is bringing three smaller works that will stand in a curve standing, walking and striding.

Placed in the middle of the pathway roundabout he has his brace of breaking pheasants.

Steve is self-taught and is achieving great things in the equestrian sculpture world. His family run foundry cast his works in east Yorkshire. It is very much a story of a man who hasn’t come from the traditional background, with no formal training, achieving great things in the world of sculpture.

Location: At the junction of the pathways through the Royal Enclosure Gardens.

These movement plinths or in

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Red Letter Day

This year Zoe will debut her recent tribute to Horse and Hound with a wonderful sculpture titled Red Letter Day. The work was created with the encouragement of The British Sporting Arts Trust, whose patron is HM The Queen.

Brace of Breaking Pheasants

These would movement from plinths standing or in a row.

Location for both: In the Grandstand, either side of the partition between the Royal Enclosure and the Queen Anne Enclosure.

Piaffe Grande in Gold

The sculpture has been created especially for Royal Ascot 2026 and intended to celebrate the occasion and spirit of the week. It also feels particularly fitting this year as it is the Year of the Horse - and more specifically the Year of the Fire Horse - which inspired the gold finish.

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The piece depicts a horse performing piaffe and has been finished in 24-carat Italian gold leaf, inspired both by the elegance and ceremony of Royal Ascot, and by Zoë’s training in Florence.

Zoe Carmichael

Nic Fiddian Green

Head of Apollo

This monumental bronze sculpture measures nearly 20 feet tall and and perfectly captures the artist’s signature kinetic approach to the equine form

Location: Lavender Courtyard

Charlie Langton

Enable

Celebrating our equine heroes is incredibly important at Ascot and we are delighted to this year be unveiling a new sculpture of Enable. Located on the Royal Enclosure lawns during Royal Ascot, the sculpture of Enable’s head was created and crafted by Charlie Langton

Enable is the only three-time winner of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in history and is forever remembered at Ascot for exploits in July. The sculpture of her head joins a collection of other permanent figures around the racecourses including Frankel and Yeats.

‘Head of Apollo’

Holly Hickmore

Royal Stag

The work is a life size stag with 12 points to his antlers, known as a Royal Stag, created by sculptor Holly Hickmore in her Hampshire studio and cast her in the UK.

Leaping Horses

This would on Lavender Courtyard in - line with the brick pathway that runs between the Club’s. Angled diagonally with the head facing towards the hedge next to Bucks

• To be base planted with agreement from the sculptor

Holly studied in Budapest at The Hungarian University for Fine Arts where she received a classical education with a strong understanding of anatomy, which gave her a foundation to become more expansive and gestural.

Location: Adjacent to The Sandringham

The Village Enclosure sculptures are once again curated by Pyrite Creative. The pair of Leaping Horses from 2025 return this year, greeting racegoers as they enter the Enclosure. Meanwhile the new Driftwood Horse sculpture will be in situ in the East field, next to the dome. This giant construction features a walkway made up of driftwood and other old branches, crafted into the shape of a horse’s head.

NIC FIDDIAN GREEN Measurements

Royal Enclosure

A Royal Enclosure

B

C Lavender Courtyard

D Winning Post

E ATM

F Cloakroom & Left Luggage

G Royal Enclosure Gardens

H Ascot Shop

I Pre-Parade Ring

J Beyond Developments

K Betfred Betting Shop (Concourse & Level 4)

L Royal Enclosure Trackside Viewing

M Picnic Collection

N Longines Boutique

O Sustainability

P Royal Enclosure

Q Parade

Queen Anne Enclosure

Village Enclosure

ACCESSIBILITY

Accessible Toilets

Wheelchair Viewing Area

Wheelchair Hire ENTRANCES & TICKET OFFICES 1 Ticket Office

B Betfred Betting Shop

C Picnic Collection

D Live Music

E Helicopter Pick Up & Drop Off

F Cloakroom & Left Luggage

G ATM

H Ascot Shop

I The Village Viewing

J Tunnel to Ascot High Street

K Restaurant in the Village Viewing

L The Meadows Viewing

1 Restaurant in the Village

The Meadows

Windsor Enclosure

Accessible Toilets

Wheelchair Viewing Area

Wheelchair

Official Partners, Sponsors & Suppliers

OFFICIAL PARTNERS

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS

Partners, Sponsors & Suppliers

QIPCO HOLDING, OFFICIAL PARTNER AND SPONSOR OF QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY

QIPCO Holding, based in Doha, was established in 1999 and is considered one of the leading investment companies in Qatar. QIPCO has a diverse range of interests including real estate, construction, oil and gas, trading and services, finance and health. In more recent years QIPCO has made a significant investment in horse racing, not only as sponsors but also as owners and breeders through its global racing and bloodstock company, Qatar Racing, a subsidiary of QIPCO, founded and chaired by Sheikh Fahad bin Abdullah Al Thani.

QIPCO is an Official Partner of Ascot and Royal Ascot, and title sponsor of QIPCO British Champions Day. The ten-year deal, signed in 2015, with British Champions Series and Ascot remains the largest in the history of British racing. The agreement has since been extended until 2026, cementing QIPCO as a long-term partner of the Royal Racecourse.

QIPCO was the inaugural sponsor of British Champions Day in 2011 when significant changes were made to the autumn racing programme in the UK, including the transfer of the G1 Champion Stakes from its traditional home in Newmarket to Ascot.

Held at Ascot on Saturday 17th October, QIPCO British Champions Day is the finale of the British Flat racing season and the richest raceday in the British calendar with over £4.35 million of prize

money on offer. The QIPCO Champion Stakes is set to be one of the richest races in the UK with £1.3 million in prize money, with the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO) at £1.1 million – both feature races are the richest of their kind in Europe. The three remaining pattern races on the card; the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup, the QIPCO British Champions Sprint and the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes, will offer a total prize fund of £1.4 million. The programme for QIPCO British Champions Day consists of five Group 1 races, the Balmoral Handicap (sponsored by QIPCO), Europe’s most valuable mile handicap and the QIPCO British Champions Day Two-Year-Old Conditions Stakes.

QIPCO is proud to have supported the British Racing Hall of Fame, the first of its kind in British Flat racing, which launched in 2021 to immortalise the modern greats of the sport from 1970 onwards, as well as Club 26, a free to join club for young people between 18 to 26-years-old, to help encourage younger fans to attend Great Britain’s leading Flat and National Hunt fixtures. Having launched in 2023, Club 26 is the largest and most successful club of its kind.

For more information please visit: qipco.com.qa

OFFICIAL TIME PARTNER

Longines – A dedicated supporter of equestrian sports

The name of Longines has long been associated with sports timekeeping. In the past, at equestrian events, the brand has constantly pushed the boundaries of precision, and its involvement in the equestrian world has progressively intensified. In 1912, a further step was taken when Longines established its first official partnership with a showjumping event in Lisbon, Portugal, marking the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship with the discipline.

Throughout the years, countless equestrian competitions have benefited from the qualities and reliability of the chronograph calibres and automated instruments that Longines developed to time sporting performances. With its legitimacy and expertise, Longines plays an important role today in equestrian sports such as flat racing, showjumping, dressage, driving and eventing.

Over the years, Longines’ engagement with the equestrian world has been further strengthened by its dedicated support for major equestrian institutions, such as the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA). With these partnerships, Longines permeates all levels of equestrianism and fosters excellence in flat racing and showjumping by playing a pivotal role in events such as the Longines FEI Rising Star Award, the Longines World’s Best Racehorse and Horse Race Awards, and the Longines World’s Best Jockey Award. The brand’s presence at the pinnacle of the sport is often highlighted by its presence in the most demanding competitions such as Royal Ascot, which require the highest level of precision and excellence.

Howden is one of the world’s truly global insurance brokers. We’ve grown from a company of just three people and a dog in 1994 into a business of more than 24,000 people in more than 57 countries today. We are one of the largest employee-owned businesses in the UK and manage premiums on behalf of millions of clients from Europe and the Middle East to Asia, the Americas and Australia.

This year marks our sixth year as the Official Partner of Royal Ascot and we are delighted to have renewed that partnership for a further five years. Our relationship reflects not only shared values of excellence, heritage and long-term thinking but a shared loved of horses. Over many years we have built deep expertise in equine insurance and our world-class bloodstock team is second to none. In fact, there is not much we don’t know about equestrian risk! And today we work with everyone from racecourses and trainers to owners across the industry.

Our passion comes from the very top. Our CEO David Howden is not just a horse owner and breeder – he is the founder and President of Cornbury House Horse Trials. He also created the Thoroughbred Aftercare Programme so ex-racehorses can enjoy a second career through training and mentorship – whether as hacks, eventers or something completely different. And through the Howden Way, he is supporting the development of a new generation of British event riders and horses, shaping the future of the sport he loves.

OFFICIAL PARTNER

OFFICIAL PARTNER

WHERE LEGACY BEGINS

BEYOND Developments is honoured to be the Official Real Estate Partner of Ascot and Royal Ascot. This prestigious partnership reflects a shared commitment to legacy, elegance, and excellence.

Born in Dubai, BEYOND reflects a city that does not wait for legacy to arrive. It builds what endures, with clarity and ambition. A place shaped by intent, where bold ideas are not imagined for the future, but brought to life in the present, defining what comes next.

Inspired by the calm of natural surroundings, the warmth of design, and the soul of true living, BEYOND represents a new chapter in contemporary living shaped by a vision where progress and possibility move hand in hand.

Rooted in purpose and cultural awareness, BEYOND curates lifestyle destinations that transcend architecture. Its communities are thoughtfully designed to inspire movement, spark imagination, and foster connection. Every detail is shaped with emotional depth and clarity, offering more than just a place to live, but a place to feel, belong, and thrive.

As BEYOND continues to grow, it remains guided by a clear philosophy. Each development is crafted with intention, reflecting a belief in the power of design to shape how people live and experience the world. From visionary placemaking to emotionally resonant environments, BEYOND is setting a new standard for purposeful, designled living.

This collaboration with Ascot and Royal Ascot places BEYOND within a cultural landmark celebrated for its heritage, precision, and world-class performance, values that closely mirror our own. Like Ascot, BEYOND is driven by a pursuit of excellence where every detail contributes to something greater, and where legacy is shaped through vision, discipline, and time.

At Royal Ascot, we invite you to experience BEYOND in a new light. Our bespoke activation offers an immersive glimpse into a way of living shaped by design, emotion, and connection, set against the evolving backdrop of Dubai.

It is more than a space. It is a reflection of a city, a mindset, and a vision for living that continues to look forward.

OFFICIAL SPONSOR

Since its foundation in 1983, Dubai Duty Free has grown into one of the world’s biggest single travel retail operators employing more than 5,800 people across approximately 40,000 sqm of retail space at Dubai International and Al Maktoum International airports.

Continually setting the benchmark in the airport retail sector, 2025 marked an historic milestone with an annual sales record of US$2.378 billion generated by more than 21 million transactions - an average of 58,212 per day – involving a staggering 56.786 million units of merchandise.

A supporter of British horseracing for more than 30 years, sport continues to play a major role in the organisation’s marketing strategy, both promoting the brand and helping to propel global perception of the emirate. Dubai Duty Free’s 2026 ‘sporting season’ began at the Emirates Golf Club in January with the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, an event with which Dubai Duty Free has a proud and long-held association.

The two-day Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials Weekend staged at Newbury Racecourse in April is followed by the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby which has enjoyed the leading airport retailer’s backing since 2008. The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup in August, one of the most popular dates in Ascot Racecourse’s calendar follows ahead of a return to Newbury for September’s Dubai Duty Free International Weekend.

The Dubai Duty Free Foundation, a charitable body launched in 2004 under the auspices of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Dubai Duty Free, is dedicated to raising funds for worthy causes, specifically those aimed at benefiting children and has supported 59 local and 60 overseas charities since its inception. Other philanthropic activities include support for the Al Jalila Foundation for medical research specific to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity and mental health with a concentration on cancer research.

Moët & Chandon has been associated with the equestrian world since 1908 when two three-year-old horses, one named “Moët” and the other “Chandon”, belonging to Monsieur Alfred Simon, the House’s sales representative in London, finished first in Epsom and Newbury respectively. That same year, “Moët” ran fourth in the Hunt Cup at Ascot and as a result, Alfred Simon referred to it as his “lucky” race.

As the champagne of celebration, Moët & Chandon brings people together to toast the most iconic moments throughout the year, with Royal Ascot as one of the highlights of the British Summer season. Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage, Official Champagne of Royal Ascot, is made only in remarkable years and is available across the racecourse in a variety of formats and vintages.

As the official lager sponsor of Ascot Racecourse, Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% is proud to champion a responsible way to enjoy race day in style. With all the refreshing Italian flavour, it offers racegoers the unmistakable crisp, refreshing taste of Peroni Nastro Azzurro, at zero alcohol.

During Royal Ascot week, guests can pick up their Only Peroni Pace Slip from one of our brand ambassadors at the car park and redeem it at any bar across the racecourse for a complimentary bottle of Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0%.

Whether you’re celebrating a victorious race, savouring the moment, or simply enjoying a mindful beverage, Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% invites you to indulge responsibly, all while embracing the essence of Italian elegance.

Betfred has been the Official Bookmaker of Ascot and Royal Ascot since 2019. Founded in 1967 with a single shop in Salford, Greater Manchester, Betfred is one of the world’s largest independent bookmakers with over 1300 shops throughout the UK and a rapidly expanding online global business.

Betfred remain committed to offering excellent customer service and added value via their unparalleled bonuses and look forward to welcoming Ascot racegoers to one of their on-course betting shops.

OFFICIAL BOOKMAKER

OFFICIAL BEER

OFFICIAL CHAMPAGNE

OFFICIAL PRIVATE AVIATION

Flexjet returns once again to Royal Ascot 2026 as Official Private Aviation Supplier and host of the Royal Ascot Heliport, where the team welcomes all those flying in or out by helicopter.

A global leader in private aviation for 30 years, Flexjet offers a world-class fleet of over 340 private jets, including in Europe the ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650 and super-midsize Praetor 600, alongside a fleet of premium, twin-engine helicopters, such as the Sikorsky S-76. Renowned for its approach to personalised service, luxury hospitality and exquisite style, each and every Flexjet flight is a memorable and exceptional travel experience.

OFFICIAL ENGLISH SPARKLING WINE

Royal Ascot is delighted to welcome Chapel Down as the ‘Official English Sparkling Wine’ of Royal Ascot.

Chapel Down is England’s leading wine producer, with a mission to change the way the world thinks about English wine. Based in Kent, the Garden of England, Chapel Down’s award-winning winemaking team produce world-class sparkling wines celebrated for their crisp, fresh style and exceptional quality.

The collaboration between Royal Ascot and Chapel Down continues to grow in 2026, reflecting the increasing popularity of premium English sparkling wine. During Royal Ascot, guests can enjoy Chapel Down sparkling wines across the racecourse, including from the ‘Yeats Bar by Chapel Down’ next to the parade ring within the Queen Anne Enclosure, as well as the ‘Tepin Bar by Chapel Down’ in the Royal Enclosure.

Chapel Down Grand Reserve 2019 vintage sparkling wine will be served for the first time at Royal Ascot within the Royal Enclosure, with Chapel Down Brut and Rosé available throughout the main bars and hospitality areas across the racecourse.

To celebrate the collaboration, Chapel Down has also released a limited edition Royal Ascot Edition Brut sparkling wine, available from www.chapeldown.com

OFFICIAL TROPHIES AND SILVERWARE

Founded in London in 1735, Garrard is the world’s oldest jewellery house, renowned for its iconic creations, including treasures in the British Crown Jewels and Princess Diana’s engagement ring. A Royal Warrant holder, Garrard combines heritage with contemporary design, showcasing exceptional craftsmanship and expertise in coloured gemstones, adored by royalty and global icons alike.

Garrard makes trophies that commemorate some of the hardestwon sporting achievements in the world, including Royal Ascot’s Gold Cup, the Queen’s Vase and the Royal Hunt Cup. Garrard also provides the trophies for winning owners in all Group 1 races at Royal Ascot and supplies the silver snuff boxes, picture frames and strawberry dishes that are awarded to owners, trainers and jockeys.

OFFICIAL WINE

Established in 1933, Hallgarten & Novum Wines has over 90 years of experience as one of the UK‘s leading specialist wine merchants. Hallgarten imports wines from around the world, supplying the premium hospitality and retail trade across the UK. In 2025 Hallgarten received unprecedented recognition from all sectors of the wine trade, due to its industry-leading level of service, stock availability and support for its customers.

Its experienced buying team, including one of the UK‘s most respected palates in Steve Daniel, and three Masters of Wine, has constructed a diverse and award-winning portfolio of over 1,600 wines from 24 wine producing countries. It blends some of the world’s greatest producers from the classic wine-growing regions, together with innovative up-and-coming wineries and winemakers from the emerging and esoteric winemaking world. Hallgarten is proud to supply all the wines of Royal Ascot.

OFFICIAL WATER

Harrogate Spring Water, synonymous with Ascot Racecourse, is firmly rooted in British history. Following the discovery of its first mineral spring in 1571, Harrogate became renowned for its fine waters and as a wellness destination that the nation flocked to.

Over 450 years later, the brand remains a symbol of quality and provenance, celebrated for its exceptional taste and British heritage.

Building on a decade of success, Harrogate Spring Water is returning to Royal Ascot to celebrate its rich heritage. Harrogate Spring Water will be proudly presented at Royal Ascot, providing high-class hydration for racegoers, elevating every moment of the experience.

Schweppes was founded in 1783 by Jacob Schweppe and to this day remains one of the leading premium mixer brands in the world. Schweppes has long been synonymous with timeless British elegance and quality and this collaboration with Ascot reinforces both brands’ dedication to celebrating the best of British heritage and traditions.

As Official Mixer of Ascot and Royal Ascot, Schweppes will have a year-round presence across all 26 racedays as well as nonraceday events. In addition to being featured across Ascot bars and hospitality areas. Schweppes will host experiential activations and bespoke cocktail bars during key racedays throughout 2026. These activations will create memorable experiences for Schweppes shoppers and consumers, while giving racegoers the chance to enjoy curated cocktails that highlight the exceptional quality and versatility of Schweppes’ mixers.

Steeped in Italian history, Lavazza has for 131 years been sourcing, roasting, and blending to create the highest-quality coffee possible. It is this passion for excellence and sustainability that shapes the entire experience, from the selection of the world’s finest beans to that very first sip. This Royal Ascot, savour authentic Italian espresso and creamy lattes at Lavazza on 4 in the Royal Enclosure and the Tierra Bar inside the Queen Anne Enclosure, and for signature, handcrafted Coffeetails, the Cedar Tree Café awaits.

During Royal Ascot, a limited-edition cocktail crafted especially for the occasion will celebrate the glamour and electric atmosphere of the Royal Meeting, offering racegoers a unique taste.

Hanna Lauri, Senior Brand Manager, Schweppes Great Britain, commented:

“Schweppes has been at the heart of British refreshment for over two centuries, and we’re thrilled to embark on this new partnership with Ascot Racecourse. Ascot is an iconic British institution, and this collaboration allows us to bring our brand’s heritage to life, while inviting racegoers to enjoy our premium mixers and a special limited-edition cocktail during one of the most celebrated events of the British summer.”

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Following a successful first year, Schweppes continues its partnership with Ascot Racecourse and Royal Ascot for a second consecutive year as the Official Mixer. Schweppes mixer products will be available across retail outlets at Ascot, supported by a permanent bar within the Grandstand and an additional on site presence during Royal Ascot.

OFFICIAL COFFEE

OFFICIAL MIXER

OFFICIAL GIN

Silent Pool Gin is an ultra-premium London Dry Gin distilled in the Surrey Hills in the heart of the English countryside. A blend of 24 botanicals including locally sourced Albury honey and delicate florals including lavender, chamomile, and elderflower are expertly crafted to deliver a full-bodied yet balanced aromatic flavour profile. The teal colour bottle is inspired by Silent Pool’s jewel-like hue, with an intricate copper botanical illustration showcasing all 24 botanicals in the recipe. Dive into the world of Silent Pool Gin by booking our distillery tour and tasting at our stunning setting, adjacent to the ancient Silent Pool itself. Go behind the scenes to visit our copper gin stills, discover our botanicals and learn about the unique four-stage distillation process. www.silentpooldistillers.com

OFFICIAL HOSPITALITY

Sodexo Live! – the global leader in hospitality, catering and events – is the culinary partner for Ascot Racecourse across its 26 annual race days, and other conferences and events throughout the year.

As a long-standing partner of Ascot Racecourse, Sodexo Live! operates there under the 1711 by Ascot brand, which has seen significant growth over the years with the introduction of industry leading culinary activations and innovation. Delivering outstanding hospitality, fine dining and on-site catering, Sodexo Live! is proud to be the official hospitality of Royal Ascot. For more information on Sodexo Live! see www.sodexolive.co.uk

OFFICIAL CHAUFFEUR

Wheely, the Swiss-founded British luxury services company headquartered in London, is delighted to be the Official Chauffeur for Ascot Racecourse and Royal Ascot.

As the first chauffeuring service to partner with Forbes Travel Guide, Wheely is renowned for their commitment to exquisite journeys and uncompromising passenger privacy. All Wheely chauffeurs are trained at The Wheely Chauffeur Academy, where they are certified on the finer points of etiquette, discretion, and superlative personal service.

Wheely journeys may be booked on-demand and in advance, through their refined app, with four available fare classes for Ascot attendees:

• Business, featuring the Mercedes-Benz E-Class

• First, featuring the Mercedes-Benz S-Clas

• SUV, featuring the latest generation Range Rover Long Wheelbase 4×4 (exclusively available to members)

• XL, featuring the Mercedes-Benz V-Class

• Special fixed-rate return journeys between Ascot and London are available. Attendees with Royal Enclosure badges may also use this service to enjoy the exclusive Royal Enclosure VIP Entrance presented by Wheely.

OFFICIAL PREMIUM ROSÉ WINE

Château d’Esclans, a magical property in the heart of Provence, northeast of St. Tropez overlooking the Esclans Valley, celebrates 20 years of Whispering Angel – the rosé that began a revolution. Created by Sacha Lichine following his acquisition of the Château in 2006, Whispering Angel sparked the “Rosé Renaissance” and became the world’s No.1 Côtes de Provence Rosé. It started with a Whisper, leading to an iconic portfolio including The Pale, Whispering Angel, Rock Angel, Château d’Esclans, Les Clans, and Garrus. Defined by elegance, freshness and complexity, Whispering Angel is now enjoyed in over 100 countries. Celebrate 20 years. Share a Whisper.

Ascot History

History and Traditions

It was Queen Anne who first saw the potential for a racecourse at Ascot, which in those days was called East Cote. Whilst out riding in 1711, she came upon an area of open heath, not far from Windsor Castle, that looked an ideal place for “horses to gallop at full stretch.”

The first race meeting ever held at Ascot took place on Saturday, August 11, 1711. Her Majesty’s Plate, worth 100 Guineas and open to any horse, mare or gelding over the age of six, was the inaugural event. Each horse was required to carry a weight of 12st and seven runners took part.

This contest bore little resemblance to racing seen at Ascot today. The seven horses were all English Hunters, quite different to the speedy thoroughbreds that race on the Flat now. The race consisted of three separate heats which were four miles long (each heat was about the length of the Grand National), so the winner would have been a horse with tremendous stamina.

Sadly, there is no record of the winner of the first Plate. The racecourse was laid out by William Lowen, who was assisted by a team of helpers; William Erlybrown, a carpenter, Benjamin Cluchett, a painter, and John Grape, who prepared the paperwork for racing. The first permanent building was erected in 1793 by George Slingsby, a Windsor builder. It held 1,650 people and was used until 1838.

In 1813, Parliament passed an Act of Enclosure. This Act ensured that Ascot Heath, although the property of the Crown, would be kept and used as a racecourse for the public in the future. Racing at Ascot was now secure. The precise origin of the Royal Meeting is unclear.

It was an event that evolved, perhaps, rather than was introduced at a specific time, but the first four-day meeting took place in 1768. Arguably, the meeting as we know it today started to take shape with the introduction of the Gold Cup in 1807. Gold Cup Day is the third day of Royal Ascot.

Although you won’t find it in any marketing or promotional literature, Thursday is colloquially known as Ladies’ Day. The term Ladies’ Day seems to have been first used in 1823, when an anonymous poet described the Thursday of the Royal Meeting as “Ladies’ Day, when the women, like angels, look sweetly divine.”

In the formative years, Thursday was certainly the dominant day in terms of the racing, attracting the largest crowds and, it must be assumed from the emergence of the term, more ladies! Almost every racecourse markets a Ladies’ Day now but the great charm of the original is that it has not been manufactured. It is the public, not the racecourse, who call it Ladies’ Day.

The Gold Cup is Ascot’s oldest surviving race, and the winning owners receive a gold trophy which becomes their property. Trophies to keep are only awarded for ten races at the Royal Meeting, the others being the Queen’s Vase, inaugurated in 1838 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s accession, the Royal Hunt Cup (1843) and the remaining Group 1 races.

It was at around the time of the first running of the Gold Cup that the roots of today’s traditional Royal Enclosure dress code emerged. Beau Brummell, a close friend of the Prince Regent, decreed that men of elegance should wear waisted black coats and white cravats with pantaloons. Over the years, this has evolved into the wearing of morning suits and equally formal clothes for ladies, who must wear hats. Although a Royal Stand dates back to the 1790s, the Royal Enclosure that current regulars are used to at Ascot was conceived in 1822 when King George IV commissioned a two storey stand to be built with a surrounding lawn. Access was by invitation of the King. In 1825, the Royal Procession as an annual tradition began.

The King, leading four other coaches with members of the royal party, drove up the centre of the racecourse in front of the crowds and this has continued to the present day. The administration of Ascot has always been handled by a representative appointed by the monarch.

The racecourse was run on behalf of the Sovereign by the Master of the Royal Buckhounds up until 1901 when Lord Churchill was appointed as the first official Representative of His Majesty, a post held today by Sir Francis Brooke BT.

In 1913, when the Ascot Authority was established by an Act of Parliament, His Majesty’s Representative became Senior Trustee of the Authority with the Clerk of the Course acting as Secretary.

Today, as Ascot Authority (Holdings) Limited, Ascot has a formal board sitting under the three Trustee structure.

In 1955, the rules of divorce were relaxed and divorcees were able to enter the Royal Enclosure. However, a redevelopment of the Enclosure shortly before this had added the new Queen’s Lawn, which was by invitation and the Court rules governing divorce still applied. Ascot’s first major redevelopment came to fruition in 1954, with the relocation of the straight mile north to allow more space behind the stands.

This was the second such move and even this time around, they didn’t go quite far enough as the track was moved a further 42 metres north as part of the 2005 redevelopment. Prior to the second move, the straight track cut right through the existing Number One Car Park into the current site of Heatherwood Hospital.

The Queen Elizabeth II Grandstand, built by Wimpey, was erected between the 1960 and 1961 Royal Meeting and the Members’ Stand went up between Royal Ascot 1963 and 1964. The car parks at Ascot almost certainly play more part in the event than at any other venue – they are far from merely functional with lavish picnics, including butlers, candelabra and silver service not uncommon, especially in Car Park 1 and Car Park 2.

In 2006, a Country Life survey found that Royal Ascot is the South of England’s most popular picnic spot and the most popular sporting occasion at which to picnic in the country. Although Ascot likes to think it runs Car Park 1, it is far from uncommon for berths in this sought after spot to be passed down formally from generation to generation. There is currently a waiting list of 400 names.

Ascot’s much loved tradition of “singing around the bandstand” or “community singing” began in the 1970s under the stewardship of Lady Beaumont, wife of the then Clerk of the Course, Captain Sir Nicholas Beaumont. The now unmissable sing song of British favourites and flag waving after racing was an immediate success with thousands of racegoers staying on and making it an integral part of their day. Now, traditional singing is listed as part of the day’s formal proceedings in the racecard and song books and flags are handed round.

2002 saw plenty of change to the established pattern at Royal Ascot as the meeting expanded to five days to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee. In addition, one race name was changed as the newly promoted Cork & Orrery Stakes became the Golden Jubilee Stakes (then was renamed the Diamond Jubilee Stakes in 2012).

The racecourse closed for redevelopment in September 2004 – with the Finale Meeting ending with singing around the bandstand, the only time this has been done outside Royal Ascot. The 2005 Royal Meeting was staged in York, providing the city with its biggest ever sporting event.

The city, region and racecourse threw themselves into the extravaganza, which saw expansion into the Knavesmire so as to accommodate circa 50,000 people each day. Royal Ascot at York took place with a Royal Enclosure and Royal Procession every day. The bell used to instruct jockeys to mount at Ascot travelled up along with the Brown Jack statue commemorating the Ascot legend.

The “Greencoats,” who form the ceremonial guard for the Monarch at Royal Ascot, came to York. Their garb rather speaks for itself and it is rumoured that the original velvet uniforms were made from material left over from curtains in Windsor Castle.

Historically, Ascot Racecourse redevelops every 50 years or so, once a generation, and throughout considerable changes the Royal Meeting has maintained its position as a much loved event at the heart of the national sporting and social calendar.

Ascot’s traditions remain as strong, strictly observed and loved now as they ever were, whilst the racing goes from strength to strength (Group 1 races have increased from three in 1999 to eight, with the addition of the Commonwealth Cup in 2015).

The new Ascot was officially reopened by Queen Elizabeth II, on time and to its £220 million budget, on 20th June, 2006. The modern era immediately had a new equine legend in Yeats, who won an unprecedented four Gold Cups before retiring in 2009. A statue to commemorate his achievements now stands in the Parade Ring.

2011 saw Ascot celebrate its tercentenary and 2012 was another exciting landmark occasion for the racecourse as the Royal Meeting played its part in Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. On the track, the great Frankel won the Queen Anne Stakes and Black Caviar made her only appearance outside Australia, winning the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. There was a royal winner in 2012 when Estimate won the Queen’s Vase.

That horse went on to provoke scenes of unbridled joy from the crowd when winning the following year’s Gold Cup. Estimate’s jockey in 2012 was Ryan Moore, who broke another record at Royal Ascot in 2015 with nine winners across the week. In 2016, Queen Elizabeth II’s success continued with Dartmouth winning the Hardwicke Stakes.

In 2017, The Village Enclosure was opened, the first new enclosure for 100 years.

In 2020, for the first time in its history Royal Ascot was run behind closed doors, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Tactical won the Windsor Castle Stakes and proved to be the 24th and final Royal Ascot winner for Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth II attended Royal Ascot for the final time in 2021 when a reduced crowd of 12,000 was allowed to attend each day as the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted slowly across the country.

2022 saw a full scale Royal Ascot return in all its colour and wonder. On the track, Nature Strip was a brilliant winner of the King’s Stand Stakes for Australia while runners from Japan and America also returned the Royal Meeting to its full international flavour.

In 2023, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II the previous year, the six-furlong Group 1 sprint on the final day of Royal Ascot was renamed The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes in her honour. Meanwhile, King Charles III and Queen Camilla attended all five days of the Royal Meeting in their Coronation year. In 2024, The King’s Stand Stakes was run as The King Charles III Stakes for the first time, having been permanently renamed with the permission of His Majesty.

Ascot Racecourse key dates

SUMMER, 1711

It was Queen Anne who first saw the potential for a racecourse at Ascot, which in those days was called East Cote. Whilst out riding she came upon an area of open heath, not far from Windsor Castle, that looked an ideal place for “horses to gallop at full stretch.”

JUNE, 1711

Charles, Duke of Somerset instructed Sir William Wyndham, Master of the Royal Buckhounds, to have the open heath cleared of scrub and gorse in preparation for a race meeting.

11 AUGUST 1711

The first race meeting ever held at Ascot took place. Her Majesty’s Plate, worth 100 guineas and open to any horse, mare or gelding over the age of six, was the inaugural event. Each horse was required to carry a weight of 12st and seven runners took part.

SEPTEMBER 17, 1711

The success of Her Majesty’s Plate in August meant the second meeting followed soon after in September.

JULY 31, 1727

John Cheny published a prototype form book, which evolved into the Racing Calendar, recording the conditions of each race and the prize.

1744

The Yeoman Prickers were formed. Employed by the Master of the Buckhounds, their distinctive livery of forest green coats with gold facings are worn today by the Ascot Greencoats, who attend Royal Ascot each year.

1752

The popularity of attending the racing at Ascot was becoming apparent in social circles, prompting the Duke of Bedford to write that when arriving in London ‘I could find no soul to dine or sup with’.

1762

The first use of racing colours was introduced, although it wasn’t mandatory for another two decades.

1768

The first four-day meeting took place.

1773

James Weatherby, Keeper of the Match Book (the book of records for match races), was authorised by the Jockey Club to publish a racing calendar. James Weatherby began a family firm, still in existence today. Weatherbys are the secretariat of horse racing in Britain.

JUNE, 1791

The Oatlands Stakes was run at Ascot – an important landmark race as it was the first handicap race, where the weights of the runners were adjusted according to their form to give them, in theory, equal chances.

1793

The first permanent building was erected by George Slingsby, a Windsor builder. It held 1,650 people and was used until 1838.

1807

The inaugural running of the Gold Cup for three-year-olds and upwards. It is significant that the first Gold Cup was won by a three-year-old, this was an event designed to attract horses bred to compete much younger than had been the case the previous century. In the modern era, three-year-olds do not run in the race.

1813

Parliament passed an Act of Enclosure. This Act ensured that Ascot Heath, although the property of the Crown, would be kept and used as a racecourse for the public in the future. Racing at Ascot was now secure. The Master of the Buckhounds continued to manage the races and the racecourse – just as it was more than 100 years before.

1820

George III died and the Prince Regent ascended the throne as George IV. He immediately ordered alterations to be made to the Royal Stand by John Nash. Nash’s alterations did not satisfy the King and so, in 1822, Nash designed a brand new Royal Stand, erected in just five weeks.

1822

The Royal Enclosure was born when King George IV commissioned a two-storey stand to be built with a surrounding lawn. Access was by invitation of the King where he entertained his friends in style.

1825

King George IV’s greatest legacy to Royal Ascot was the Royal Procession. The King leading four other coaches with members of the royal party drove up the Straight Mile in front of the crowds. A diarist of the day commented; ‘the whole thing looked very splendid’.

1837

Turf on the track was relaid by the Clerk of the Course, William Hibburd, to improve the ground. Rails and posts were constructed along the track.

1838

Queen Victoria made her first visit to Ascot as Sovereign. To mark her first visit, the Queen inaugurated a new race over one and a half miles, known today as the Queen’s Vase (now two miles).

1838

Horses were numbered in the racecard.

JULY, 1838

A decision was made to construct a new stand between the betting stand and the Royal Stand. The new stand took 10 months to build and was warmly welcomed when it opened on May 20, 1839. The lower half of the stand could hold about 3,000 people and contained a betting hall.

1839

For the first time at Ascot, the judge hoisted the number of the winner onto a large blackboard, thus putting an end to the disputes as to which horse had won.

1856

The railway was brought to Ascot with the opening of the Staines to Wokingham line.

1861 (approx)

Racing in the mid-19th century was becoming more professional with Ascot appointing its first official Clerk of the Scales, James Manning (whose family stayed in the post until 1970, latterly working for the Jockey Club).

1861

Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, died and Queen Victoria did not return to Ascot again.

1862

A new race at the meeting was named after Prince Albert: The Prince of Wales’s Stakes.

1863

Prince Albert, eldest son and second child of Victoria and Albert, known as Bertie, attended his first Ascot meeting aged 21 and continued to lend his support to the Royal Meeting with enthusiasm. He restored the Royal Procession and revived the custom of inviting overseas visitors to Ascot.

1873

Ascot witnessed the first victory for the riding phenomenon Fred Archer. Over 14 years, he rode 80 winners at the racecourse.

1896

The Grandstand had a clock tower erected.

1901

Racing at Ascot took place in sombre mood to mark the death of Queen Victoria. Prince Albert ascended the throne as King Edward VII.

1901

The role of Master of the Buckhounds was disbanded and a new role created, that of the King’s representative. The first man to undertake this role was Viscount Churchill.

1901

All three stands in the Royal Enclosure were demolished under the instruction of King Edward VII and two new stands were built between September, 1901 and May, 1902. The total cost was £28,350.

1902

A third stand was built at a cost of £27,636. This stand included lifts, the first to be installed on a British racecourse. In order to have the work completed by May, 1902, some 500 men were employed on the task, working day and night shifts.

1908

The ‘Five Shilling Stand’ was built – later known as the Silver Ring Stand at a cost of £30,000.

1912

Racegoers began to arrive by car and for the first time, motor cars were allowed to park on the Heath.

1913

The Ascot Authority was established by an Act of Parliament. His Majesty’s Representative became Senior Trustee of the Authority with the Clerk of the Course acting as Secretary.

1926

The Royal Enclosure buildings were extended and a new Iron Stand was erected. Ascot began to install a new watering system, with the facility to dispense around two million gallons of water onto the turf.

1929

The Tote building was constructed (still standing today, beside the Pre-Parade Ring). The designs had been agreed by the Racecourse Betting Control Board (RBCB), the authority overseeing wagering at this time.

1936

George V died and was succeeded by his eldest son, who became Edward VIII. The new King was a keen follower of horse racing but he never attended the Royal Meeting as reigning monarch. By the end of the year Edward VIII had abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson.

1937

George VI & Queen Elizabeth attend their first Ascot race meeting.

1940

Racing at Ascot cancelled. The racecourse was commandeered by the army, the Grandstand providing accommodation for gunners of the Royal Artillery.

15 MAY 1943

Racing at Ascot resumed, with an eight-race card.

MAY 21, 1945

Ascot staged its first post-war fixture and the 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth attended for the first time.

1946

Major Crocker Bulteel was appointed as the Clerk of the Course, regarded as ‘the outstanding racing administrator of his day.’ The Duke of Norfolk was appointed as the King’s Representative.

1946

The Ascot fixture list extended to include racing in July, September and October.

1951

Winston Churchill writes a letter of apology to Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) after his runner, Colonist II, finished second in the Gold Cup ahead of Above Board, owned by King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II would famously win the Gold Cup 62 years later.

1953

Queen Elizabeth II crowned on June 2 (ascended the throne on February 6, 1952).

1955

The rules of divorce were relaxed and divorcees were able to enter the Royal Enclosure. However, a redevelopment of the Enclosure shortly before this had added the new Queen’s Lawn. Entrance was by invitation only and the Court rules governing divorce still applied. This year also saw Royal Ascot postponed until July due to a national rail strike which was only called off in mid-June.

JUNE 13, 1961

The Grandstand was demolished and the Queen Elizabeth II Stand was built. It took 11 months to build, with 550 workers at a cost of £1 million. The stand represented a state-of-the-art facility at the time, accommodated 13,000 people and had 280 private boxes.

1975

The BBC outside-broadcast staff picketed and there was no television coverage.

APRIL, 1998

Lord Hartington, Her Majesty’s Representative, revealed that changes to the racecourse were being contemplated.

2001

In order to facilitate the redevelopment, Ascot incorporated as Ascot Authority (Holdings) Limited, the most significant milestone in its structure since the 1913 Act of Parliament.

2002

Plans were announced to redevelop Ascot Racecourse. The existing Queen Elizabeth II stand was to be replaced and the course realigned. The Golden Jubilee was celebrated. Royal Ascot extended from four to five days.

SEPTEMBER, 2004

Ascot held its last meeting with the old facilities. Demolition of the stand began and the redevelopment programme commenced.

2005

Royal Ascot takes place at York Racecourse.

JUNE, 2006

The new Ascot Grandstand was opened on time and on budget.

2009

Yeats won his fourth Gold Cup, beating Sagaro’s record, set in the 1970s.

2011

Ascot celebrated its Tercentenary.

JUNE, 2012

The country celebrates Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. The Golden Jubilee Stakes became The Diamond Jubilee Stakes and was won by Black Caviar.

2010 TO 2012

Frankel, officially the greatest horse since ratings began, made five appearances at Ascot, winning at two, three and four. He retired unbeaten with 14 wins.

2015

Following an extensive review of the European sprinting programme, a new Group 1 six furlong race, the Commonwealth Cup, was added to the Royal Ascot programme.

2017

The new Village Enclosure opened and the jumpsuit was introduced to the Royal Enclosure dress code. ITV Racing became the host broadcaster.

2020

Royal Ascot takes place behind closed doors without spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

Queen Elizabeth II attended for the final time.

2023

King Charles III attended his first Royal Ascot as King, the 13th monarch to oversee the running of Ascot Racecourse. The Platinum Jubilee Stakes was permanently renamed as the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes in memory of Queen Elizabeth II.

2024

The King’s Stand Stakes was run as The King Charles III Stakes for the first time, after being permanently renamed with the kind permission of His Majesty.

Race histories & conditions

Tuesday

The Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1)

One Mile I Four Year Olds & Upwards

The Royal Meeting commences with a celebration of the monarch who established racing at Ascot in 1711. Founded in 1840, the Queen Anne Stakes was awarded Group 3 status in 1971, then promoted to Group 2 in 1984. The race attracts Europe’s top older milers and achieved the highest three-year average rating of any Group 2 race in Britain from 1999 to 2002. This saw the race elevated to Group 1 status as of 2003 and it has been the opening race of the week since 2008 with elite milers Frankel and Baaeed winning since then.

The Coventry Stakes (Group 2)

Six furlongs I Two Year Olds

First run in 1890, the race was named after the ninth Earl of Coventry, Master of the Buckhounds between 1886 and 1892. This is traditionally the first Group contest of the year for juveniles and as a result attracts some of the very best precocious young horses, forming part of the high-class opening day card. Many top-quality horses have won this race before going on to achieve greatness, including Canford Cliffs, Dawn Approach and Caravaggio, since the race was promoted to Group 2 status in 2004. In 2025 it was won by Gstaad who went on to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf and the Irish 2,000 Guineas.

The King Charles III Stakes (Group 1)

Five furlongs I Three Year Olds & Upwards

A Stand Plate was first run on the round course in 1837, becoming the Royal Stand Plate in 1858. The race was renamed the Queen’s Stand Plate in 1860 for two-year-olds, over the sprint distance of four furlongs, finally becoming the King’s Stand Plate in 1901. Today the race remains a sprint, although now run over the minimum trip of five furlongs for three-year-olds and upwards. In 2008 it was promoted to Group 1 and it has been a rich hunting ground for international raiders in recent years with Lady Aurelia winning for America in 2017 and then Nature Strip in 2022 and Asfoora in 2024 for Australia. The race was renamed The King Charles III Stakes for that 2024 running.

The

St James’s Palace

Stakes (Group

1)

One Mile I Three Year Old Colts

Named after the Tudor royal residence, the St James’s Palace Stakes was first run in 1834, when Derby winner Plenipotentiary claimed victory in a walkover. The race was originally classified as a Group Two however was elevated to Group 1 status in 1988. This race features the best male milers from the Classic generation, often attracting horses that have run in the British, French and Irish 2,000 Guineas. Frankel, Kingman and Palace Pier are recent stars to have won the race.

The Ascot Stakes (Handicap)

Two miles, four furlongs I Four Year Olds & Upwards

First run in 1839, the Ascot Stakes is run over two-and-a-half miles. Like the Gold Cup and Queen Alexandra Stakes, this race provides a thorough test of stamina. It is one of just four races at the Royal Meeting in which the field passes the winning post twice. The race regularly attracts high class stayers from the Jumps sphere, with dual purpose trainer Willie Mullins having secured four victories. The race normally features horses that will go on to run in the major staying handicaps throughout the season including the Northumberland Plate and the Ebor.

The

Wolferton Stakes (Listed)

One mile, two furlongs I Four Year Olds & Upwards

First run in 2002 as part of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting to celebrate The Queen’s Golden Jubilee, this is a listed race over 10 furlongs for four-year-olds and upwards, having been a listed Handicap until 2017. Addeybb won the race in 2019 before going on to Group 1 success around the world while John Gosden is the leading trainer with five victories, the last with Israr in 2024 as part of a partnership with son Thady.

The Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap)

One mile, six furlongs I Four Year Olds & Upwards

Staged over a mile and three quarters, the Copper Horse Stakes was one of the six additional races to be run at Royal Ascot in 2020. Open to four-year-olds and upwards, Queen Elizabeth II graciously consented to the race’s name being included and it now forms part of the permanently expanded programme. It is inspired by the magnificent statue of King George III – mounted on horseback – which marks the end of the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park. The inaugural running was won by Fujaira Prince who went on to win the Ebor at York and was then second in the Group 1 Irish St. Leger and third in the British Champions Long Distance Cup on QIPCO British Champions Day.

Wednesday

The Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2)

Five furlongs I Two Year Old Fillies

Named after the consort of King George V, this race was first run in 1921. The Queen Mary Stakes is the first major race of the season exclusively for two-year-old fillies. Run over the minimum distance of five furlongs and promoted to Group 2 status in 2004, it provides a useful opportunity to assess ability and potential to perform at higher levels. The 2025 winner True Love went on to Group 1 success as a juvenile and then won the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket as a three-year-old.

The

Queen’s Vase (Group 2)

One mile, six furlongs I Three Year Olds

Promoted to Group 2 and reduced from 2 miles in 2017, the race was named to honour Queen Victoria and first run in 1838. This race became the King’s Vase in 1903 and reverted to its original name of the Queen’s Vase on the succession of Queen Elizabeth II. Run over a-mile-and three-quarters, this contest provides a test of stamina for three-year-olds. Winners of the race often go on to compete in the Gold Cup in future years including Estimate, owned by Queen Elizabeth II, and Stradivarius, the most recent to win the historic Gold Cup in subsequent seasons.

The

Duke of Cambridge Stakes (Group 2)

Old mile I Four Year Olds & Upwards Fillies & Mares

Previously known as the Windsor Forest Stakes until 2013 when it was renamed in honour of the then Duke of Cambridge. Created in 2004 as part of an initiative to encourage connections of the leading Classic generation fillies from the previous year to keep their stars in training, it is open only to fillies and mares aged four or over. As a Group 2 race, Group 1 winners carry a penalty, so the option of the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes, where no penalties are carried, is still open to the very best fillies. In 2022, Saffron Beach underlined the race’s quality by going on to Group 1 success.

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Group 1)

One mile, two furlongs I Four Year Olds & Upwards

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes, first run at Royal Ascot in 1862, is named after the son of Queen Victoria (later to become King Edward VII). Originally staged over a mile and five furlongs, the race often attracted horses that had participated in the Classics.

There was no Prince of Wales’s Stakes from 1946 until 1968, a year before the Prince of Wales’s investiture in 1969, then it was reintroduced and the distance changed to one mile and two furlongs. In 2000, The Prince of Wales’s Stakes was elevated to Group 1 status and restricted to four-year-olds and older. Now worth £1 million in prize money it stands as one of the week’s headline events and has been won by some of the best middle distance horses in the world in recent years including Auguste Rodin and Ombudsman.

The Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap)

One mile I Three Year Olds & Upwards

The Royal Hunt Cup always provides one of the greatest spectacles of the Royal Meeting as a maximum field thunders up Ascot’s Straight Mile course for one of the biggest betting races of the season. First run in 1843, it was originally staged over seven furlongs and 155 yards. The current distance of a mile was established in 1955 when the straight course was re-aligned as part of the previous redevelopment.

The Kensington Palace Stakes (Handicap)

One Mile I Four Year Olds & Upwards Fillies

A new handicap introduced for the first time in 2021 for fillies and mares aged four-years-old and upwards. Kensington Palace, set in Kensington Gardens, has been a residence for Members of the Royal Family since the 17th century. The inaugural winner was Lola Showgirl, a first Royal Ascot winner for trainer David Loughnane and jockey Laura Pearson.

The Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed)

Six furlongs I Two Year Olds

First run in 1839 over the straight mile course, this race was originally designed to attract three-year-old colts and fillies that had competed in the early season Classics. It was then reduced to the minimum distance of five furlongs and restricted to twoyear-olds in 2004. The 2020 renewal was won by Tactical for Queen Elizabeth II, a home bred son of Toronado. Trained by Andrew Balding and ridden by James Doyle, he was Queen Elizabeth II’s 24th and final winner at the Royal Meeting. The race was increased to six furlongs from 2026 with sire conditions also introduced meaning it is restricted to two-year-olds whose sire won over seven furlongs at two-year-olds or a mile and further at threeyear-olds and upwards.

Thursday

The Chesham Stakes (Listed)

Seven furlongs I Two Year Olds

First run in 1919 and named in honour of the third Baron Chesham, the final Master of the Buckhounds from 1900 to 1901, the Chesham Stakes replaced the first leg of the Triennial Stakes, which had been run over five furlongs for two year olds. Now a Listed contest, the race takes place over the longer distance of seven furlongs and is restricted to youngsters whose sire has won over ten furlongs or further. In 2019, champion two year old Pinatubo stormed to victory in a track record time. The race now serves as the opening race on the Thursday card.

The King George V Stakes (Handicap)

One mile, four furlongs I Three Year Olds

A handicap for middle distance performers, staged over one and a half miles for three-year-olds only. The initial running was in July 1946, as part of the fixture list expansion to include racing in July, September and October, before the race was transferred to Royal Ascot in 1948. The 2020 winner Hukum proved better than a handicapper in time, going on to Group 1 success. Meanwhile Desert Hero won the 2023 renewal for Their Majesties The King and The Queen - their first winner at the Royal Meeting.

The

Ribblesdale Stakes (Group 2)

One mile, four furlongs I Three Year Old Fillies

This race, which mirrors the conditions of the Oaks, is named after the fourth Baron Ribblesdale, Master of the Buckhounds from 1892 to 1895. First run in 1919, it was originally staged over a mile and open to three and four year olds. It is now restricted to Classic generation fillies and run over the longer distance of a mile and a half. Aidan O’Brien has dominated the race in recent years, securing three consecutive victories from 2023-25.

The

Gold Cup (Group 1)

Two miles, four furlongs I Four Year Olds & Upwards

Founded in 1807, the Gold Cup (which, contrary to popular opinion is not called the “Ascot Gold Cup”) is the oldest and one of the most prestigious races at Royal Ascot. Staged over the marathon trip of two-and-a-half miles, the race is a stiff test of stamina and attracts the very best staying horses in Europe. Many horses have

distinguished themselves with multiple Gold Cup wins, enhancing the race’s reputation as a specialists’ event. Sagaro won three times in the 1970s and Stradivarius claimed his third straight success in 2020. But Yeats still stands tallest of all, becoming a fourtime winner in 2009. Estimate won the 2013 Gold Cup for Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the first horse to win the Gold Cup for a reigning monarch.

The

Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap)

One mile I Three Year Old Colts & Geldings

First run in 1928 over the straight mile of the Royal Hunt Cup course and run under similar conditions today. Open to threeyear old colts and geldings only, the Britannia is almost as popular these days as the Royal Hunt Cup. Docklands won the race in 2023 before going on to capture the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes in 2025, highlighting the calibre of talent the Britannia can produce.

The

Hampton Court Stakes (Group 3)

Ten furlongs I Three Year Olds

This 10-furlong event, restricted to three-year-olds, was originally part of the Saturday Heath Day card, under the title of the New Stakes, and joined Royal Ascot as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002. It was rechristened The Tercentenary Stakes in 2011, when the racecourse celebrated 300 years since its inauguration and was also promoted from Listed to Group 3 in tandem. The race reverted to being the Hampton Court Stakes in 2017.

The Buckingham Palace Stakes (Handicap)

Seven furlongs I Three Year Olds & Upwards

One of six races added to the Royal Ascot program in 2020, the seven-furlong Buckingham Palace Handicap was reintroduced to the meeting after being removed in 2015 when The Commonwealth Cup was created. Available to three-year-olds and upwards, it was first established in 2002 when a fifth day was added to the meeting to mark the Golden Jubilee. In 2020 it opened the Royal Meeting and is now retained permanently as part of the schedule.

Friday

The Albany Stakes (Group 3)

Six furlongs I Two Year Old Fillies

This race was first run in 2002 as the Henry Carnarvon Stakes, honouring the former racing manager of Queen Elizabeth II, and proved so successful that it was promoted to Group 3 status in 2005. Restricted to two-year-old fillies, the six-furlong event provides one of the first opportunities of the season for promising types and often throws up 1,000 Guineas horses. In 2022, Mawj finished a close second to Meditate before returning the following year to win the 1,000 Guineas.

The Commonwealth Cup (Group 1)

Six furlongs I Three Year Olds Colts & Fillies

The Commonwealth Cup was a completely new race in 2015 and joined the King’s Stand Stakes and the-then Platinum Jubilee Stakes to become the third Group 1 sprint at Royal Ascot. The race, run over six furlongs, is restricted to three-year-old colts and fillies

and was put in place as a Europe-wide measure to create a better Pattern for young sprinters and improve the quality of sprint races across the continent. It has been won by some top-class horses who went on to enjoy Group 1 success in open company including Muhaarar, Advertise and Shaquille.

The Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap)

One mile, four furlongs I Three Year Olds & Upwards

Originally the Bessborough Stakes, named after the fifth Earl of Bessborough, who was Master of the Buckhounds between 1848 and 1866, the race was renamed the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes in 1999. First run in 1914 as a five furlong event for two year olds, it has since evolved into a middle distance handicap for three year olds and upwards.

The Coronation Stakes (Group

1)

One mile I Three Year Old Fillies

First run in 1840 to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Victoria two years previously, the Coronation Stakes is for threeyear-old fillies over a mile. It regularly attracts the winners of the British, Irish and French 1,000 Guineas and has also started to attract some of the top American fillies. It was promoted to Group 1 level in 1988. Recent winners often arrive with classic form, with Sky Lantern, Alpha Centauri, and Tahiyra all completing Guineas–Coronation doubles. In 2017 Winter achieved a rare treble by winning the British 1,000 Guineas, the Irish 1,000 Guineas, and the Coronation Stakes.

The Sandringham Stakes (Handicap)

One mile I Three Year Old Fillies

Originally registered as the Fern Hill Stakes, this race was part of the traditional Heath Day card on the Saturday after Royal Ascot. It was renamed after the Norfolk Royal residence when the Royal Meeting was expanded to five days as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002. This is a competitive handicap over a mile, limited to three-year-old fillies only.

The King Edward VII Stakes (Group 2)

One mile, four furlongs I Three Year Old Colts & Geldings

Formerly known, and still colloquially referred to as the Ascot Derby, this race was inaugurated in 1834 and regularly featured horses of both sexes that had competed in the middle-distance Classics. First run as the King Edward VII Stakes in 1926, it is now restricted to three-year-old colts and geldings. The 2024 winner, Calandagan developed into a top class performer, going on to Group 1 successes in Britain, Dubai and Japan.

The Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes (Handicap)

Five furlongs I Three Year Olds

The final race on Friday was among six added to the Royal Ascot race programme in 2020. A five-furlong sprint for three-year olds. Queen Elizabeth II graciously consented to the race name, which recognises the Monarchy’s official Scottish residence. A race with similar conditions used to be run regularly on the Saturday Heath Day card and featured as part of the full Royal Ascot programme in 2002 and 2003 as the Balmoral Handicap. Upon its return in 2020, it was won by Art Power who had Group success in Ireland before Group 1 victory back at Ascot in 2023.

Saturday

The Norfolk Stakes (Group 2)

Five furlongs I Two Year Olds

First run in 1843, this race was originally known as the New Stakes contested over just under four furlongs. In was renamed in 1973 in honour the Duke of Norfolk who served as Queen Elizabeth II’s Representative at Ascot between 1945 and 1972. Open to twoyear-olds, it was elevated to Group 2 status in 2006. In 2023, the race was won by 150-1 outsider Valiant Force. From 2026, the race moved from its Thursday slot to Saturday.

The Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2)

One mile, four furlongs I Four Year Olds & Upwards

Named after the fifth Earl of Hardwicke, Master of the Buckhounds between 1874 and 1879, the race was first run in 1879. The Group 2 contest continues to attract the best older middle-distance horses and is often an informative guide to the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes in July. It is run with no Group 1 or 2 winners’ penalties as a quasi-Group 1 race with top level horses regularly competing

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (Group 1)

Six furlongs I Four Year Olds & Upwards

First run in 1868, this six-furlong contest was originally named the Cork and Orrery Stakes after Lord Cork, another Master of the Buckhounds. In 2002 Royal Ascot’s most prestigious sprint was renamed and elevated to Group 1 status to celebrate The Queen’s Golden Jubilee. In 2023 it was permanently renamed in memory of Queen Elizabeth II, as the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes. Now worth £1 million in prize money, it is routinely won by some of the best sprinters in the world, including Black Caviar, Undrafted, Blue Point and Lazzat.

The Jersey Stakes (Group 3)

Seven furlongs I Three Year Olds

The Jersey Stakes replaced the second leg of the Triennial Stakes in 1919. Named after the fourth Earl of Jersey, who was the Master of the Buckhounds between 1782 and 1783. This specialist sevenfurlong contest is framed for three-year-olds who have often competed at the top level, including in the Guineas. The likes of Ribchester, Expert Eye and Creative Force all won the race before going on to Group 1 glory elsewhere.

The

Wokingham Stakes (Heritage Handicap)

Six furlongs I Three Year Olds & Upwards

The inaugural running of the Wokingham Stakes took place in 1813, making this race the oldest handicap at Royal Ascot. This famous sprint is named after the market town seven miles from Ascot Racecourse, and the first dual winner was appropriately also named Wokingham (1881 and 1882). Over the years, the race has developed a reputation as a fiercely competitive handicap and one of the major betting heats of the season.

The Golden Gates Stakes (Handicap)

One mile, two furlongs I Three Year Olds

The penultimate contest at Royal Ascot was among the six prizes added to the race programme in 2020 and one of three newly named contests to be staged. The Golden Gates are the ceremonial entrance point as the Royal Procession arrives at the top of Ascot’s famous Straight Mile. Queen Elizabeth II graciously consented to the race title which is run over a mile and a quarter for three-year-olds only. The inaugural running proved a highclass contest with the winner, Highland Chief, subsequently being placed at Group 2 level.

The Queen Alexandra Stakes (Conditions)

Two miles, six furlongs I Four Year Olds & Upwards

Run over the marathon trip of two-and-three-quarter miles, the Queen Alexandra Stakes is not only the longest race of the meeting, but also the longest contest run under Flat racing rules. Named after the consort of King Edward VII, the race was first run in 1864 as the Alexandra Plate over three miles. It will always be associated with Brown Jack, arguably Royal Ascot’s greatest equine legend, who won the race on six consecutive occasions between 1929 and 1934. The Queen Alexandra Stakes always closes the meeting and, perhaps because of its extreme distance in a time when so much emphasis is on speed, it has become a national institution and is affectionately supported by regulars.

Did you know...?

Since Queen Anne founded Ascot Racecourse back in 1711, a further 12 monarchs have acceded to the British throne.

Mrs Gertrude Shilling was undeniably the premier indefatigable sartorial dame of Ascot (nicknamed The Ascot Mascot), but she has met with competition from all over the world, including in 1976 when Australia’s Dame Edna Everage, alias Barry Humphries, attended with a four foot Sydney Opera House perched on “her” head. Following the successes of Choisir, Takeover Target, Miss Andretti, Scenic Blast and Black Caviar on the track, Royal Ascot is as much an institution in Australia as at home these days, but back then Dame Edna said to the assembled press that she: “wasn’t aware it was a racing event until the other day. I always thought it was an exhibition of gas water heaters!”

Viscount Churchill was appointed as the first sovereign’s representative at Ascot in 1901. He is reputed to have taken personal charge of vetting applications for entrance into the Royal Enclosure, sorting letters into three baskets marked ‘Certainly’ ‘Perhaps’ and ‘Certainly Not.’ Viscount Churchill loved this task and became notorious for recognising faces in the Royal Enclosure and challenging those who should not be there. For this purpose he was granted special access to the Divorce Registry, as those on it were not permitted access to the Royal Enclosure.

Many people were sympathetic to the Ascot Authority in June, 1964, after the Royal Meeting had to be curtailed due to severe rain, thus blighting the opening of the new Royal Enclosure Stand. None more so than the old lady who sent the Authority £1 because

she was so distressed to hear of the course’s bad luck. The Duke of Norfolk, Her Majesty’s Representative at the time, responded with equal magnanimity, thanking the lady and inviting her to a day’s racing.

In the days before actors were allowed in the Royal Enclosure, King Edward VII asked the actor Charles Hawtrey if he would be seeing him at Royal Ascot. Hawtrey explained that rules prevented it, whereupon the King took it upon himself personally to send Hawtrey the necessary badge. When Ascot came, Hawtrey entered the Enclosure to the great surprise of Lord Churchill, His Majesty’s Representative at Ascot, who said: “I don’t remember sending you a badge.” Hawtrey explained that this was not surprising as he hadn’t – “King Edward did!”

It is said that when Queen Anne was in residence at Windsor Castle, she imported a large quantity of green velour material from France, in which she dressed her “Yeoman Prickers,” who were armed with pikes to move people out of the way at the races! That particular practice doesn’t sit comfortably with the modern day customer service ethic but the outfits are remembered with today’s “Greencoats”, the ceremonial guard for The King at Ascot, wearing the livery.

In the early 1920s, Lord Lonsdale drove every day from his rented house adjoining the Winkfield Road crossing, up the High Street to the racecourse entrance with outriders, drivers and footmen, all wearing his distinctive yellow livery. The proceedings were so grand that critics claimed he was trying to rival the Royal Procession.

The Duke of Norfolk must have been dismayed to read in The Times and The Telegraph on April 27, 1971 that Ascot would permit ‘hot pants’ in the Royal Enclosure! The next day he corrected the misinformation in no uncertain terms.

Back in 1954, Queen Elizabeth II had a famous Royal Ascot triumph with the brilliant Aureole, who had suffered a minor eye injury a few days before the Meeting. When visiting the paddock just before the race, Queen Elizabeth II asked her jockey, Eph Smith, who wore a hearing-aid, whether he would win. The reply came: “Well, Ma’am, we are rather handicapped. The horse is blind in one eye and I’m deaf!”

King Edward VII’s mother, Queen Victoria, was known to have frowned upon her son’s general and unparalleled enthusiasm for good living and, of course, racing, but on his accession in 1901, the new King closed the Royal Stand completely for the Royal Meeting due to the death of his mother and requested that all those who attended within the Royal Enclosure wear black.

Due to the knock on effects of the General Election, the 2001 Royal Procession was restricted to two days as the horses and carriages were required to convey Queen Elizabeth II to Wesminster for the State Opening of Parliament on the Wednesday and had to be in place for a practice on Tuesday. The Royal Party, including Queen Elizabeth II, came by car on both days and arrived in time for racing.

Sir John Crocker Bulteel was Clerk of the Course from 1946 until his death in 1956. A figure of great importance in the history of Ascot Racecourse, Sir John Crocker Bulteel was known as an outstanding racing administrator but it was his love of racing that he is most famous for. It is due mainly to the dedication of Sir John that today Ascot stages more than just the Royal Meeting. The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, initially run as the Festival of Britain Stakes, was his brainchild. The race was first run in 1951 and did more than any other race to change the face of top-level racing in this country and, ultimately, the world. It promoted the cause of international inter-age competition and more often than not, its winner is the seasonal champion.

During the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001, the management suggested that ladies bear in mind the precautionary foot and mouth disinfectant mats on all entrances to the racecourse when considering their footwear. Not everyone listened which made for some interesting pictures in the likes of “Hello” and “Harpers” that year!

In 1964, Trelawny was to bid for a third consecutive Ascot Stakes/Queen Alexandra Stakes double. He was beaten in the Ascot Stakes but would have walked over in the Queen Alexandra on Friday had the meeting not been abandoned due to waterlogging. This is the answer to a question which appeared in the Racing Post Christmas quiz in 2001 and resulted in numerous calls to all departments at the racecourse!

In 2005, Ascot auctioned some 300 lots of memorabilia associated with the old stand. The auction raised £389,965 with Racing Welfare the primary beneficiary with the bulk of this coming from a bid of £280,000 for the wrought cast iron entranceway from the track to the Winners’ Enclosure, purchased by leading owner Bill Gredley. The crowd fell silent as the bid just kept going up and up from an original reserve of just £20,000 - £30,000!

Jockeys at Ascot are called to mount by a bell in the parade ring and, unique to Ascot, a bell is also rung as the horses swing into the straight for races run on the Round course.

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The races

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The Queen Anne Stakes

BACKGROUND

First run in 1840, the Queen Anne Stakes commemorates the monarch who established racing at Ascot. In the early summer of 1711, while being driven in a carriage from Windsor Castle, Queen Anne decided that Ascot Heath would be a good place to establish a racecourse. A few weeks later, on August 11, 1711, the Royal Meeting was founded. Between 1840 and 1929, this race was known as the Trial Stakes.

Run over Ascot’s straight mile, the Queen Anne Stakes attracts the leading older milers from across Europe and beyond. The establishment of the Pattern race system for categorising the top events in 1971 saw the Queen Anne Stakes have G3 status, before becoming a G2 in 1984. The race was elevated to G1 status in 2003, when it also became restricted to four-year-olds and older. The race is a Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ contest for the Breeders’ Cup Mile.

A remarkable renewal in 1974 saw the first three horses - Confusion, Gloss and Royal Perogative - disqualified for causing interference, with the race awarded to the Italian challenger Brook who went past the post in fourth for trainer Mario Benetti and jockey Brian Taylor.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Cape Cross (1999) – went on to become a top stallion, siring Derby winners Sea The Stars and Golden Horn, plus wonderful mare Ouija Board, who was successful in seven G1 races including the 2006 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Goldikova (2010) – brilliant mare and winner of 14 G1 contests; became the first horse to win three renewals of the Breeders’ Cup Mile.

Frankel (2012) – perhaps the greatest racehorse of all time, with an unprecedented Timeform rating of 147; unbeaten in 14 starts, 10 of which came at G1 level; won five races at Ascot in total, including the St James’s Palace Stakes, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes sponsored by QIPCO and the QIPCO Champion Stakes. His Queen Anne Stakes performance was simply breathtaking as he stormed to an 11-length success.

Tepin (2016) – became the first US-trained victor of the race and the second winner from the USA of a non-juvenile race at Royal Ascot. The champion mare, a six-time G1 winner, was later sold to Coolmore for $8 million; dam of Delacroix, who captured the Eclipse Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes in 2025.

Baaeed (2022) – took his unbeaten record to eight when winning the race as a four-year-old. Would go on to win the Sussex Stakes and the International Stakes at York as well, being awarded an official rating of 135, the highest given on turf since Frankel in 2012 and just one below is own sire, Sea The Stars, in 2009.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1946)

Ireland (7): Southbourne (1952), Upadee (1954), Imperial March (1975), Ad Valorem (2006), Haradasun (2008), Declaration Of War (2013), Circus Maximus (2020)

France (6): Solina (1948), Argur (1953), Roi Soleil (1971), Valixir (2005), Goldikova (2010), Solow (2015)

Italy (1): Brook (1974)

USA (1): Tepin (2016)

OLDEST WINNER (SINCE 1946)

Eight-year-old Welsh Rake in 1963, trained by Jack Jarvis and ridden by Ron Hutchinson.

BETTING (SINCE 1946)

Longest-priced winner: Garrick 50/1 (1950)

Shortest-priced winner: Frankel 1/10 (2012)

Market leaders: 24 favourites or joint favourites have succeeded in the 80 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1946)

7 wins: Saeed bin Suroor – Charnwood Forest (1996), Allied Forces (1997), Intikhab (1998), Cape Cross (1999), Dubai Destination (2003), Refuse To Bend (2004), Ramonti (2007)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1946)

7 wins: Frankie Dettori – Markofdistinction (1990), Allied Forces (1997), Intikhab (1998), Dubai Destination (2003), Refuse To Bend (2004), Ramonti (2007), Palace Pier (2021)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1946)

8 wins: Godolphin – Charnwood Forest (1996), Allied Forces (1997), Intikhab (1998), Cape Cross (1999), Dubai Destination (2003), Refuse to Bend (2004), Ramonti (2007), Ribchester (2017)

QUEEN ANNE STAKES WINNERS

The Coventry Stakes

BACKGROUND

The six-furlong Coventry Stakes is the early season highlight for two-year-olds. First run in 1890, it is named after the ninth Earl of Coventry, who was Master of the Buckhounds between 1886 and 1892 and again between 1895 and 1901.

The Coventry Stakes regained G2 status in 2004, having been a G3 since 1984. It is the first Group race for two-year-olds in Britain each year.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

The Tetrarch (1913) – one of the fastest two-year-olds ever and described as “the spotted wonder” after winning all seven starts as a juvenile, including a 10-length demolition in the Coventry Stakes, before injury forced retirement; champion sire in 1919 and left lasting impression on the breed through daughter and influential broodmare Mumtaz Mahal.

Mill Reef (1970) – European horse of the year in 1971 thanks to dominant victories in the Derby, Eclipse, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe; sired winners of the Derby and 2,000 Guineas.

Chief Singer (1983) – won the Coventry Stakes by four lengths on debut; returned the following year to win the St James’s Palace Stakes by eight lengths prior to victories in the July Cup at Newmarket and Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

Canford Cliffs (2009) – achieved rare feat of winning at Royal Ascot three years in a row; romped home by six lengths in the Coventry Stakes, won the 2010 St James’s Palace Stakes during a sparkling three-year-old campaign and defeated outstanding French mare Goldikova in the 2011 Queen Anne Stakes.

COVENTRY STAKES/2,000 GUINEAS DOUBLE

The double has been achieved five times since the Second World War – Tudor Minstrel (1946), Palestine (1949), Martial (1959), Henrythenavigator (2007) and Dawn Approach (2012)

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (14): Solinus (1977), Verglas (1996), Harbour Master (1997), Fasliyev (1999), Landseer (2001), Statue of Liberty (2002), Henrythenavigator (2007), Power (2011), Dawn Approach (2012), War Command (2013), Caravaggio (2016), Arizona (2019), River Tiber (2023), Gstaad (2025)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: Nando Parrado 150/1 (2020)

Shortest-priced winner: Primo Dominie 4/7 (1984)

Market leaders: 23 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

11 wins

Aidan O’Brien IRE – Harbour Master (1997), Fasliyev (1999), Landseer (2001), Statue of Liberty (2002), Henrythenavigator (2007), Power (2011), War Command (2013), Caravaggio (2016), Arizona (2019), River Tiber (2023), Gstaad (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

5 wins

Ryan Moore – Power (2011), Caravaggio (2016), Arizona (2019), River Tiber (2023), Gstaad (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

11 wins

Coolmore partnerships - Harbour Master (1997), Fasliyev (1999), Landseer (2001), Statue of Liberty (2002), Henrythenavigator (2007), Power (2011), War Command (2013), Caravaggio (2016), Arizona (2019), River Tiber (2023), Gstaad (2025)

COVENTRY STAKES WINNERS

The King Charles III Stakes

BACKGROUND

Bad weather played a crucial role in the origins of the King Charles III Stakes. In 1860 heavy rain made it impossible for the two-mile Royal Stand Plate to take place so the race was renamed the Queen’s Stand Plate and run over four furlongs, the only raceable part of the course.

The race was then run over five furlongs and, with the accession of King Edward VII in 1901, was renamed the King's Stand Stakes, but curiously did not revert to its original name when Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952. It became the King Charles III Stakes in 2023 to mark The King's 75th birthday.

The King Charles III Stakes regained G1 status in 2008, having been a G2 since 1988, G1 from 1973 to 1987 and G2 in 1971 and 1972. There have been 13 overseas-trained winners since the turn of the century. The King Charles III Stakes is a Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ contest, offering a place in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Abernant (1949) – considered the greatest sprinter of the 20th century with a Timeform rating of 142; won 14 of his 17 career starts including back-to-back victories in the July Cup, King George Stakes and Nunthorpe Stakes in 1949 and 1950.

Dayjur (1990) – followed up Ascot success by setting a course record at York in the Nunthorpe Stakes, which stood for 29 years, before victories in the Haydock Sprint Cup and Prix de l’Abbaye.

Choisir (2003) – the first Australian-trained horse to win in Britain; doubled up four days later in the six-furlong Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, making him the first horse since Stanerra in 1983 to win twice at the same Royal Meeting.

Miss Andretti (2007) – the Australian-trained mare had the 2006 victor and fellow Australian Takeover Target back in fourth when setting a track record time of 57.44s (the course was remodelled in 2005), which still stands.

Blue Point (2019) – landed the King Charles III Stakes for the second successive year and emulated Choisir later in the week by doubling up in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes; won all bar one of his six starts at Ascot.

MULTIPLE WINNERS

There have been 12 dual winners of the King Charles III Stakes but only four since the Second World War – Elbio (1991 & 1993), Equiano (2008 & 2010), Sole Power (2013 & 2014) and Blue Point (2018 & 2019)

OLDEST WINNER (SINCE 1946)

Four horses aged seven have succeeded – The Tatling (2004), Takeover Target (2006), Sole Power (2014) and Nature Strip (2022)

OVERSEAS-TRAINED SUCCESSES (SINCE 1946)

Ireland (8): Sound Track (1950), Cassarate (1952), Abergwaun (1973), Godswalk (1977), Solinus (1978), Bluebird (1987), Sole Power (2013 & 2014)

France (7): Palariva (1956), Amber Rama (1970), Flirting Around (1975), Last Tycoon (1986), Don’t Worry Me (1997), Nuclear Debate (2000), Chineur (2005)

Australia (6): Choisir (2003), Takeover Target (2006), Miss Andretti (2007), Scenic Blast (2009), Nature Strip (2022), Asfoora (2024)

Hong Kong (1): Little Bridge (2012)

Spain (1): Equiano (2008)

USA (1): Lady Aurelia (2017)

BETTING (SINCE 1946)

Longest-priced winners: Squander Bug (1948) & Don’t Worry Me (1997), both 33/1

Shortest-priced winner: Lochsong 3/10 (1994)

Market leaders: 20 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 79 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1946)

5 wins: Vincent O’Brien IRE - Cassarate (1952), Abergwaun (1973), Godswalk (1977), Solinus (1978), Bluebird (1987)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1946)

7 wins: Lester Piggott - Right Boy (1957), Majority Rule (1963), Swing Easy (1971), Abergwaun (1973), Godswalk (1977), Solinus (1978), Never So Bold (1985)

KING CHARLES III STAKES WINNERS

The St James’s Palace Stakes

BACKGROUND

Named after the Tudor Royal residence, the inaugural running of the St James’s Palace Stakes in 1834 gave little indication of the high-quality and competitive fields that the race would later produce - while it attracted a Derby winner in Plenipotentiary, the colt was the only runner and consequently allowed a walkover.

A host of Derby winners have gone on to win the St James’s Palace Stakes, notably British Triple Crown winners Ormonde (1886), Rock Sand (1903) and Bahram (1935).

In the post-war period, Epsom graduates surrendered their dominance to the emerging category of thoroughbred, the mile specialist, and the St James’s Palace Stakes usually features colts that won or were placed in the English, Irish or French 2,000 Guineas.

The race started out with G2 status in 1971 and was promoted to G1 for the 1988 renewal. It is open to three-year-old colts and staged over the round mile.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Tudor Minstrel (1947) – champion two-year-old of 1946; eight-length victor of the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket despite being eased down, the biggest winning distance in the Classic’s history.

Brigadier Gerard (1971) – won 17 of his 18 careers starts over distances from five furlongs to a mile and a half; successful in one of the best renewals of the 2,000 Guineas that also featured Mill Reef and My Swallow; unbeaten in five starts at Ascot.

Frankel (2011) – unbeaten in 14 starts, 10 of which came at G1 level; won five races at Ascot in total, including the Queen Anne Stakes by 11 lengths, the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and the QIPCO Champion Stakes; rated 147 by Timeform, the highest in the organisation’s history.

MAJOR 2,000 GUINEAS/ST JAMES’S PALACE STAKES DOUBLE (SINCE 1946)

English Guineas (16): Tudor Minstel (1947), Palestine (1950), Nearula (1953), Darius (1954), Right Tack (1969), Brigadier Gerard (1971), Bolkonski (1975), To-Agori-Mou (1981), Rock Of Gibraltar (2002), Henrythenavigator (2008), Frankel (2011), Dawn Approach (2013), Gleneagles (2015), Galileo Gold (2016), Poetic Flare (2021), Coroebus (2022)

French Guineas (3): Kingmambo (1993), Sendawar (1999), Shamardal (2005)

Irish Guineas (15): Right Tack (1969), Jaazeiro (1978), Dara Monarch (1982), Shaadi (1989), Black Minaloushe (2001), Rock Of Gibraltar (2002), Araafa (2006), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009), Canford Cliffs (2010), Kingman (2014), Gleneagles (2015), Paddington (2023), Rosallion (2024), Field Of Gold (2025)

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1946)

Ireland (17): Chevastrid (1957), Thatch (1972), Jaazeiro (1978), Dara Monarch (1982), Brief Truce (1992), Giant’s Causeway (2000), Black Minnaloushe (2001), Rock Of Gibraltar (2002), Azamour (2004), Excellent Art (2007), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009), Dawn Approach (2013), Gleneagles (2015), Circus Maximus (2019), Poetic Flare (2021), Paddington (2023)

France (3): Venture VII (1960), Kingmambo (1993), Sendawar (1999)

BETTING (SINCE 1946)

Longest-priced winner: Brief Truce 25/1 (1992)

Shortest-priced winner: Venture VII 1/33 (1960)

Market leaders: 39 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 80 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1946)

9 wins: Aidan O’Brien IRE – Giant’s Causeway (2000), Black Minnaloushe (2001), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Excellent Art (2007), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009), Gleneagles (2015), Circus Maximus (2019), Paddington (2023)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1946)

6 wins: Mick Kinane - Dara Monarch (1982), Brief Truce (1992), Grand Lodge (1994), Giant’s Causeway (2000), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Azamour (2004)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNERS (SINCE 1946)

9 wins: Coolmore partnerships – Giant’s Causeway (2000), Black Minnaloushe (2001), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Excellent Art (2007), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009), Gleneagles (2015), Circus Maximus (2019), Paddington (2023)

ST JAMES’S PALACE STAKES WINNERS

The Ascot Stakes

BACKGROUND

Founded in 1839, the two-and-a-half-mile handicap is one of only four races at the Royal Meeting in which the field passes the winning post twice.

Trainers whose main emphasis is Jump racing have enjoyed great success in the race, particularly Martin Pipe and Willie Mullins.

Pipe, who was Britain’s champion Jump trainer 15 times, enjoyed five successes in the Ascot Stakes, while Mullins has notched four victories since 2012.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Junior (2010) – trained by Martin Pipe’s son David, Junior completed a rare double when successful in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Handicap Chase at the 2011 Cheltenham Festival.

Simenon (2012) – also ran away with the Queen Alexandra Stakes later in the same week and was beaten a neck by Estimate in the 2013 Gold Cup.

Coltrane (2022) – established himself as one of the leading stayers around with G2 successes in the Doncaster Cup and Lonsdale Cup at York, as well as finishing second in the 2023 Gold Cup.

ASCOT STAKES/QUEEN ALEXANDRA STAKES DOUBLE

Three horses have won these two long-distance races at Royal Ascot in the same week since 1977 – Mountain Cross (1978), Baddam (2006) and Simenon (2012)

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (10): San Sebastian (1998), Barba Papa (2000), Leg Spinner (2005), Simenon (2012), Domination (2014), Clondaw Warrior (2015), Jennies Jewel (2016), Thomas Hobson (2017), Lagostovegas (2018), Ascending (2025)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: Reshoun 66/1 (2021)

Shortest-priced winner: Mountain Cross 11/4 (1978)

Market leaders: 8 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

5 wins

Martin Pipe – Right Regent (1983), Balasani (1993), Sweet Glow (1994), Riyadh (2002), Sindapour (2003)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

3 wins

Willie Carson – Popsis Joy (1982), Rikki Tavi (1986), Cabochon (1991) Fran Berry – Leg Spinner (2005), Well Sharp (2013), Domination (2014) Ryan Moore – Simenon (2012), Clondaw Warrior (2015), Thomas Hobson (2017)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

2 wins

Sheikh Mohammed – Zero Watt (1988), High And Mighty (1999)

ASCOT STAKES WINNERS

at York

The Wolferton Stakes

BACKGROUND

The race conditions changed in 2018, with the Wolferton Stakes becoming a Listed contest rather than a Listed handicap, which it had been since its inauguration in 2002 with the extension of Royal Ascot to a five-day meeting. The mile-and-a-quarter contest for older horses takes its name from the Norfolk village of Wolferton, situated near the King’s country retreat, the Sandringham Estate.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Contributer (2014) – subsequently a dual G1 winner in Australia, capturing the Chipping Norton Stakes and Ranvet Stakes.

Addeybb (2019) – continued his excellent record at Ascot with victory in the 2020 QIPCO Champion Stakes; three-time G1 winner in Australia.

Royal Champion (2023) – blossomed on the world stage with victories in the 2025 Bahrain International Trophy and 2026 Neom Turf Cup in Saudi Arabia.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS

Ireland (2) – In Time’s Eye (2003), Sir Isaac Newton (2016)

BETTING

Longest-priced winner: Imperial Stride (2005), Championship Point (2007), Snoano (2017), all 25/1

Shortest-priced winner: Rainbow Peak 13/8 (2010)

Market leaders: 4 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 24 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER

5 wins

John Gosden - Beachfire (2011), Gatewood (2012), Mahsoob (2015), Monarchs Glen (2018), *Israr (2024)

*as part of a training partnership

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY

2 wins

Ryan Moore - Perfect Stride (2009), Sir Isaac Newton (2016)

William Buick - Beachfire (2011), Gatewood (2012)

Daniel Tudhope - Addeybb (2019), Dubai Future (2022)

James Doyle – Mountain Angel (2020), Haatem (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER

2 wins

Saeed Suhail – Imperial Stride (2005), Perfect Stride (2009)

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum – Juan Elcano (2021), Royal Champion (2023)

WOLFERTON STAKES WINNERS

Thady

The Copper Horse Handicap

BACKGROUND

Run over a mile and three-quarters, this handicap for four-year-olds and upwards was introduced as part of the enhanced order of running for Royal Ascot in 2020. It is named after The Copper Horse, a statue of King George III mounted on horseback marking the end of the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park, adjacent to the racecourse. The statue was sculpted by Sir Richard Westmacott and erected in October 1831.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Fujaira Prince (2020) – won the Ebor on his next start and finished second in the Irish St Leger.

Vauban (2023) – beat subsequent Ebor winner Absurde by seven and a half lengths; returned to Ascot to finish fourth in the 2024 Gold Cup before winning the Lonsdale Cup at York.

COPPER HORSE HANDICAP WINNERS

The Queen Mary Stakes

BACKGROUND

The Queen Mary Stakes for two-year-olds fillies was founded in honour of the consort of King George V.

Selene was runner-up in the initial running in 1921 and would later produce the great Hyperion, the Derby winner in 1933 and one of the most influential sires in history.

The five-furlong contest was promoted from G3 to G2 status in 2004 after a string of top-class winners.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Mumtaz Mahal (1923) – won by 10 lengths in 1923 and went on to become an important broodmare; her descendants include champions such as Abernant, Secretariat, Mill Reef, Shergar and Oh So Sharp.

Marling (1991) – following an agonising defeat in the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket, she gained a G1 hat-trick in the Irish 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and Sussex Stakes.

Lyric Fantasy (1992) – the first two-year-old filly to go on and win the all-aged Nunthorpe Stakes at York in August.

Queen’s Logic (2001) – crowned champion two-year-old filly of Europe after a seven-length success in the Cheveley Park Stakes; retired unbeaten.

Lady Aurelia (2016) – the most impressive of US trainer Wesley Ward’s four Queen Mary Stakes winners; made all to win by seven lengths and was dominant again when returning to Royal Ascot in 2017 to win the King Charles III Stakes.

QUEEN MARY STAKES/1,000 GUINEAS DOUBLE

Three fillies have done the double since the Second World War – Waterloo (1971), Attraction (2003) and True Love (2025)

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (6): Gloriella (1988), Damson (2004), Elletelle (2007), Anthem Alexander (2014), Quick Suzy (2021), True Love (2025)

USA (5): Jealous Again (2009), Acapulco (2015), Lady Aurelia (2016), Campanelle (2020), Crimson Advocate (2023)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: Night Of Wind 50/1 (1983)

Shortest-priced winner: Amaranda 4/6 (1977)

Market leaders: 17 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

5 wins

Richard Hannon snr – Fly Baby (1981), Lyric Fantasy (1992), Risky (1993), Gilded (2006), Best Terms (2011)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

4 wins

Frankie Dettori – Bint Allayl (1998), Lady Aurelia (2016), Raffle Prize (2019), Campanelle (2020)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

3 wins

Coolmore partnerships – Damson (2004), Acapulco (2015), True Love (2025)

QUEEN MARY STAKES WINNERS

at York

The Queen’s Vase

BACKGROUND

Queen Victoria donated a gold vase for a mile and a half race at Ascot in 1838. This race would become the Gold Cup Vase and then in 1960 was renamed the Queen’s Vase after Queen Elizabeth II. It was restricted to three-year-olds in 1987.

In 2017, the distance of the Queen’s Vase was reduced to a mile and six furlongs, having previously been run at two miles, while the race was upgraded to G2 status for the first time.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Le Moss (1978) – one of the greatest stayers of modern times; completed the stayers’ Triple Crown in 1979 by winning the Gold Cup, Goodwood Cup and Doncaster Cup; did the treble again in 1980, defeating future Gold Cup hero Ardross on each occasion. Joanna Morgan became the first female jockey to ride at Royal Ascot in the 1978 Queen’s Vase, finishing ninth on Gallowshill Boy.

Estimate (2012) – subsequently gained a memorable success in the 2013 Gold Cup, establishing Queen Elizabeth II as the first reigning monarch to win the prestigious race.

Stradivarius (2017) – prolific stayer who won three successive editions of the Gold Cup; also a four-time winner of the Goodwood Cup; crowned Europe’s champion stayer in 2018, 2019 & 2020.

Kew Gardens (2018) – captured the Grand Prix de Paris next time out before winning the St Leger at Doncaster; ended Stradivarius’ 10-race winning streak when the pair clashed for the first time in the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot in October 2019.

QUEEN’S VASE/ST LEGER DOUBLE

The Queen’s Vase has become a classier race in recent years. This is emphasised by Leading Light (2013), Kew Gardens (2018) and Eldar Eldarov (2022) all going on to victory in the St Leger at Doncaster.

QUEEN’S VASE/IRISH DERBY DOUBLE

Santiago (2020) continued the excellent record of recent winners when going on to take the Irish Derby eight days later.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (11): Ore (1981), Gordi (1996), Mahler (2007), Mikhail Glinka (2010), Leading Light (2013), Aloft (2015), Sword Fighter (2016), Kew Gardens (2018), Santiago (2020), Illinois (2024), Carmers (2025)

France (1): Infrasonic (1993)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: Stavordale (1986) & Sword Fighter (2016), both 33/1

Shortest-priced winner: Gregory, Evs (2023)

Market leaders: 18 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

8 wins

Aidan O’Brien IRE – Mahler (2007), Mikhail Glinka (2010), Leading Light (2013), Aloft (2015), Sword Fighter (2016), Kew Gardens (2018), Santiago (2020), Illinois (2024)

The late Sir Henry Cecil won the race eight times between 1972 and 1999

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

6 wins

Ryan Moore – Patkai (2008), Estimate (2012), Aloft (2015), Kew Gardens (2018), Santiago (2020), Illinois (2024)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

8 wins

Coolmore partnerships – Mahler (2007), Mikhail Glinka (2010), Leading Light (2013), Aloft (2015), Sword Fighter (2016), Kew Gardens (2018), Santiago (2020), Illinois (2024)

QUEEN’S VASE WINNERS

The Duke Of Cambridge Stakes

BACKGROUND

The Duke Of Cambridge Stakes was introduced in 2004 with the aim of encouraging connections to keep fillies and mares in training beyond their three-year-old campaigns.

Run over the straight mile and originally titled the Windsor Forest Stakes, the race was renamed in honour of Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, in 2013.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Soviet Song (2006) – five-time G1 winner whose finest moment came when beating the boys in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood in 2004.

Integral (2014) – built on her Ascot success with G1 triumphs in the Falmouth Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes, both at Newmarket.

Nazeef (2020) – emulated Integral by going on take the Falmouth Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS

France (3): Sabana Perdida (2008), Usherette (2016), Qemah (2017)

Ireland (2): Lolly For Dolly (2011), Duntle (2013)

BETTING

Longest-priced winner: Amazing Maria 25/1 (2015)

Shortest-priced winner: Soviet Song 11/8 (2006) Market leaders: 6 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 22 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER

6 wins

John Gosden – Nannina (2005), Joviality (2012), Nazeef (2020), *Indie Angel (2021), *Running Lion (2024), *Crimson Adovocate (2025) *as part of a training partnership

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY

3 wins

William Buick – Joviality (2012), Aljazzi (2018), Saffron Beach (2022)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER

5 wins

Cheveley Park Stud – Peeress (2005), Nannina (2007), Spacious (2009), Integral (2014), Indie Angel (2021)

DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE STAKES WINNERS

Yr/Date Gr Winner Trainer Jockey Owner

SP 25/18/06 2 CRIMSON ADVOCATE John & Thady Gosden

The Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

BACKGROUND

The Prince Of Wales’s Stakes was first run at Royal Ascot in 1862, a year after the death of Prince Albert. The popular Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VII) had taken over many of the social duties previously carried out by his mother, Queen Victoria, who remained in mourning for her late husband.

In the early years, it was mainly three-year-olds who competed in the race, then run over one mile and five furlongs. Horses often ran in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes after having participated in one or more of the Classics. In the first half of the 20th century, it generally became rarer for horses of the Classic generation to run in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes. One very notable exception was the great Hyperion, who was successful in 1933, the same year that he won the Derby and St Leger.

When racing resumed at Royal Ascot in 1946, there was no Prince Of Wales’s Stakes because George VI was on the throne and, as he had no male heirs, there was no Prince of Wales. The race did not take place again until 1968, a year before the former Prince of Wales’s investiture in 1969, with the distance changed to a mile and a quarter. The Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, which became a G1 contest for four-year-olds and upwards in 2000, is a Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ contest.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Brigadier Gerard (1972) – won 17 of his 18 careers starts over distances from five furlongs to a mile and a half; successful in one of the best renewals of the 2,000 Guineas that also featured Mill Reef and My Swallow; Timeform rating of 144, bettered only by Frankel and Sea-Bird.

Mtoto (1987 & 1988) – dual winner who won two Eclipse Stakes as well as Ascot’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Bosra Sham (1997) – fragile filly who showed her class with a memorable eight-length victory, having captured the 1,000 Guineas and Champion Stakes the season before.

Dubai Millennium (2000) – one of the modern-day greats on dirt and turf; won the Dubai World Cup by six lengths before an eight-length victory in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.

Ouija Board (2006) – star racemare who racked up seven G1 successes on three continents during her career; dam of 2014 Derby winner Australia.

So You Think (2012) – won back-to-back Cox Plates, Australia’s most prestigious race, for legendary trainer Bart Cummings; continued his career in Europe for Aidan O’Brien – adding five G1s to his CV including the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, Eclipse Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes.

MULTIPLE WINNERS

There have been three dual winners – Connaught (1969 & 1970), Mtoto (1987 & 1988) and Muhtarram (1994 & 1995)

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1968)

Ireland (9): Stanerra (1983), Azamour (2005), Duke Of Marmalade (2008), So You Think (2012), Free Eagle (2015), Highland Reel (2017), Love (2021), State Of Rest (2022), Auguste Rodin (2024)

France (5): Gift Card (1973), Admetus (1974), Manduro (2007), Vision d’Etat (2009), Byword (2010)

BETTING (SINCE 1968)

Longest-priced winner: Bob Back 33/1 (1985)

Shortest-priced winner: Royal Palace 1/4 (1968)

Market leaders: 23 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 58 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1968)

6 wins

John Gosden – Muhtarram (1994 & 1995), The Fugue (2014), Lord North (2020), *Mostahdaf (2023), *Ombudsman (2025) *as part of a training partnership

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1968)

5 wins

Pat Eddery – Record Run (1975), English Spring (1986), Two Timing (1989), Batshoof (1990), Placerville (1993)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1968)

6 wins

Godolphin – Faithful Son (1998), Dubai Millennium (2000), Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002), Rewilding (2011), Ombudsman (2025)

PRINCE OF WALES’S STAKES WINNERS

The Royal Hunt Cup

BACKGROUND

One of the major betting races of the season, the inaugural running of the Royal Hunt Cup in 1843 was won decisively by Knight Of Whistle, but behind was a desperate battle for second place between Garry Owen, Epaulette and Bourra Tomacha - the judge could not split them and eventually awarded a triple dead-heat for the runner-up position.

The Royal Hunt Cup has long been the subject of heavy gambles and two notable touches were landed at the turn of the 20th century. Prior to the 1900 running, Royal Flush had shown form only in minor races and appeared to be out of his depth. But his trainer, Enoch Wishard, had perfected the technique of doping and was able to induce the necessary improvement. Royal Flush won and netted a fortune for his unscrupulous American owners.

The next significant tilt at the ring was executed by the infamous Druid’s Lodge Confederacy. Lally, one of the best horses ever trained at Druid’s Lodge, was thought to be a certainty for the 1906 Derby at Epsom over a mile and a half, and was backed down to favouritism. Unable to stay the trip, he was prepared for the 1907 Royal Hunt Cup, which he won defeating Andover by half a length.

The handicap was originally over a distance of seven furlongs and 155 yards, until the course was re-aligned and a straight mile laid out in time for the 1955 meeting. A maximum field of 30 is allowed.

Fly To The Stars, favourite in 1998 to defy 9st 11lb, could not cope with 20/1 chance Refuse To Lose, but went on to success in three Group races culminating with the G1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in 1999, demonstrating what a competitive race the Royal Hunt Cup is.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Master Vote (1947 & 1948) – the only horse to win two editions of the Royal Hunt Cup.

Buzzards Bay (1982) – completed a prestigious handicap double when winning what is now the John Smith’s Cup at York the following month; returned to Ascot later in the year to win the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Cesare (2006) – progressed into high-class miler, with his most notable success coming at Ascot in the 2007 G2 Summer Mile; also runner-up to Paco Boy in 2009 Queen Anne Stakes.

Real World (2021) – followed up his Ascot triumph with four straight wins in Stakes company, including G2 victories in France and Dubai, before chasing home Baaeed in the Lockinge Stakes and Queen Anne Stakes.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1960)

Ireland (3): Continuation (1966), Portage (2016), Settle For Bay (2018)

BETTING (SINCE 1960)

Longest-priced winner: Pontenuovo 50/1 (1990)

Shortest-priced winner: My Cloud 3/1 (2025)

Market leaders: Only 6 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 66 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1960)

3 wins

John Sutcliffe jnr – Tempest Boy (1972), My Hussar (1977), Tender Heart (1980)

John Dunlop – Camouflage (1973), Patriarch (1986), Eurolink The Lad (1991) Saeed bin Suroor – Invisible Man (2010), Real World (2021), Wild Tiger (2024)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1960)

4 wins

Lester Piggott – Spaniard’s Close (1963), Casabianca (1965), Kamundu (1969), Jumping Hill (1976)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1960)

5 wins

Godolphin – Invisible Man (2010), Portage (2016), Dark Vision (2020), Real World (2021), Wild Tiger (2024)

ROYAL HUNT CUP WINNERS

The Kensington Palace Handicap

BACKGROUND

Introduced in 2021, the Kensington Palace Handicap is run over the straight mile for four-year-old and upwards fillies and mares rated 0-105. Kensington Palace, set in Kensington Gardens, has been a residence for Members of the Royal Family since the 17th century.

The Windsor Castle Stakes

BACKGROUND

Established in 1839, the Windsor Castle Stakes was originally aimed at three-year-old colts and fillies who had competed in the Classics. Now a juvenile contest, the race conditions have changed for 2026 — run over six furlongs (compared to five furlongs in previous years), it is restricted to horses, whose sire won a race in excess of 6f 110y as a two-year-old or in excess of 7f 110y as a three-year-old or older.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Pharaoh's Delight (1989) – took high rank among that season's juvenile fillies, defeating the boys in the Phoenix Stakes as well as finishing second in the Moyglare Stud Stakes.

Strike The Tiger (2009) – first success at Royal Ascot for pioneering US-based trainer Wesley Ward; also the first American-trained horse to win at Royal Ascot.

Tactical (2020) – Queen Elizabeth II's 24th and final Royal Ascot winner.

Little Big Bear (2022) – graduated to G1 honours with a seven-length victory in the Phoenix Stakes.

Big Evs (2023) – followed up with wins in the Molecomb Stakes, Flying Childers Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (5): Tardot (1977), Cooliney Prince (1980), Washington DC (2015), Southern Hills (2019), Little Big Bear (2022) USA (2): Strike The Tiger (2009), Hootenanny (2014)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: Flashman’s Papers 100/1 (2009)

Shortest-priced winner: Space Cruiser 8/11 (1987)

Market leaders: 11 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

3 wins

Mick Channon – Great Deeds (1993), Kalindi (1999), Holborn (2003)

Aidan O'Brien IRE – Washington DC (2015), Southern Hills (2019), Little Big Bear (2022)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (1977)

6 wins

Pat Eddery – Barry’s Gamble (1988), Pharaoh’s Delight (1989), Gipsy Fiddler (1990), Satank (1992), Autumnal (2000), Irony (2001)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

4 wins

Coolmore partnerships – Hootenanny (2014), Washington DC (2015), Southern Hills (2019), Little Big Bear (2022)

WINDSOR CASTLE STAKES WINNERS

at York

The Chesham Stakes

BACKGROUND

First run in 1919, the Chesham Stakes takes its name from the third Baron Chesham, who was the last Master of the Buckhounds at Ascot (19001901) – the role was replaced by His or Her Majesty’s Representative at Ascot on King Edward VII’s accession to the throne.

The Chesham Stakes took over from the first leg of the Triennial Stakes, a five-furlong two-year-old contest. The middle leg of the Triennial Stakes, a seven-furlong contest for three-year-olds, became the Jersey Stakes, while the final leg, for four-year-olds over two miles, became the Churchill Stakes.

Extended to its current distance of seven furlongs in 1996 after being run at five furlongs and then six furlongs, the Chesham Stakes is restricted to two-year-olds whose dam or sire won over a distance in excess of nine and a half furlongs (or 1900m).

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Abernant (1948) – champion juvenile of 1948 with victories in the Champagne Stakes and Middle Park Stakes in addition to his Royal Ascot success; beaten a short-head in the following year’s 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket before establishing himself as a brilliant sprinter.

Major Portion (1957) – went on to capture the Middle Park Stakes before returning to Ascot to win the St James’s Palace Stakes in 1958; also successful in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and Sussex Stakes.

Be My Chief (1989) – unbeaten in six starts as a two-year-old, including the Vintage Stakes, Solario Stakes and Futurity Trophy.

Churchill (2016) – crowned Europe’s champion juvenile of 2016 following impressive displays in the Futurity Stakes, National Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes; victorious in the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas the following spring.

Pinatubo (2019) – ended his unbeaten two-year-old season with an official rating of 128, the highest awarded to a juvenile since Celtic Swing in 1994; the pick of his six victories came in the National Stakes, when he powered to a nine-length success.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (9) – Sookera (1977), Bach (1999), Maybe (2011), Churchill (2016), September (2017), Battleground (2020), Point Lonsdale (2021), Snellen (2023), Bedtime Story (2024)

France (1) – Suits You (2015)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: Jacamar 50/1 (1988)

Shortest-priced winner: Main Reef 8/15 (1978)

Market leaders: 21 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

7 wins

Aidan O’Brien – Bach (1999), Maybe (2011), Churchill (2016), September (2017), Battleground (2020), Point Lonsdale (2021), Bedtime Story (2024)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

6 wins

Ryan Moore – Maybe (2011), Churchill (2016), September (2017), Battleground (2020), Point Lonsdale (2021), Bedtime Story (2024)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

7 wins

Coolmore partnerships – Bach (1999), Maybe (2011), Churchill (2016), September (2017), Battleground (2020), Point Lonsdale (2021), Bedtime Story (2024)

CHESHAM STAKES WINNERS

The King George V Handicap

BACKGROUND

The King George V Handicap, a 12-furlong contest for three-year-olds, was first run in July 1946 before moving to Royal Ascot in 1948.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Moon Madness (1986) – went on to win the St Leger at Doncaster later that season before gaining further G1 success in the 1987 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud.

Dandino (2010) – progressed to win the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket in 2011; runner-up in the 2013 Hardwicke Stakes and ran several excellent races throughout the world, including seconds in the Canadian International and Caulfield Cup.

Brown Panther (2011) – runner-up in the 2011 St Leger before gaining a first G1 success in the Irish equivalent three years later; a homebred by former footballer Michael Owen, the top stayer also finished third in the 2014 Gold Cup.

Hukum (2020) – multiple Pattern-race winner, including G1 success in the 2022 Coronation Cup and 2023 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes; full-brother to champion Baaeed.

Desert Hero (2023) – provided King Charles III and Queen Camilla with their first Royal Ascot success.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (1): South Pacific (2019)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: 66/1 Cosmic Sun (2009)

Shortest-priced winner: 9/4 Carlingford (1989) Market leaders: 11 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

6 wins

Mark Johnston – Diaghilef (1995), Systematic (2002), Fantastic Love (2003), Linas Selection (2006), Fennell Bay (2012), Baghdad (2018)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

4 wins

Pat Eddery – John O’Groats (1980), Carlingford (1989), Source Of Light (1992), Give The Slip (2000)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

5 wins

Highclere Thoroughbred Racing – Heritage (1997), Beekeeper (2001), Admiral (2004), Colony (2008), Merchant (2025)

KING GEORGE V HANDICAP WINNERS

at York

The Ribblesdale Stakes

BACKGROUND

First run in 1919, the Ribblesdale Stakes was originally staged over a mile for three and four-year-olds.

Named after the fourth Baron Ribblesdale, Master of the Buckhounds between 1892 and 1895, it is now run over a mile and a half, restricted to three-year-old fillies and mirrors the equivalent contest for colts and geldings, the King Edward VII Stakes.

NOTABLE WINNERS

INCLUDE

Park Top (1967) – blossomed as a five-year-old, returning to Ascot to win both the Hardwicke Stakes and the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes as well as the Coronation Cup at Epsom Downs.

Shoot A Line (1980) – went on to capture both the Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks later in the same season; finished runner-up to Ardross in the 1981 Gold Cup and was the grand-dam of US champion Thunder Gulch, winner of the 1995 Kentucky Derby.

Hellenic (1990) – subsequently won the Yorkshire Oaks and was runner-up in the the St Leger; enjoyed great success as a broodmare, producing G1 winners Islington, Mountain High and Greek Dance.

Star Catcher (2019) – notched up a G1 hat-trick following her Ascot triumph, landing the Irish Oaks, Prix Vermeille and QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes.

Warm Heart (2023) – secured three G1 prizes afterwards, taking the Yorkshire Oaks, Prix Vermeille and Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (14) – Nanticious (1977), Relfo (1978), Sahara Slew (2001), Irresistible Jewel (2002), Banimpire (2011), Princess Highway (2012), Bracelet (2014), Curvy (2015), Even Song (2016), Magic Wand (2018), Magical Lagoon (2022), Warm Heart (2023), Port Fairy (2024), Garden Of Eden (2025) France (1) – Tulipa (1996)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: 25/1 Mont Etoile (2006)

Shortest-priced winner: 11/8 Frankly Darling (2020)

Market leaders: 10 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

6 wins

Aidan O'Brien IRE – Bracelet (2014), Even Song (2016), Magic Wand (2018), Warm Heart (2023), Port Fairy (2024), Garden Of Eden (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

8 wins

Frankie Dettori – Phantom Gold (1995), Bahr (1998), Fairy Queen (1999), Punctilious (2004), Flying Cloud (2009), Hibaayeb (2010), Star Catcher (2019), Frankly Darling (2020)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

7 wins

Coolmore partnerships – Bracelet (2014), Curvy (2015), Even Song (2016), Magic Wand (2018), Warm Heart (2023), Port Fairy (2024), Garden Of Eden (2025)

RIBBLESDALE STAKES WINNERS

The Gold Cup

BACKGROUND

Founded in 1807, the Gold Cup is one of the most prestigious races at Royal Ascot. At two miles and four furlongs, it thoroughly tests a horse’s stamina, but is not the longest contest of the meeting, with that accolade going to the Queen Alexandra Stakes over approaching two miles and six furlongs on the final day.

Pretty Polly’s defeat by Bachelor’s Button in 1906 is arguably the race’s greatest upset. The brilliant 1904 Oaks winner seemed to be unsettled by the sweltering conditions and a wart on her belly.

Winners of the Derby rarely run in the Gold Cup nowadays, but for much of its history, the race served as the primary objective after Epsom Classic glory. West Australian, the first winner of the Triple Crown (2,000 Guineas, Derby, St Leger), The Flying Dutchman (1850), Gladiateur (1866) and Isinglass (1895) are other famous winners of both races. Ocean Swell, successful in 1945, is the last horse to have completed the Derby/Gold Cup double. Blakeney, who was runner-up in 1970, and Serpentine (2021, 8th) are the most recent Derby winners to have lined up.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Sagaro (1975, 1976 & 1977) – one of the greatest stayers of all time and the first horse to win the Gold Cup on three occasions; renowned for being a stayer with a true turn of foot, he also won the Grand Prix de Paris and the Prix du Cadran.

Ardross (1981 & 1982) – part of a vintage era of stayers that also included Sagaro and Le Moss; went down by three-quarters of a length to Le Moss in the 1980 Gold Cup before going on to dominate the staying division for the next two years; beaten a head on final appearance in Europe’s premier middle-distance contest, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, in 1982.

Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009) – the only horse to win the Gold Cup four times; one-time Derby contender who also won the Coronation Cup, Irish St Leger, Prix Royal-Oak and Goodwood Cup; became the oldest winner (8yo) of the Gold Cup since Merman in 1900 when gaining his fourth success in 2009 and is commemorated with a statue in Ascot’s parade ring.

Estimate (2013) – Queen Elizabeth II's stayer created history by becoming the first horse owned by a reigning monarch to win the Gold Cup. A half-sister to the 1999 Gold Cup winner Enzeli, Estimate also won the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot in 2012.

Stradivarius (2018, 2019 & 2020) – big race haul also included four Goodwood Cups, three Lonsdale Cups, three Yorkshire Cups, two Doncaster Cups as well as further success at Ascot in the Queen’s Vase, QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup and Sagaro Stakes.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1946)

France (15) – Caracalla II (1946), Souverain (1947), Arbar (1948), Pan II (1951), Elpenor (1954), Macip (1956), Wallaby II (1959), Sheshoon (1960), Balto (1962), Pardallo II (1968), Lassalle (1973), Sagaro (1975, 1976 & 1977), Westerner (2005) Ireland (13) – Gladness (1958), Levmoss (1969), Enzeli (1999), Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009), Rite Of Passage (2010), Fame And Glory (2011), Leading Light (2014), Order Of St George (2016), Kyprios (2022 & 2024)

Italy (1) – Botticelli (1955)

BETTING (SINCE 1946)

Longest-priced winner: 25/1 Indian Queen (1991)

Shortest-priced winner: 1/5 Ardross (1981)

Market leaders: 33 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 79 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1946)

9 wins

Aidan O’Brien IRE – Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Fame And Glory (2011), Leading Light (2014), Order Of St George (2016), Kyprios (2022 & 2024)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1946)

11 wins

Lester Piggott – Zarathustra (1957), Gladness (1958), Pandofell (1961), Twilight Alley (1963), Fighting Charlie (1965), Sagaro (1975, 1976, 1977), Le Moss (1979), Ardross (1981, 1982)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1946)

9 wins

Coolmore Partnerships – Yeats (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), Fame And Glory (2011), Leading Light (2014), Order Of St George (2016), Kyprios (2022 & 2024)

GOLD CUP WINNERS

The Britannia Handicap

BACKGROUND

First run in 1928, the Britannia takes place over the straight mile of the Royal Hunt Cup course.

The race is a handicap for three-year-old colts and geldings.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Teleprompter (1983) – subsequently won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot in 1984 and the following year’s Arlington Million in Chicago, USA.

Fly To The Stars (1997) – went on to capture the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in 1999.

Docklands (2023) – gained a first G1 success in the 2025 Queen Anne Stakes, having finished second in the Royal Ascot curtain raiser in 2024.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (2) – Roca Tumu (2013), War Envoy (2015)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: 100/1 Fox Chapel (1990)

Shortest-priced winner: 100/30 Mostashaar (2005)

Market leaders: 11 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

4 wins

Sir Michael Stoute – Finite (1977), Bal Dancer (1982), Ajaad (1991), Mostashaar (2005)

John Gosden – North Song (1996), Plan-B (1998), El Gran Papa (2000), Analyser (2001)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

4 wins

Pat Eddery – Rhineland (1978), Dallas (1986), Foreign Survivor (1988), Show Faith (1993)

Jamie Spencer – New Seeker (2003), Sir Gerard (2006), Defrocked (2016), Bless Him (2017)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

3 wins

Hamdan Al Maktoum – Mostashaar (2005), Fareer (2009), Khaloosy (2020)

BRITANNIA HANDICAP WINNERS

The Hampton Court Stakes

BACKGROUND

Initially run as the New Stakes as part of the Saturday Heath Day card after the four days of Royal Ascot, the Hampton Court Stakes became a Royal Ascot contest in 2002 when the Royal Meeting was extended to five days.

The 10-furlong contest for three-year-olds was named the Tercentenary Stakes between 2011 and 2016 as the racecourse celebrated 300 years since its inauguration but reverted to the Hampton Court Stakes in 2017.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Collection (2008) – went on to become one of Hong Kong’s top middle-distance performers, winning both the Hong Kong Derby in 2009 and the Hong Kong Gold Cup in 2010.

Cannock Chase (2014) – graduated to G1 honours when taking the Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine in 2015.

Hawkbill (2016) – followed up Royal Ascot success with victory in the Eclipse Stakes next time out, his sixth consecutive victory; added another G1 to his CV when taking the 2018 Dubai Sheema Classic.

Benbatl (2017) – Godolphin flagbearer who subsequently landed G1 prizes in Australia, Germany and Dubai.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS

Ireland (4) – Moscow Ballet (2004), Indigo Cat (2006), Hunting Horn (2018), Russian Emperor (2020) Germany (1) – Energizer (2012)

BETTING

Longest-priced winner: 33/1 Snoqualmie Boy (2006)

Shortest-priced winner: 11/8 Mohaafeth (2021)

Market leaders: 8 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 24 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER

5 wins: Aidan O’Brien IRE – Moscow Ballet (2004), Indigo Cat (2005), Hunting Horn (2018), Russian Emperor (2020), Trinity College (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY

5 wins: Ryan Moore – Glass Harmonium (2009), Cannock Chase (2014), Hunting Horn (2018), Russian Emperor (2020), Trinity College (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER

5 wins: Coolmore partners – Moscow Ballet (2004), Indigo Cat (2005), Hunting Horn (2018), Russian Emperor (2020), Trinity College (2025)

The Buckingham Palace Handicap

BACKGROUND

The Buckingham Palace Handicap was reinstated in 2020 as part of the extended race programme following a six-year hiatus.

It was originally introduced to the expanded Royal meeting in 2002, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, and named after the London royal residence. Staged over seven furlongs for three-year-olds and upwards, the contest typically attracted a maximum field and was one of the big betting races on Friday. It was removed from the race programme ahead of Royal Ascot 2015 to allow space for the G1 Commonwealth Cup.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Jedburgh (2005) – subsequently captured the Minstrel Stakes at the Curragh for his owner-breeder The Earl Cadogan; also runner-up in Goodwood’s Celebration Mile.

Regal Parade (2008) – went on to win the Ayr Gold Cup later in the season and proved even better as he got older, taking the 2009 Haydock Sprint Cup and the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville in 2010.

Highfield Princess (2021) – having started out in handicaps with an official rating of 57, progressed to win a hat-trick of G1 sprints in 2022 - the Prix Maurice de Gheest, Nunthorpe Stakes and Flying Five Stakes.

Never So Brave (2025) – made a mockery of a handicap rating of 105; returned to Ascot the following month to win the Summer Mile before landing the first G1 edition of the City Of York Stakes.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS

None

OLDEST WINNER

Uhoomagoo was eight when scoring in 2006.

BETTING

Longest-priced winner: Witch Hunter 50/1 (2023)

Shortest-priced winner: English Oak 10/3 (2024)

Market leaders: 2 favourites has been successful in the previous 19 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER

2 wins

Kevin Ryan - Uhoomagoo (2006), Lightning Cloud (2013) Richard Hannon – Motakkayyel (2020), Witch Hunter (2023)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY

3 wins

Neil Callan - Uhoomagoo (2006), Eton Forever (2012), Lightning Cloud (2013)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE HANDICAP WINNERS

The Albany Stakes

BACKGROUND

This race was first run in 2002 as the Henry Carnarvon Stakes, honouring Queen Elizabeth II's late racing manager, and the Listed event proved so successful that it was promoted to G3 status in 2005.

Restricted to two-year-old fillies, the six-furlong contest provides one of the first opportunities of the season for promising types to prove their ability and go on to harbour Guineas aspirations.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Samitar (2011) – progressed to land the Irish 1,000 Guineas in 2012.

Cursory Glance (2014) – successful in Ireland’s Moyglare Stud Stakes later in the season.

Meditate (2022) – defeated subsequent 1,000 Guineas heroine Mawj; twice runner-up at G1 level later that season before a dominant success in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

Porta Fortuna (2023) – following her win in Newmarket's Cheveley Park Stakes, she notched a G1 hat-trick as a three-year-old, taking the Coronation Stakes, Falmouth Stakes and Matron Stakes.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS

Ireland (5): Cuis Ghaire (2008), Brave Anna (2016), Meditate (2022), Porta Fortuna (2023), Fairy Godmother (2024) France (1): Different League (2017)

BETTING

Longest-priced winner: Nijoom Dubai 50/1 (2007) Shortest-priced winner: Cuis Ghaire 8/11 (2008) Market leaders: 6 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 24 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER

3 wins: Mick Channon – Silca’s Gift (2003), Nijoom Dubai (2008), Samitar (2011); Aidan O'Brien IRE – Brave Anna (2016), Meditate (2022), Fairy Godmother (2024)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY

4 wins: Jamie Spencer – La Chunga (2005), Nijoom Dubai (2007), Samitar (2011), Kiyoshi (2013)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER

2 wins: Sir Robert Ogden – La Chunga (2005), Sander Camillo (2006); Coolmore partnerships – Meditate (2022), Fairy Godmother (2024)

ALBANY STAKES WINNERS

The Commonwealth Cup

BACKGROUND

The inaugural running of the Commonwealth Cup in 2015 marked the first G1 sprint contest in Europe confined to three-year-olds.

It was also the first new race in the 44-year history of the European Pattern to go straight in with G1 status, rather than with a probationary period at a lower level or no grade at all.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Muhaarar (2015) – remained unbeaten for the rest of the year in three more G1 sprints, the July Cup, the Prix Maurice de Gheest and the QIPCO British Champions Sprint, becoming European champion sprinter.

Quiet Reflection (2016) – proved more than a match for her elders later that season with a dominant victory in the Sprint Cup at Haydock Park.

Caravaggio (2017) – 2016 Coventry Stakes winner doubled his tally at Royal Ascot in an outstanding renewal of the race; chased home by Harry Angel, who ended the year as Europe’s champion sprinter, and Blue Point, who in 2019 emulated Choisir by winning the King Charles III Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS

Ireland (1): Caravaggio (2017)

USA (1): Campanelle (2021)

FILLIES

Three fillies have been successful – Quiet Reflection (2016), Campanelle (2021) and Time For Sandals (2025)

BETTING

Longest-priced winner: 25/1 Time For Sandals (2025)

Shortest-priced winner: 5/6 Caravaggio (2017) Market leaders: 4 favourites or joint-favourites have been successful in the 11 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER

No multiple winners

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY

2 wins

Frankie Dettori – Advertise (2019), Campanelle (2021)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER

2 wins

Hamdan Al Maktoum – Muhaarar (2015), Eqtidaar (2018)

COMMONWEALTH CUP WINNERS

The Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap

BACKGROUND

First run over five furlongs as the Bessborough Stakes in 1914, the race is now a mile and a half handicap open to three-year-olds and upwards rated 0-105.

It was renamed the Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap in 1999.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Blueprint (1999) – owned by Queen Elizabeth II; captured the following year’s Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket and was subsequently placed in G1s in the USA.

Young Mick (2006) – Ascot specialist, who completed a four-timer at the course during the 2006 season, culminating with the Cumberland Lodge Stakes in September.

Fox Hunt (2011) – won German St Leger for Mark Johnston before being transferred to Godolphin and winning the Nad Al Sheba Trophy at Meydan in 2012.

Arab Spring (2014) – dual G3 winner for Sir Michael Stoute and Ballymacoll Stud.

Quickthorn (2021) – multiple Group-race winner, headlined by a stunning front-running victory in the 2023 Goodwood Cup.

Ethical Diamond (2025) – dual purpose performer who followed up in the Ebor and scaled greater heights with an emphatic success in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (4): Katiykha (2000), Okita Soushi (2023), Crystal Black (2024), Ethical Diamond (2025)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: Scarlet Dragon 33/1 (2020)

Shortest-priced winner: Arab Spring 11/4 (2014)

Market leaders: 12 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

6 wins

Sir Michael Stoute – Greek Palace (1998), Blueprint (1999), Notable Guest (2005), Sugar Ray (2008), Opinion (2013), Arab Spring (2014)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

6 wins

Ryan Moore – Sugar Ray (2008), Opinion (2013), Arab Spring (2014), Baghdad (2019), Okita Soushi (2023), Ethical Diamond (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

2 wins

Robert Sangster – Sikorsky (1984), Clanrallier (1985)

Khalid Abdullah – Source Of Light (1993), Notable Guest (2005)

DUKE OF EDINBURGH HANDICAP WINNERS

The Coronation Stakes

BACKGROUND

First run in 1840, the Coronation Stakes was founded to commemorate the crowning of Queen Victoria in 1838. The mile event for three-yearolds became the fillies’ equivalent of the St James’s Palace Stakes and established itself as a natural progression for fillies who had run in the the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket in early May.

The first filly to complete the 1,000 Guineas/Coronation Stakes double was the Jos Dawson-trained Lady Augusta in 1863. Twelve fillies have done the double in the post-war period – Belle Of All (1951), Zabara (1952), Happy Laughter (1953), Festoon (1954), Fleet (1967), Humble Duty (1970), One In A Million (1979), Russian Rhythm (2003), Attraction (2004), Ghanaati (2009), Sky Lantern (2013) and Winter (2017).

The Coronation Stakes, run over the round mile, was promoted to G1 status in 1988.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Pretty Polly (1904) – one of the greatest fillies of all time. Won 22 of her 24 races, including the 1,000 Guineas, Oaks, St Leger, two renewals of the Coronation Cup and the Champion Stakes; went on to become an outstanding broodmare.

Book Law (1927) – runner-up in the 1,000 Guineas before going on to Classic glory in the St Leger at Doncaster over three quarters of a mile further; dam of Archive, who went on to sire brilliant chaser Arkle.

Meld (1955) – gained the fillies’ Triple Crown with victories in the 1,000 Guineas, Oaks and St Leger; dam of the 1966 Derby winner Charlottown. Humble Duty (1970) – top miler, who won the 1,000 Guineas by seven lengths, and then Goodwood’s Sussex Stakes.

Ridgewood Pearl (1995) – a G1 winner in four countries, winning the Irish 1,000 Guineas, the Prix du Moulin and the Breeders’ Cup Mile in addition to her Royal Ascot success.

Attraction (2004) – captured the 1,000 Guineas, Irish 1,000 Guineas and the Coronation Stakes; also won the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot during an unbeaten juvenile campaign.

Alpha Centauri (2018) – won by six lengths in a track record time of 1m 35.89s, over a second inside the previous best set by Barney Roy in the 2017 St James’s Palace Stakes; won four G1 prizes in 2018.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1946)

Ireland (18) – Display (1962), Calve (1972), Lisadell (1974), Orchestration (1977), Sutton Place (1978), Cairn Rouge (1980), Flame Of Tara (1983), Kooyonga (1991), Ridgewood Pearl (1995), Sophisticat (2002), Lush Lashes (2008), Lille Langtry (2010), Winter (2017), Alpha Centauri (2018), Alpine Star (2020), Tahiyra (2023), Porta Fortuna (2024), Cercene (2025)

France (12) – Midget II (1956), Toro (1957), Barbaresque (1960), Kesar Queen (1976), Golden Opinion (1989), Gold Splash (1993), Shake The Yoke (1996), Banks Hill (2001), Immortal Verse (2011), Ervedya (2015), Qemah (2016), Watch Me (2019)

BETTING (SINCE 1946)

Longest-priced winner: 33/1 Cercene (2025)

Shortest-priced winner: 1/6 Humble Duty (1970)

Market leaders: 34 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 80 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1946)

5 wins

Sir Henry Cecil – Roussalka (1975), One In A Million (1979), Chalon (1982), Chimes of Freedom (1990), Kissing Cousin (1994)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1946)

4 wins

Joe Mercer – Festoon (1954), Rosalba (1959), Haymaking (1966), One In A Million (1979)

Lester Piggott – Aiming High (1961), Lisadell (1974), Roussalka (1975), Chalon (1982)

Walter Swinburn – Sonic Lady (1986), Milligram (1987), Marling (1992), Exclusive (1998)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1946)

4 wins

Cheveley Park Stud – Exclusive (1998) , Russian Rhythm (2003), Nannina (2006), Inspiral (2022)

CORONATION STAKES WINNERS

The Sandringham Handicap

BACKGROUND

The Sandringham Handicap was first staged at Royal Ascot in 2002 when the meeting was expanded to five days. Before that, it was known as the Fern Hill Stakes and formed part of the traditional Heath Day card on the Saturday after the four-day Royal Meeting.

The race, for three-year-old fillies over the straight mile, had Listed status until 2017. It is now a handicap for three-year-old fillies rated 0-105.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Red Evie (2006) - captured the Matron Stakes in 2006 before repelling Ramonti in a thrilling finish to the following season’s Lockinge Stakes; dam of champion racemare Found.

Timepiece (2010) - went on to win the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket in 2011.

Persuasive (2016) - finished her career in 2017 with G1 success at Ascot in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO).

Con Te Partiro (2017) - successful on three continents; started her career in North America and went on to establish herself as a top mare in Australia with two G1 wins.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS

Ireland (3): Beautyandthebeast (2005), Duntle (2012), Create Belief (2021)

USA (1): Con Te Partiro (2017)

BETTING

Longest-priced winner: Thanks Be (2019) and Onassis (2020), both 33/1

Shortest-priced winner: Persuasive 11/4 (2016)

Market leaders: 8 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 24 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER

2 wins

John Dunlop – Tashawak (2002), Festivale (2008)

Michael Bell – Red Evie (2006), Moneycantbuymelove (2009)

Richard Hannon – Osaila (2015), Heredia (2022)

Charlie Fellowes – Thanks Be (2019), Onassis (2020)

John Gosden – Persuasive (2016), *Coppice (2023)

*as part of a training partnership

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY

4 wins

Frankie Dettori – Hold To Ransom (2003), Osaila (2015), Persuasive (2016), Coppice (2023)

Jamie Spencer – Red Evie (2006), Moneycantbuymelove (2009), Con Te Partiro (2017), Agrotera (2018)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER

2 wins: Hamdan Al Maktoum – Tashawak (2002), Muteela (2014)

SANDRINGHAM HANDICAP WINNERS

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The King Edward VII Stakes

BACKGROUND

Formerly known by the name, and still colloquially referred to as the Ascot Derby, the King Edward VII Stakes was inaugurated in 1834 and regularly featured horses of both sexes who had competed in the middle-distance Classics.

First run as the King Edward VII Stakes in 1926 and now restricted to three-year-old colts and geldings, the G2 contest still attracts horses that have competed in the Derby and takes place over a mile and a half.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Supreme Court (1951), Ile De Borbon (1978) and Nathaniel (2011) – all progressed to win the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot in the same season.

Shareef Dancer (1983) – won the Irish Derby next time out; dam sire of Dubai Millennium.

Light Cavalry (1980) and Mutafaweq (1999) – both won the final British Classic, the St Leger, at Doncaster in September.

Japan (2019) – after a close third in the Derby, proved arguably the best middle-distance colt of his generation with G1 victories in the Grand Prix de Paris and Juddmonte International.

King Of Steel (2023) – Derby runner-up who returned to Ascot to win the QIPCO Champion Stakes on Frankie Dettori’s final ride in Great Britain.

Calandagan (2024) – blossomed as a four-year-old in 2025 with four consecutive G1 victories, including the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, QIPCO Champion Stakes and Japan Cup, ending the year as the world’s top-rated horse according to the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (3): Five Dynasties (2004), Japan (2019), Changingoftheguard (2022)

France (1): Calandagan (2024)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: Amfortas 66/1 (1996)

Shortest-priced winner: Cacoethes 8/13 (1989)

Market leaders: 20 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

8 wins

Sir Henry Cecil – Light Cavalry (1980), Lanfranco (1985), Bonhomie (1986), Private Tender (1990), Royal Anthem (1998), Subtle Power (2000), Father Time (2009), Thomas Chippendale (2012)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

4 wins*

Pat Eddery – Classic Example (1977), Love The Groom (1987), Cacoethes (1989), Kingfisher Mill (1997)

William Buick – Nathaniel (2011), Eagle Top (2014), Permian (2017), Old Persian (2018)

*Eddery also won on English Prince (1974)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

5 wins

Sheikh Mohammed – Head For Heights (1984), Bonhomie (1986), Foyer (1994), Plea Bargain (2005), Boscobel (2007)

KING EDWARD VII STAKES WINNERS

The Palace Of Holyroodhouse Handicap

Inaugaurated as part of Royal Ascot’s enhanced order of running in 2020, this five-furlong handicap for three-year-olds rated 0-105 is named after the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the Monarchy in Scotland.

Power (2020) – multiple Group-race winner in Ireland and gained first G1 success at Ascot in the 2023 QIPCO British Champions

The Norfolk Stakes

BACKGROUND

First run in 1843, this race was formerly known as the New Stakes and staged over a distance of just under four furlongs.

It was renamed in 1973 after the Duke of Norfolk, His and Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot between 1945 and 1972, and is for two-yearolds over five furlongs.

The Norfolk Stakes was promoted to G2 status in 2006 and is part of the Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ series.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Pall Mall (1957) – followed up victory in the Norfolk Stakes with success in the 2,000 Guineas in 1958, becoming Queen Elizabeth II's first homebred Classic winner.

Godswalk (1976) – returned to Royal Ascot in 1977 to win the King Charles III Stakes, despite stumbling leaving the stalls; became one of Coolmore’s early stallions and the first to shuttle between Ireland and Australia.

Johannesburg (2001) – crowned champion juvenile on both sides of the Atlantic following a brilliant unbeaten campaign that included G1 victories in the Phoenix Stakes, Prix Morny, Middle Park Stakes and on dirt in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

No Nay Never (2013) – trained by US handler Wesley Ward to break the two-year-old track record (which he still holds), stopping the clock at 58.80s; won the Prix Morny at Deauville on his next start; now a successful stallion.

Perfect Power (2021) – recorded a G1 double later in the campaign, with dominant victories in the Prix Morny at Deauville and Newmarket’s Middle Park Stakes, and returned to Royal Ascot to win the 2022 Commonwealth Cup.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1973)

Ireland (9) – Faliraki (1975), Godswalk (1976), Day Is Done (1981), Magic Mirror (1984), Johannesburg (2001), Waterloo Bridge (2015), Sioux Nation (2017), Valiant Force (2023), Charles Darwin (2025)

USA (2) – No Nay Never (2013), Shang Shang Shang (2018)

BETTING (SINCE 1973)

Longest-priced winner: 150/1 Valiant Force (2023)

Shortest-priced winner: 4/11 Precocious (1983)

Market leaders: 12 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 53 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1973)

4 wins

Aidan O’Brien IRE – Johannesburg (2001), Waterloo Bridge (2015), Sioux Nation (2017), Charles Darwin (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1973)

5 wins*

Lester Piggott – Faliraki (1975), Emboss (1977), Precocious (1983), Magic Mirror (1984), Niche (1992) *Piggott also won on Abermaid (1961), Tin King (1965), Falcon (1966) and Swing Easy (1970).

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1973)

4 wins

Coolmore partnerships – Johannesburg (2001), Waterloo Bridge (2015), Sioux Nation (2017), Charles Darwin (2025)

FILLIES (SINCE 1973)

Four fillies have triumphed since 1973 – Petillante (1989), Niche (1992), Superstar Leo (2000), Shang Shang Shang (2018)

NORFOLK STAKES WINNERS

The Hardwicke Stakes

BACKGROUND

First run in 1879 and named after the fifth Earl of Hardwicke, Master of the Buckhounds between 1874 and 1879. Initially run as a weight-for-age conditions race open to three-year-olds, the 12-furlong contest is now for four-year-olds and upwards.

Early winners of the Hardwicke Stakes include Tristan, the only three-time victor (1882-1884) who also captured the July Cup, the Coronation Cup twice and the Gold Cup in an outstanding career, and the brilliant Triple Crown winner Ormonde (1886 & 1887).

The race conditions were enhanced in 2012, with no penalties for G1 or G2 winners, along with a significant injection of prize money.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Aureole (1954) – one of Queen Elizabeth II's best horses; second in the 1953 Derby and followed up success in the Hardwicke with victory in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, becoming the first horse to complete that big-race double; went on to become champion sire in Britain.

Rheingold (1973) – also runner-up in the previous year’s Derby and subsequently defeated the mighty Allez France in the 1973 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Stanerra (1983) – top-class mare who became the first horse since Shaddock in 1896 to win both the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes at the same Royal Ascot, breaking the track record in the latter race; captured the Japan Cup later that year.

Harbinger (2010) – the most recent of five horses to follow up victory in the Hardwicke Stakes by taking the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, joining Aureole (1954), Aggressor (1960), Park Top (1969) and Doyen (2004); won the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes by a record 11 lengths, a performance judged to be the best in the world that year by the World Thoroughbred Rankings.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (7) – Meneval (1977), Stanerra (1983), Oscar Schindler (1996), Macarthur (2008), Await The Dawn (2011), Idaho (2017), Broome (2022) France (2) – Montcontour (1978), Scorpio (1980)

OLDEST WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

The oldest winner is Rebel’s Romance, who was seven when winning in 2025.

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: 50/1 Assatis (1990)

Shortest-priced winner: 4/11 Assatis (1989)

Market leaders: 16 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

11 wins

Sir Michael Stoute – Dihistan (1986), Rock Hopper (1991, 1992), Maraahel (2006, 2007), Harbinger (2010), Sea Moon (2012), Telescope (2014), Snow Sky (2015), Dartmouth (2016), Crystal Ocean (2018)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

6 wins*

Pat Eddery – Orange Bay (1976), Dihistan (1986), Assatis (1989), Rock Hopper (1991, 1992), Posidonas (1998) Ryan Moore – Harbinger (2010), Await The Dawn (2011), Sea Moon (2012), Telescope (2014), Crystal Ocean (2018), Broome (2022)

*Eddery also won on Charlie Bubbles in 1975

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

4 wins

Hamdan Al Maktoum – Almaarad (1988), Bandari (2005), Maraahel (2006 & 2007)

Coolmore partners – Macarthur (2008), Await The Dawn (2011), Idaho (2017), Broome (2022)

HARDWICKE STAKES WINNERS

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes

BACKGROUND

Royal Ascot’s most valuable sprint was renamed the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes in memory of Her Late Majesty after her death in 2022. It was elevated to G1 status to celebrate her Golden Jubilee in 2002 and run as the Golden Jubilee Stakes from 2002-2011, the Diamond Jubilee Stakes from 2012-2021 and the Platinum Jubilee Stakes in 2022. Prior to 2002, the contest was known as the Cork & Orrery Stakes.

The inaugural running of this six-furlong contest took place in 1868. The race was named the Cork & Orrery Stakes after Lord Cork, a Master of the Buckhounds, from 1926 to 2001. It was restricted to four-year-olds and upwards with the first running of the Commonwealth Cup in 2015.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Right Boy (1958 & 1959) – also won the King Charles III Stakes in 1957; one of the leading post-War sprinters, he also gained two victories in both the July Cup and the Nunthorpe Stakes.

Danehill (1989) – top sprinter who also won the Haydock Sprint Cup in 1989 before going on to establish himself as one of the most influential stallions of modern times, becoming champion sire in both Europe and Australia.

Choisir (2002) – the first Australian-trained horse to triumph in Britain, annexing both the King Charles III Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes in the same year – the first horse to complete the Royal Ascot sprint double since Diadem in 1920.

Black Caviar (2012) – one of the best sprinters of all-time and unbeaten in 25 starts in a glittering career. The Australian-trained mare had already won 11 G1 races before lining up at Royal Ascot in 2012 and scored at odds of 1/6, despite jockey Luke Nolen almost snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by easing up near the line.

Blue Point (2019) – emulated Choisir by winning the King Charles III Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes in the same week; also captured the King Charles III Stakes in 2018.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1946)

Ireland (18) – Solonaway (1949), Abadan (1950), Bun Penny (1961), Majority Blue (1965), Current Coin (1966), Welsh Saint (1970), King’s Country (1971), Saritamer (1974), Swingtime (1975), Sweet Mint (1978), Thatching (1979), Kearney (1980), Committed (1984), Big Shuffle (1987), College Chapel (1993), Starspangledbanner (2010), Slade Power (2014), Merchant Navy (2018)

Australia (2) – Choisir (2003), Black Caviar (2012)

France (1) – Lazzat (2025)

Hong Kong (1) – Cape Of Good Hope (2005)

USA (1) – Undrafted (2015)

OLDEST WINNERS (SINCE 1946)

Khaadem was eight when winning the race for a second time in 2024.

BETTING (SINCE 1946)

Longest-priced winner: 80/1 Khaadem (2023)

Shortest-priced winner: 1/6 Black Caviar (2012)

Market leaders: 26 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 79 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1946)

5 wins: Vincent O’Brien – Welsh Saint (1970), Saritamer (1974), Swingtime (1975), Thatching (1979), College Chapel (1993)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1946)

9 wins: Lester Piggott – Right Boy (1958, 1959), Tin Whistle (1960), El Gallo (1963), Mountain Call (1968), Welsh Saint (1970), Saritamer (1974), Thatching (1979), College Chapel (1993)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1946)

3 wins

Godolphin - So Factual (1995), Blue Point (2019), Naval Crown (2022)

QUEEN ELIZABETH II JUBILEE STAKES WINNERS

The Jersey Stakes

BACKGROUND

Named after the 4th Earl of Jersey, the Jersey Stakes was established in 1919 and replaced the second leg of the Triennial Stakes, a three-year cycle of races which was discontinued after the First World War. The 4th Earl of Jersey was Master of the Buckhounds in 1782 and 1783.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Indian Ridge (1988) – returned to Ascot in 1989 to win the five-furlong King Charles III Stakes; successful stallion and broodmare sire.

Zilzal (1989) – awarded the highest Timeform rating (137) of the year, ahead of Nashwan and Old Vic, following dominant displays in Goodwood’s Sussex Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes back at Ascot.

Diktat (1998) – proved himself a top-class sprinter in 1999 with G1 victories in the Prix Maurice de Gheest and Haydock Sprint Cup; sire of 2011 European champion sprinter Dream Ahead.

Mozart (2001) – dropped back in trip to win the six-furlong July Cup at Newmarket and five-furlong Nunthorpe Stakes at York.

Ribchester (2016) – progressed to win the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville later that year as well as the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury and Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot in 2017.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (5): Mozart (2001), Ishvana (2012), Gale Force Ten (2013), Mustajeeb (2014), Age Of Kings (2023) France (1): Le Brivido (2017)

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: Lucayan Prince 50/1 (1996)

Shortest-priced winner: Zilzal 10/11 (1989)

Market leaders: 13 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings.

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

6 wins

Sir Michael Stoute – Etienne Gerard (1977), Hard Fought (1980), Zilzal (1989), Among Men (1997), Jeremy (2006), Expert Eye (2018)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

3 wins

Steve Cauthen – Merlins Charm (1982), Midyan (1987), Stain Flower (1991) Richard Hughes – Sergeyev (1995), Lucayan Prince (1996), Strong Suit (2011) Mick Kinane – Among Men (1997), Mozart (2001), Jeremy (2006)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

4 wins

Godolphin – Kheleyf (2004), Ribchester (2016), Creative Force (2021), Noble Truth (2022) Hamdan Al Maktoum – Aqlaam (2008), Ouqba (2009), Mustajeeb (2014), Molatham (2020) Coolmore partnerships – Among Men (1997), Mozart (2001), Gale Force Ten (2013), Age Of Kings (2023)

JERSEY STAKES WINNERS

The Wokingham Handicap

BACKGROUND

The inaugural Wokingham took place in 1813, making the race the oldest of the handicaps still run at Royal Ascot.

The famous sprint, which has been run over six furlongs since its inception, is named after the market town seven miles from the Royal course.

The attraction of a handicap as a betting medium was a prime reason for the Wokingham’s initial success.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Fayr Jag (DH 2003) – dead-heated with Ratio before returning to Royal Ascot a year later to capture the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes.

Iffraaj (2005) – readily won by two lengths in 2005, when the Royal Meeting was run at York due to the redevelopment of Ascot; subsequently won three G2 races and was beaten a head in the 2006 July Cup before establishing himself as a top stallion.

Laddies Poker Two (2010) – had been off the racecourse for 610 days before scoring emphatically for trainer Jeremy Noseda; the talented but fragile mare, who didn’t race following her Royal Ascot success, is the dam of the dual Guineas and 2017 Coronation Stakes winner Winter.

Rohaan (2021 & 2022) – one of only two horses alongside Selhurstpark Flyer in 1997 & 1998 to win multiple editions of the Wokingham in the post-war period.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1960)

Ireland (3) – Boone’s Cabin (1975), Time Machine (1985), Dandy Boy (2012)

France (1) – Ratio (DH 2003)

OLDEST WINNER (SINCE 1960)

Eight-year-old Out Do, trained by David O’Meara, became the oldest winner in 2017

BETTING (SINCE 1960)

Longest-priced winner: 33/1 Red Rosen (1992), Emerging Market (1996), Dandy Boy (2012), Bacchus (2018) Shortest-priced winner: 9/4 Iffraaj (2005) Market leaders: 10 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 65 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1960)

3 wins

Paul Cole – Calibina (1977), Queen’s Pride (1980), Bel Byou (1987)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1960)

3 wins

Willie Carson – Plummet (1973), Great Eastern (1981), Time Machine (1985)

Johnny Murtagh – Nice One Clare (2001), Laddies Poker Two (2010), Deacon Blues (2011)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1960)

3 wins

Benny Schmidt-Bodner – Spaniard’s Mount (1967), Virginia Boy (1970), Whistling Fool (1971)

WOKINGHAM HANDICAP WINNERS

The Golden Gates Handicap

BACKGROUND

A 10-furlong handicap for three-year-olds only, this race was introduced as part of Royal Ascot’s enhanced progamme in 2020. The Golden Gates are the ceremonial entrance point for the Royal Procession at the end of Ascot’s straight mile.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Highland Chief (2020) – graduated to G1 honours stateside in the 2022 Man o'War Stakes.

Burdett Road (2023) – runner-up in the 2025 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.

GOLDEN GATES HANDICAP WINNERS

The Queen Alexandra Stakes

BACKGROUND

Named after the consort of King Edward VII, the Queen Alexandra Stakes was first run in 1864 as the Alexandra Plate over three miles. Now contested over nearly two and three quarter miles (2m 5f 143y), it is not only the longest race of the meeting, but also the longest contest run under Flat racing rules in Britain.

NOTABLE WINNERS INCLUDE

Brown Jack (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 & 1934) – won the Champion Hurdle and Ascot Stakes in 1928, but is better known for his remarkable six consecutive victories in the Queen Alexandra Stakes; also successful in the Goodwood Cup, Doncaster Cup, Chester Cup and the Ebor. One of the most popular horses of the 20th century, he is commemorated at Ascot by the Brown Jack Handicap, a two-mile handicap run in July.

Sprowston Boy (1987) – Gay Kelleway made headlines when partnering Sprowston Boy to glory, becoming the first female jockey to succeed at Royal Ascot.

OVERSEAS-TRAINED WINNERS (SINCE 1977)

Ireland (13) – Ore (1982), Erins Invader (1984), San Sebastian (1999), Honolulu (2008), Simenon (2012), Pique Sous (2014), Commissioned (2016), Pallasator (2018), Stratum (2021 & 2022), Dawn Rising (2023), Uxmal (2024), Sober (2025)

OLDEST WINNER (SINCE 1977)

Caracciola (2009) triumphed at the sprightly age of 12, having captured the Cesarewitch Handicap the previous year.

BETTING (SINCE 1977)

Longest-priced winner: 25/1 Corrib Esclipse (2004)

Shortest-priced winner: 8/13 Mountain Cross (1978)

Market leaders: 17 favourites or joint favourites have been successful in the 49 runnings

MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER (SINCE 1977)

5 wins

Willie Mullins – Simenon (2012), Pique Sous (2014), Stratum (2021 & 2022), Sober (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY (SINCE 1977)

6 wins

Ryan Moore – Bergo (2010), Simenon (2012), Pique Sous (2014), Stratum (2021), Dawn Rising (2023), Sober (2025)

MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER (SINCE 1977)

4 wins

Lord Weinstock – Cuff Link (1994 & 1995), Cover Up (2002 & 2003)

QUEEN ALEXANDRA STAKES WINNERS

Trainers & Owners

Winners of the QIPCO Royal Ascot Top Trainer Award

*Aidan O’Brien and the late Sir Henry Cecil hold the post-war record of seven for the number of Royal Ascot winners trained in a year. Cecil achieved the feat in 1987 when the Royal Meeting consisted of four days and 24 races, while O’Brien’s seven came in 2016 over five days and 30 races.

Among current trainers, Aidan O’Brien has topped the table on 13 occasions, with John Gosden and Saeed bin Suroor both taking the title on four occasions.

NB: In some years, the winner was decided on the number of placed horses.

Top current trainers at the Royal Meeting

Recent leading trainer award standings

Royal Ascot leading owner award

Recent leading owner award standings

Winning records of selected trainers at Royal Ascot

Jim Bolger IRE (9)

Peter Chapple-Hyam (7)

Robert Collet FR (2)

Robert Cowell (4)

Simon Crisford (3) (NB - 2 Royal Ascot wins for Simon Crisford, 1 for Simon & Ed Crisford)

Gavin Cromwell IRE (2)

Dascombe (4)

Jarlath Fahey IRE (1)

Jens Hirschberger GER (1)

Joe Janiak AUS (1)

Eve Johnson Houghton (3)

Alan King (4)

Sylvester

Gary Moore (1)

Hughie Morrison (8)

Danny Morton AUS (1)

William Muir & Chris Grassick (3) (NB - 2 Royal Ascot wins for William Muir, 1 for William Muir & Chris Grassick)

Willie Mullins IRE (12)

09/18/06

10/18/06

Magnier, Michael Tabor 5/6F

Johnny Murtagh Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith,

13/19/06

14/19/06

14/19/06

15/18/06

22/17/06 King Edward VII Stakes CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD

& Westerberg 5/2

Moore Westerberg, Sue Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith 11/10F

22/18/06 Hardwicke Stakes BROOME Ryan Moore M Matsushima, Sue Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith 6/1

23/20/06 Coventry Stakes RIVER TIBER Ryan Moore Tabor, Smith, Magnier, Westerberg, Brant 11/8F

23/20/06 St James’s Palace Stakes PADDINGTON

23/22/06 Ribblesdale Stakes WARM HEART

23/24/06

24/19/06 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes AUGUSTE RODIN

Ryan Moore Tabor, Smith, Magnier, Westerberg, Brant 11/5

Ryan Moore Sue Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg 13/2

7/4F

Tabor, D Smith, S Magnier & Westerberg 13/8F

24/20/06 Ribblesdale Stakes PORT FAIRY Ryan Moore M

Jamie Osborne (6)

Hugo Palmer (1)

Matthieu Palussiere FR (1)

Amanda Perrett (2)

Jonathan Portman (1)

Suzy

Saeed bin Suroor (40)

Marcus Tregoning (4)

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Jockeys

Winners of the leading jockey award

*Ryan Moore set a new post-war record of nine winners for a single Royal Ascot Meeting in 2015. The previous best total of eight since 1945 was achieved by Lester Piggott in 1965 and 1975 and Pat Eddery in 1989 when Royal Ascot took place over four rather than the current five days (since 2002). The best ever score by a jockey at Royal Ascot is 12, set by Fred Archer in 1878.

Four female riders have enjoyed success at Royal Ascot, the first being Gay Kelleway on Sprowston Boy in the 1987 Queen Alexandra Stakes. Hayley Turner, Hollie Doyle and Laura Pearson have ridden winners in recent years (see records below).

Joanna Morgan became the first female jockey to ride at Royal Ascot in the 1978 Queen’s Vase on Gallowshill Boy, who finished ninth.

Top current jockeys at Royal Ascot

Recent leading jockey award standings

Winning records of selected jockeys at Royal Ascot

Ahmed Ajtebi (1)

David Allan (1)

Steven Arnold (1)

Pierre-Charles Boudot (2)

Neil Callan (7)

Carroll (3)

Ben Coen

Dobbs (1)

Donohoe (1)

Doyle (6)

Maxime Guyon (2)

Robert Havlin (2)

Chris

Seamie Heffernan (6)

James McDonald (5)

19/21/06

19/21/06

20/16/06

King Edward VII Stakes JAPAN

Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap BAGHDAD

Queen Anne Stakes CIRCUS MAXIMUS

20/17/06 Hampton Court Stakes RUSSIAN EMPEROR

20/18/06 Chesham Stakes BATTLEGROUND

20/19/06

21/16/06

Queen’s Vase SANTIAGO

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes LOVE

21/19/06 Chesham Stakes POINT LONSDALE

22/16/06

22/17/06 King Edward VII Stakes CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD

22/18/06 Hardwicke Stakes BROOME

23/20/06 Coventry Stakes RIVER TIBER

23/20/06 St James’s Palace Stakes PADDINGTON

Aidan O’Brien IRE Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor 6/4F

Mark Johnston Mohammed bin Hamad Khalifa Al Attiya 7/2F

Aidan O’Brien IRE Flaxman Stables, Sue Magnier, M Tabor & D Smith 4/1F

Aidan O’Brien IRE Laurie Macri/Sue Magnier et al 10/3

Aidan O’Brien IRE Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier 11/4F

Aidan O’Brien IRE Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier 10/3

Aidan O’Brien IRE Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier 11/10F

Aidan O’Brien IRE M Tabor, D Smith, S Magnier & Westerberg

Aidan O’Brien IRE Moyglare, Magnier, Tabor, Smith, Westerberg 13/8F

Magnier & Westerberg 5/2

Aidan O’Brien IRE Westerberg, Sue Magnier, M Tabor, D Smith 11/10F

Aidan O’Brien IRE Tabor, Smith, Magnier, Westerberg, Brant 11/8F

Aidan O’Brien IRE Tabor, Smith, Magnier, Westerberg, Brant 11/5

23/20/06 Copper Horse Handicap VAUBAN Willie Mullins IRE Susannah Ricci EvsF

23/22/06 Ribblesdale Stakes WARM HEART

23/23/06 Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap OKITA SOUSHI

Aidan O’Brien IRE Sue Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg 13/2

23/24/06 Queen Alexandra Stakes DAWN RISING Joseph O’Brien IRE

24/19/06

Vase ILLINOIS Aidan O’Brien IRE

Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor 7/4F 24/19/06 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes AUGUSTE RODIN

24/20/06 Ribblesdale Stakes PORT FAIRY

24/20/06 Gold Cup KYPRIOS

24/21/06 Albany Stakes FAIRY GODMOTHER

24/22/06 Chesham Stakes BEDTIME STORY

25/17/06 Coventry Stakes GSTAAD

25/18/06 Queen Mary Stakes TRUE LOVE

25/19/06

Aidan O’Brien IRE M Tabor, D Smith, S Magnier & Westerberg 13/8F

Aidan O’Brien IRE M Tabor, D Smith, S Magnier & Westerberg 12/1

Aidan O’Brien IRE Moyglare, Magnier, Tabor, Smith, Westerberg 11/10F

Aidan O’Brien IRE Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier 15/8F

Aidan O’Brien IRE Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor 11/8F

Aidan O’Brien IRE Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor 7/2F

Aidan O’Brien IRE Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier 9/4F

25/19/06 Ribblesdale Stakes GARDEN OF EDEN Aidan O’Brien IRE

Stephane Pasquier (2)

Zac Purton (1)

Tom

Kieran Shoemark (3)

Christophe Soumillon (3)

Silvestre de Sousa (9)

Kevin Stott (3)

Danny

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Ronan Whelan (1)

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International runners

Overseas-trained winners at Royal Ascot

*record number of overseas-trained winners at a single Royal Ascot is 14, achieved in 2016.

Year Race Winner Trainer

2025 (11) Coventry Stakes

Ascot Stakes

Queen Mary Stakes

Queen’s Vase

Norfolk Stakes

Ribblesdale Stakes

GSTAAD

ASCENDING

TRUE LOVE

CARMERS

CHARLES DARWIN

GARDEN OF EDEN

Hampton Court Stakes TRINITY COLLEGE

Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap

Coronation Stakes

ETHICAL DIAMOND

CERCENE

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes LAZZAT

Queen Alexandra Stakes SOBER

2024 (12) King Charles III Stakes

Copper Horse Handicap

ASFOORA

BELLOCCIO

Queen's Vase ILLINOIS

Prince Of Wales's Stakes

Ribblesdale Stakes

Gold Cup

AUGUSTE RODIN

PORT FAIRY

KYPRIOS

Albany Stakes FAIRY GODMOTHER

Coronation Stakes

PORTA FORTUNA

Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap CRYSTAL BLACK

King Edward VII Stakes

CALANDAGAN

Chesham Stakes BEDTIME STORY

Queen Alexandra Stakes UXMAL

2023 (13) Coventry Stakes RIVER TIBER

St James's Palace Stakes PADDINGTON

Copper Horse Handicap VAUBAN

Queen Mary Stakes

CRIMSON ADVOCATE

Kensington Palace Handicap VILLANOVA QUEEN

Norfolk Stakes

Ribblesdale Stakes

Albany Stakes

VALIANT FORCE

WARM HEART

PORTA FORTUNA

Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap OKITA SOUSHI

Coronation Stakes TAHIYRA

Chesham Stakes SNELLEN

Jersey Stakes

Queen Alexandra Stakes

2022 (9) King Charles III Stakes

AGE OF KINGS

DAWN RISING

NATURE STRIP

Prince Of Wales's Stakes STATE OF REST

Windsor Castle Stakes LITTLE BIG BEAR

Ribblesdale Stakes

Gold Cup

Albany Stakes

King Edward VII Stakes

Hardwicke Stakes

MAGICAL LAGOON

KYPRIOS

MEDITATE

CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD

BROOME

Queen Alexandra Stakes STRATUM

2021 (7) St James’s Palace Stakes

Queen Mary Stakes

POETIC FLARE

QUICK SUZY

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes LOVE

Commonwealth Cup

Sandringham Handicap

Chesham Stakes

CAMPANELLE

CREATE BELIEF

POINT LONSDALE

Queen Alexandra Stakes STRATUM

2020 (6) Queen Anne Stakes

Hampton Court Stakes

Chesham Stakes

Queen’s Vase

Queen Mary Stakes

Coronation Stakes

2019 (6) Coventry Stakes

St James’s Palace Stakes

Windsor Castle Stakes

King George V Handicap

King Edward VII Stakes

Coronation Stakes

CIRCUS MAXIMUS

RUSSIAN EMPEROR

BATTLEGROUND

SANTIAGO

CAMPANELLE

ALPINE STAR

ARIZONA

CIRCUS MAXIMUS

SOUTHERN HILLS

SOUTH PACIFIC

JAPAN

WATCH ME

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Henry de Bromhead IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Paddy Twomey IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Willie Mullins IRE

Joseph G Murphy IRE

Jerome Reynier FR

Willie Mullins IRE

Henry Dwyer AUS

Willie Mullins IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Donnacha O'Brien IRE

Gerard Keane IRE

Francis-Henri Graffard FR

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Joseph O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Willie Mullins IRE

George Weaver USA

Jessica Harrington IRE

Adrian Murray IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Donnacha O'Brien IRE

Joseph O'Brien IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Gavin Cromwell IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Joseph O'Brien IRE

Chris Waller AUS

Joseph O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Jessica Harrington IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Aidan O'Brien IRE

Willie Mullins IRE

Jim Bolger IRE

Gavin Cromwell IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Johnny Murtagh IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Willie Mullins IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Jessica Harrington IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Francis-Henri Graffard FR

2018 (9) Ascot Stakes

Queen’s Vase

Royal Hunt Cup

Norfolk Stakes

Hampton Court Stakes

Ribblesdale Stakes

Coronation Stakes

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes

Queen Alexandra Stakes

2017 (12) King Charles III Stakes

Ascot Stakes

Jersey Stakes

Duke Of Cambridge Stakes

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

Sandringham Handicap

Norfolk Stakes

Albany Stakes

Commonwealth Cup

Coronation Stakes

Chesham Stakes

Hardwicke Stakes

*2016 (14)

Queen Anne Stakes

LAGOSTOVEGAS

KEW GARDENS

SETTLE FOR BAY

SHANG SHANG SHANG

HUNTING HORN

MAGIC WAND

ALPHA CENTAURI

MERCHANT NAVY

PALLASATOR

LADY AURELIA

THOMAS HOBSON

LE BRIVIDO

QEMAH

HIGHLAND REEL

CON TE PARTIRO

SIOUX NATION

DIFFERENT LEAGUE

CARAVAGGIO

WINTER

SEPTEMBER

IDAHO

TEPIN

record Coventry Stakes CARAVAGGIO

Ascot Stakes

Queen Mary Stakes

JENNIES JEWEL

LADY AURELIA

Duke Of Cambridge Stakes USHERETTE

Royal Hunt Cup PORTAGE

Ribblesdale Stakes EVEN SONG

2015 (13)

2014 (9)

Willie Mullins IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

David Marnane IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Jessica Harrington IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Gordon Elliott IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Willie Mullins IRE

Andre Fabre FR

Jean-Claude Rouget FR

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Matthieu Palussiere FR

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Mark Casse USA

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Jarlath Fahey IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Andre Fabre FR

Michael Halford IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE Gold Cup ORDER OF ST GEORGE

Albany Stakes BRAVE ANNA

Coronation Stakes

Queen’s Vase

Chesham Stakes

QEMAH

SWORD FIGHTER

CHURCHILL

Wolferton Stakes SIR ISAAC NEWTON

Queen Alexandra Stakes COMMISSIONED

Queen Anne Stakes SOLOW

St James’s Palace Stakes

Ascot Stakes

GLENEAGLES

CLONDAW WARRIOR

Windsor Castle Stakes WASHINGTON DC

Queen Mary Stakes ACAPULCO

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes FREE EAGLE

Norfolk Stakes

WATERLOO BRIDGE

Ribblesdale Stakes CURVY

Britannia Handicap WAR ENVOY

Coronation Stakes ERVEDYA

Queen’s Vase ALOFT

Chesham Stakes SUITS YOU

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes UNDRAFTED

King Charles III Stakes

SOLE POWER

Ascot Stakes DOMINATION

Windsor Castle Stakes HOOTENANNY

Jersey Stakes MUSTAJEEB

Queen Mary Stakes

ANTHEM ALEXANDER

Ribblesdale Stakes BRACELET

Gold Cup

LEADING LIGHT

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes SLADE POWER

Queen Alexandra Stakes

2013 (9) Queen Anne Stakes

King Charles III Stakes

St James’s Palace Stakes

Coventry Stakes

Jersey Stakes

Duke Of Cambridge Stakes

Norfolk Stakes

Britannia Handicap

Queen’s Vase

2012 (11) King Charles III Stakes

Coventry Stakes

Ascot Stakes

Jersey Stakes

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

Sandringham Handicap

Ribblesdale Stakes

Tercentenary Stakes

PIQUE SOUS

DECLARATION OF WAR

SOLE POWER

DAWN APPROACH

WAR COMMAND

GALE FORCE TEN

DUNTLE

NO NAY NEVER

ROCA TUMU

LEADING LIGHT

LITTLE BRIDGE

DAWN APPROACH

SIMENON

ISHVANA

SO YOU THINK

DUNTLE

PRINCESS HIGHWAY

ENERGIZER

Adian O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Jean-Claude Rouget FR

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Gordon Elliott IRE

Freddy Head FR

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Willie Mullins IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Dermot Weld IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

David Wachman IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Jean-Claude Rouget FR

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Eoghan O’Neill FR

Wesley Ward USA

Edward Lynam IRE

Charles Byrnes IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Dermot Weld IRE

Edward Lynam IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Edward Lynam IRE

Willie Mullins IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Edward Lynam IRE

Jim Bolger IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

David Wachman IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Joanna Morgan IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Danny Shum HK

Jim Bolger IRE

Willie Mullins IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

David Wachman IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Jens Hirschberger GER

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes

Wokingham Handicap

Queen Alexandra Stakes

2011 (7) Coventry Stakes

Windsor Forest Stakes

Ribblesdale Stakes

Gold Cup

Coronation Stakes

Chesham Stakes

Hardwicke Stakes

2010 (6) Queen Anne Stakes

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

BLACK CAVIAR

DANDY BOY

SIMENON

POWER

LOLLY FOR DOLLY

BANIMPIRE

FAME AND GLORY

IMMORTAL VERSE

MAYBE

AWAIT THE DAWN

GOLDIKOVA

BYWORD

Peter Moody AUS

David Marnane IRE

Willie Mullins IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Tommy Stack IRE

Jim Bolger IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Robert Collet FR

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Freddy Head FR

Andre Fabre FR Gold Cup

Coronation Stakes

Queen’s Vase

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes

2009 (6) King Charles III Stakes

St James’s Palace Stakes

Windsor Castle Stakes

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

Queen Mary Stakes

2008 (10)

RITE OF PASSAGE

LILLIE LANGTRY

MIKHAIL GLINKA

STARSPANGLEDBANNER

SCENIC BLAST

MASTERCRAFTSMAN

STRIKE THE TIGER

VISION D’ETAT

JEALOUS AGAIN

Dermot Weld IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Danny Morton AUS

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Wesley Ward USA

Eric Libaud FR

Wesley Ward USA Gold Cup

Queen Anne Stakes

King Charles III Stakes

St James’s Palace Stakes

Windsor Forest Stakes

YEATS

HARADASUN

EQUIANO

HENRYTHENAVIGATOR

SABANA PERDIDA

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes DUKE OF MARMALADE

Gold Cup

Albany Stakes

YEATS

CUIS GHAIRE

Coronation Stakes LUSH LASHES

Hardwicke Stakes

MACARTHUR

Queen Alexandra Stakes HONOLULU

2007 (7) King Charles III Stakes MISS ANDRETTI

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Mauricio Delcher-Sanchez ESP

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Alain de Royer-Dupre FR

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Jim Bolger IRE

Jim Bolger IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Lee Freedman AUS Coventry Stakes

St James’s Palace Stakes

HENRYTHENAVIGATOR

EXCELLENT ART

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes MANDURO

Queen Mary Stakes ELLETELLE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Andre Fabre FR

Ger Lyons IRE Gold Cup YEATS

Queen’s Vase MAHLER

2006 (3) King Charles III Stakes

TAKEOVER TARGET

Queen Anne Stakes AD VALOREM

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Joe Janiak AUS

Aidan O’Brien IRE Gold Cup YEATS

2005 (8) King Charles III Stakes CHINEUR

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Mikel Delzangles FR (York) Queen Anne Stakes VALIXIR

Andre Fabre FR Ascot Stakes LEG SPINNER

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes AZAMOUR

Tony Martin IRE

John Oxx IRE Sandringham Handicap BEAUTYANDTHEBEAST

Hampton Court Stakes INDIGO CAT

John Oxx IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE Gold Cup WESTERNER

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

2004 (4) St James’s Palace Stakes AZAMOUR

Queen Mary Stakes DAMSON

Hampton Court Stakes MOSCOW BALLET

King Edward VII Stakes FIVE DYNASTIES

2003 (4) King Charles III Stakes

CHOISIR

Wolferton Stakes IN TIME’S EYE

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes CHOISIR

Wokingham Handicap RATIO

2002 (4) St James’s Palace Stakes

Coventry Stakes

Ribblesdale Stakes

Coronation Stakes

2001 (6) St James’s Palace Stakes

Elie Lellouche FR

David Oughton HK

John Oxx IRE

David Wachman IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Paul Perry AUS

Dermot Weld IRE

Paul Perry AUS

John Hammond FR

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

STATUE OF LIBERTY

IRRESISTIBLE JEWEL

SOPHISTICAT

BLACK MINNALOUSHE

Coventry Stakes LANDSEER

Jersey Stakes MOZART

Ribblesdale Stakes

Norfolk Stakes

Coronation Stakes

SAHARA SLEW

JOHANNESBURG

BANKS HILL

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

John Oxx IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Andre Fabre FR

2000 (4) St James’s Palace Stakes

King Charles III Stakes

Ascot Stakes

GIANT’S CAUSEWAY

NUCLEAR DEBATE

BARBA PAPA

Duke Of Edinburgh H’cap KATIYKHA

1999 (5) St James’s Palace Stakes

SENDAWAR

Coventry Stakes FASLIYEV

Gold Cup

ENZELI

Chesham Stakes BACH

Queen Alexandra Stakes SAN SEBASTIAN

1998 (1) Ascot Stakes SAN SEBASTIAN

1997 (2) Coventry Stakes

King Charles III Stakes

1996 (5) Coventry Stakes

Coronation Stakes

Queen’s Vase

HARBOUR MASTER

DON’T WORRY ME

VERGLAS

SHAKE THE YOKE

GORDI

Ribblesdale Stakes TULIPA

Aidan O’Brien IRE

John Hammond FR

Tony Martin IRE

John Oxx IRE

Alain de Royer-Dupre FR

Aidan O’Brien IRE

John Oxx IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Michael Grassick IRE

Michael Grassick IRE

Aidan O’Brien IRE

Guy Henrot FR

Kevin Prendergast IRE

Elie Lellouche FR

Dermot Weld IRE

Andre Fabre FR Hardwicke Stakes

1995 (1) Coronation Stakes

1994 No overseas-trained winners

1993 (5) St James’s Palace Stakes

OSCAR SCHINDLER

RIDGEWOOD PEARL

KINGMAMBO

Coronation Stakes GOLD SPLASH

Queen’s Vase INFRASONIC

Cork and Orrery Stakes COLLEGE CHAPEL

Queen Alexandra Stakes RISZARD

1992 (1) St James’s Palace Stakes

1991 (2) Coronation Stakes

BRIEF TRUCE

KOOYONGA

Queen Alexandra Stakes EASY TO PLEASE

1990 No overseas-trained winners

1989 (1) Coronation Stakes

GOLDEN OPINION

1988 (1) Queen Mary Stakes GLORIELLA

1987 (2) Cork and Orrery Stakes

BIG SHUFFLE

King Charles III Stakes BLUEBIRD

1986 (1) King Charles III Stakes LAST TYCOON

1985 (1) Wokingham Handicap

1984 (3) Norfolk Stakes

TIME MACHINE

MAGIC MIRROR

Cork and Orrery Stakes COMMITTED

Queen Alexandra Stakes ERINS INVADER

1983 (3) Prince Of Wales’s Stakes STANERRA

Coronation Stakes FLAME OF TARA

Hardwicke Stakes STANERRA

1982 (2) St James’s Palace Stakes

DARA MONARCH

Queen Alexandra Stakes ORE

1981 (2) Queen’s Vase ORE

Norfolk Stakes DAY IS DONE

1980 (4) Coronation Stakes

Cork and Orrery Stakes

Hardwicke Stakes

Windsor Castle Stakes

1979 (1) Cork and Orrery Stakes

1978 (6) St James’s Palace Stakes

Coronation Stakes

CAIRN ROUGE

KEARNEY

SCORPIO

COOLINEY PRINCE

THATCHING

JAAZEIRO

SUTTON PLACE

Ribblesdale Stakes RELFO

Cork and Orrery Stakes

Hardwicke Stakes

SWEET MINT

MONTCONTOUR

King Charles III Stakes SOLINUS

Kevin Prendergast IRE

John Oxx IRE

Francois Boutin FR

Criquette Head FR

Andre Fabre FR

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Jim Bolger IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Michael Kauntze IRE

Jim Bolger IRE

Andre Fabre FR

John McLoughlin IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Robert Collet FR

Pat Hughes IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Hugh McCaffrey IRE

Frank Dunne IRE

Jim Bolger IRE

Frank Dunne IRE

Liam Browne IRE

Kevin Prendergast IRE

Kevin Prendergast IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Michael Cunningham IRE

Willie Robinson IRE

Francois Boutin FR

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Noel Meade IRE

Maurice Zilber FR

Vincent O’Brien IRE

1977 (8) Coventry Stakes

Coronation Stakes

Gold Cup

Chesham Stakes

Hardwicke Stakes

King Charles III Stakes

Windsor Castle Stakes

Ribblesdale Stakes

1976 (3) Coronation Stakes

Norfolk Stakes

SOLINUS

ORCHESTRATION

SAGARO

SOOKERA

MENEVAL

GODSWALK

TARDOT

NANTICIOUS

KESAR QUEEN

GODSWALK

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Adrian Maxwell IRE

Francois Boutin FR

Dermot Weld IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Michael Kauntze IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Scobie Breasley FR

Christy Grassick IRE Gold Cup

1975 (9) Queen Anne Stakes

Jersey Stakes

Queen’s Vase

Ribblesdale Stakes

Norfolk Stakes

SAGARO

IMPERIAL MARCH

GAY FANDANGO

BLOOD ROYAL

GALLINA

FALIRAKI

Francois Boutin FR

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Mick O’Toole IRE Gold Cup

Cork and Orrery Stakes

Wokingham Handicap

SAGARO

SWINGTIME

BOONE’S CABIN

King Charles III Stakes FLIRTING AROUND

1974 (6) Cork and Orrery Stakes SARITAMER

Coronation Stakes LISADELL

Queen Mary Stakes HIGHEST TRUM

Jersey Stakes

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

RED ALERT

ADETMUS

Queen Anne Stakes BROOK

1973 (6) St James’s Palace Stakes THATCH

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes GIFT CARD

Francois Boutin FR

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Richard Carver FR

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

John Cunningham FR

Mario Benetti ITY

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Angel Penna FR Gold Cup LASSALLE

Queen’s Vase

TARA BROOCH

King Edward VII Stakes KLAIRVIMY

King Charles III Stakes

ABERGWAUN

1972 (2) Coronation Stakes CALVE

Ascot Stakes BALIOS

1971 (5) Queen Anne Stakes ROI SOLEIL

Queen’s Vase

PARNELL

Jersey Stakes ASHLEIGH

Cork and Orrery Stakes KING’S COMPANY

King Edward VII Stakes

1970 (2) King Charles III Stakes

Cork and Orrery Stakes

1969 (3) Gold Cup

Coventry Stakes

SEAFRIEND

AMBER RAMA

WELSH SAINT

LEVMOSS

PRINCE TENDERFOOT

Queen Alexandra Stakes LAURENCE O

1968 (4) Gold Cup

PARDALLO II

Queen’s Vase ZORBA II

Jersey Stakes WORLD CUP

Queen Mary Stakes GRIZEL

1967 (2) Coventry Stakes

MARK ROYAL

Queen Alexandra Stakes ALCIGLIDE

1966 (5) Royal Hunt Cup CONTINUATION

Coventry Stakes BOLD LAD

Cork and Orrery Stakes

CURRENT COIN

Hardwicke Stakes PROMINER

Queen Alexandra Stakes PANIC

1965 (3) Queen’s Vase

BEDDARD

Coventry Stakes YOUNG EMPEROR

Cork and Orrery Stakes MAJORITY BLUE

1964 (1) Queen Mary Stakes

1963 (2) Queen’s Vase

BRASSIA

HEREFORD

Chesham Stakes MESOPOTAMIA

Richard Carver FR

Seamus McGrath IRE

Dermot Weld IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Mick O’Toole IRE

Charles Bartholomew FR

Stephen Quirke IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Willie Robinson IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Francois Mathet FR

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Seamus McGrath IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Seamus McGrath IRE

Charles Bartholomew FR

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Paddy Norris IRE

Seamus McGrath IRE

Seamus McGrath IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

John Oxx IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

John Oxx IRE

Stuart Murless IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

John Oxx IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Stuart Murless IRE

Brud Fetherstonhaugh IRE

1962 (5) Coronation Stakes

Gold Cup

Queen’s Vase

Ribblesdale Stakes

King Charles III Stakes

1961 (5) Cork and Orrery Stakes

Chesham Stakes

Windsor Castle Stakes

Queen Alexandra Stakes

King Charles III Stakes

1960 (7) St James’s Palace Stakes

Gold Cup

Coventry Stakes

Coronation Stakes

New Stakes

King Edward VII Stakes

King Charles III Stakes

DISPLAY

BALTO

PAVOT

TENDER ANNIE

CASSARATE

BUN PENNY

KATHYANGA

PRINCE TOR

MOSS BANK

SILVER TOR

VENTURE VII

SHESHOON

TYPHOON

BARBARESQUE

FLORIBUNDA

ATRAX

SOUND TRACK

Paddy Prendergast IRE

M Bonaventure FR

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Vincent O’Brien IRE

Brud Fetherstonhaugh IRE

Paddy Prendergast IRE

Brud Fetherstonhaugh IRE

Thomas O’Brien IRE

Brud Fetherstonhaugh IRE

Alec Head FR

Alec Head FR

Paddy Prendergast IRE

W Clout FR

Paddy Prendergast IRE

H Nicholas FR

Phonsie O’Brien IRE

Record of horses from outside Europe at Royal Ascot

YEAR HORSE TRAINER/COUNTRY

2025 (11) CARL SPACKLER

ASFOORA

LENNILU

BLUE BROTHER

TOUCH CRITIC

SANDAL’S SONG

AAFOOR

BIBI DAHL

SHISOSPICY

SUHAIL STAR

SATONO REVE

2024 (10) ASFOORA

ULTIMA GRACE

GABALDON

CHEVAL DE GUERRE

HONORARY AMERICAN

SATURDAY FLIRT

BURNING PINE

KITTY ROSE

MISSED THE CUT

DARK TROOPER

*2023 (16) FANDOM

Record COOLANGATTA

TWILIGHT GLEAMING

CANNONBALL

CRIMSON ADVOCATE

CYNANE

BUNDCHEN

CLASSIC CAUSEWAY

NO NAY METS

AMERICAN RASCAL

EMPTY METAPHOR

ARTORIUS

THE ASTROLOGIST

WELLINGTON

BIG INVASION

CANNONBALL

2022 (15) LATE SEPTEMBER

NATURE STRIP

GOLDEN PAL

LOVE REIGNS

GRAND OAK

SHAHRYAR

SEISMIC SPIRIT

SLIPSTREAM

SPENDARELLA

PIZZA BIANCA

RUTHIN

ARTORIUS

CAMPANELLE

GRENADIER GUARDS

HOME AFFAIRS

2021 (10) KAUFYMAKER

EXTRAVAGANT KID

MAVEN

TWILIGHT GLEAMING

ARTOS

RUTHIN

GOLDEN BELL

LUCCI

NAKATOMI

CAMPANELLE

2020 (8) SHERIFF BIANCO

SUNSHINE CITY

FLYING ALETHA

GOLDEN PAL

KIMARI

Ciaron Maher AUSTRALIA

Henry Dwyer AUSTRALIA

Patrick Biancone USA

Alban de Mieulle QATAR

George Weaver USA

George Weaver USA

Mohammed Al Attiya QATAR

Jorge Delgado USA

Jose D’Angelo USA

Mohammed Al Attiya QATAR

Noriyuki Hori JAPAN

Henry Dwyer AUSTRALIA

Wesley Ward USA

Jose D'Angelo USA

Eddie Kenneally USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr AUSTRALIA

John Sadler USA

Alban de Mieulle QATAR

Wesley Ward USA

Ciaron Maher & David Eustace AUSTRALIA

Wesley Ward USA

Peter & Paul Snowden AUSTRALIA

George Weaver USA

Tom Morley USA

Wesley Ward USA

Kenny McPeek USA

George Weaver USA

Wesley Ward USA

Mohammed Al Attiya QATAR

Anthony & Sam Freedman AUSTRALIA

Leon & Troy Corstens AUSTRALIA

Richard Gibson HONG KONG

Christophe Clement USA

Peter & Paul Snowden AUSTRALIA

George R Arnold II USA

Chris Waller AUS

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Geroge R Arnold II USA

Hideaki Fujiwara JAPAN

Wesley Ward USA

Christophe Clement USA

Graham Motion USA

Christophe Clement USA

Wesley Ward USA

Anthony & Sam Freedman AUS

Wesley Ward USA

Mitsumasa Nakauchida JAPAN

Chris Waller AUS

Wesley Ward USA

Brendan Walsh USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

George Arnold II USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

RACE

FINISHING POSITION

Queen Anne Stakes 6th

King Charles III Stakes 5th

Queen Mary Stakes 3rd

Royal Hunt Cup 18th

Windsor Castle Stakes 11th

Norfolk Stakes 3rd

Buckingham Palace Handicap 24th

Albany Stakes 8th

Commonwealth Cup 15th

Palace Of Holyroodhouse 17th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 2nd

King Charles III Stakes WON

Queen Mary Stakes 20th

Windsor Castle Stakes 2nd

Windsor Castle Stakes 16th

Windsor Castle Stakes 24th

Norfolk Stakes 10th

Albany Stakes 16th

Sandringham Handicap 5th

Hardwicke Stakes 9th

Wokingham Handicap 2nd

Coventry Stakes 11th

King Charles III Stakes 11th

King Charles III Stakes 16th

King Charles III Stakes 17th

Queen Mary Stakes WON

Queen Mary Stakes 10th

Queen Mary Stakes 22nd

Prince Of Wales's Stakes 6th

Norfolk Stakes 9th

Norfolk Stakes 13th

Jersey Stakes 14th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 4th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 5th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 10th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 13th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes UR

Coventry Stakes 17th

King Charles III Stakes WON

King Charles III Stakes 16th

Queen Mary Stakes 4th

Queen Mary Stakes 18th

Prince Of Wales's Stakes 4th

Windsor Castle Stakes 23rd

Commonwealth Cup 17th

Coronation Stakes 2nd

Coronation Stakes 8th

Palace Of Holyroodhouse 26th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 3rd - dh

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 3rd - dh

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 19th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 20th

Coventry Stakes 8th

King Charles III Stakes 3rd

King Charles III Stakes 11th

Queen Mary Stakes 2nd

Queen Mary Stakes 4th

Windsor Castle Stakes 7th

Windsor Castle Stakes 16th

Norfolk Stakes 5th

Norfolk Stakes 8th

Commonwealth Cup WON

Windsor Castle Stakes 8th

Windsor Castle Stakes 9th

Albany Stakes 10th

Norfolk Stakes 2nd

Commonwealth Cup 2nd

CAMPANELLE

ROYAL APPROVAL

SHARING

2019 (13) IMPRIMIS

HOUTZEN

ENZO’S LAD

KIMARI

ANNA’S FAST

DEIRDRE

KARAK

FOOLISH HUMOR

CHILI PETIN

NAYIBETH

LIM’S CRUISER

BOUND FOR NOWHERE

ENZO’S LAD

2018 (13) YOSHIDA

BUCCHERO

LADY AURELIA

CHELSEA CLOISTERS

MASTER MERION

HEMP HEMP HURRAY

SHANG SHANG SHANG

STILLWATER COVE

GIDU

MOONLIGHT ROMANCE

BOUND FOR NOWHERE

REDKIRK WARRIOR

UNDRAFTED

2017 (14) AMERICAN PATRIOT

MISS TEMPLE CITY

ARAWAK

LADY AURELIA

ELIZABETH DARCY

NOOTKA SOUND

HAPPY LIKE A FOOL

CON TE PARTIRO

McERIN

PRINCESS PEGGY

FAIRYLAND

BOUND FOR NOWHERE

LA CORONEL

LONG ON VALUE

2016 (14) TEPIN

A SHIN ERWIN

SILVERTONI

MONGOLIAN SATURDAY

BIG CITY DREAMIN

DRAFTED

LADY AURELIA

MISS TEMPLE CITY

A SHIN HIKARI

RED LODGE

CREATE A DREAM

GOLD FUN

UNDRAFTED

HOLLER

*2015 (16) ABLE FRIEND

Record SHAMAL WIND

RUBY NOTION

LUCK OF THE KITTEN

ACAPULCO

CRITERION

SPIELBERG

LAXFIELD ROAD

HOOTENANNY

CYCLOGENESIS

MISS TEMPLE CITY

LOVE THE KITTEN

SUPER MOON

UNDRAFTED

BRAZEN BEAU

WANDJINA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Graham Motion USA

Joseph Orseno USA

Toby Edmonds AUSTRALIA

Michael Pitman NEW ZEALAND

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Mitsuru Hashida JAPAN

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Stephen Gray SINGAPORE

Wesley Ward USA

Michael Pitman NEW ZEALAND

Bill Mott USA

Tim Glyshaw USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Todd Pletcher USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

David & Ben Hayes/Tom Dabernig AUS

Wesley Ward USA

Todd Pletcher USA

Graham Motion USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Mark Casse USA

Bill Mott USA

Mark Casse USA

Hidemasa Nakao JAPAN

Wesley Ward USA

Enebish Ganbat USA

Wesley Ward USA

Eoin Harty USA

Wesley Ward USA

Graham Motion USA

Masanori Sakaguchi JAPAN

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Richard Gibson HONG KONG

Wesley Ward USA

John O’Shea AUSTRALIA

John Moore HONG KONG

Robert Smerdon AUSTRALIA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

David Hayes AUSTRALIA

Kazuo Fujisawa JAPAN

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

George Weaver USA

Graham Motion USA

Wesley Ward USA

Kazuo Fujisawa JAPAN

Wesley Ward USA

Chris Waller AUSTRALIA

Gai Waterhouse AUSTRALIA

Queen Mary Stakes WON

Queen Mary Stakes 17th

Coronation Stakes 2nd

King Charles III Stakes 6th

King Charles III Stakes 8th

King Charles III Stakes 11th

Queen Mary Stakes 2nd

Queen Mary Stakes 16th

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes 6th

Windsor Castle Stakes 15th

Windsor Castle Stakes 20th

Albany Stakes 12th

Albany Stakes 13th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 8th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 13th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 15th

Queen Anne Stakes 5th

King Charles III Stakes 5th

King Charles III Stakes 7th

Queen Mary Stakes 11th

Royal Hunt Cup 12th

Jersey Stakes 13th

Norfolk Stakes WON

Albany Stakes 13th

Commonweath Cup 6th

Windsor Castle Stakes 13th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 3rd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 10th

Wokingham Handicap 18th

Queen Anne Stakes 11th

Queen Anne Stakes 13th

Coventry Stakes 12th

King Charles III Stakes WON

Windsor Castle Stakes 6th

Windsor Castle Stakes 17th

Queen Mary Stakes 2nd

Sandringham Handicap WON

Norfolk Stakes 7th

Albany Stakes 10th

Albany Stakes 12th

Commonwealth Cup 4th

Coronation Stakes 5th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 12th

Queen Anne Stakes WON

Queen Anne Stakes 10th

Coventry Stakes 9th

King Charles III Stakes 9th

Windsor Castle Stakes 16th

Windsor Castle Stakes 17th

Queen Mary Stakes WON

Duke Of Cambridge Stakes 4th

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes 6th

Norfolk Stakes 9th

Albany Stakes 4th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 2nd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 6th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 7th

Queen Anne Stakes 6th

King Charles III Stakes 13th

Windsor Castle Stakes 5th

Jersey Stakes 11th

Queen Mary Stakes WON

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes 5th

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes 6th

Albany Stakes 15th

Commonwealth Cup 11th

Commonwealth Cup 14th

Coronation Stakes 4th

Chesham Stakes 11th

Wolferton Stakes 10th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes WON

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 2nd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 6th

2014 (11) SOFT FALLING RAIN

SHEA SHEA

ANCIL

HOOTENANNY

SPANISH PIPEDREAM

TO BE DETERMINED

SUNSET GLOW

CAFÉ SOCIETY

ROSALIND

CORDERO

CROWN THE KITTEN

2013 (10) ANIMAL KINGDOM

SHEA SHEA

SHAMEXPRESS

OGERMEISTER

SWEET EMMA ROSE

DAVID LIVINGSTON

NO NAY NEVER

KRYPTON FACTOR

SEA SIREN

HAVELOCK

2012 (7) LITTLE BRIDGE

ORTENSIA

JOY AND FUN

BIG BLUE KITTEN

HYPER

BLACK CAVIAR

KRYPTON FACTOR

2011 (11) STAR WITNESS

SWEET SANETTE

BRIDGETOWN

HOLIDAY FOR KITTEN

GRAND PRIX BOSS

ITALO

GENTLEMANS CODE

GYPSY ROBIN

EVERYDAY DAVE

MORE THAN REAL

STAR WITNESS

2010 (10) NICCONI

GOLD TRAIL

NOBLE’S PROMISE

METROPOLITAN MAN

TIZ MY TIME

CASPER’S TOUCH

KINSALE KING

JOY AND FUN

ALVERTA

HAPPY ZERO

2009 (11) SCENIC BLAST

record CANNONBALL

3 wins MYTHICAL FLIGHT

STRIKE THE TIGER

JEALOUS AGAIN

YOGAROO

AEGEAN

HONOR IN PEACE

CANNONBALL

J J THE JET PLANE

SACRED KINGDOM

2008 (6) TAKEOVER TARGET

NATIONAL COLOUR

MAGNUS

THUNDERING STAR

TAKEOVER TARGET

SEACHANGE

Mike De Kock SOUTH AFRICA

Mike De Kock SOUTH AFRICA

Joan Scott USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Gai Waterhouse AUSTRALIA

Kenny McPeek USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Graham Motion USA

Mike De Kock SOUTH AFRICA

Danny O’Brien AUSTRALIA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Mike De Kock SOUTH AFRICA

Wesley Ward USA

Fawzi Nass BAHRAIN

John O’Shea AUSTRALIA

Darrin Miller AUSTRALIA

Danny Shum HONG KONG

Paul Messara AUSTRALIA

Derek Cruz HONG KONG

Chad Brown USA

Chad Brown USA

Peter Moody AUSTRALIA

Fawzi Nass BAHRAIN

Danny O’Brien AUSTRALIA

Tony Millard HONG KONG

Todd Pletcher USA

Wesley Ward USA

Yoshito Yahagi JAPAN

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Todd Pletcher USA

Danny O’Brien AUSTRALIA

David Hayes AUSTRALIA

Gary Portelli AUSTRALIA

Kenny McPeek USA

Wesley Ward USA

Kenny McPeek USA

Kenny McPeek USA

Carl O’Callaghan USA

Derek Cruz HONG KONG

Paul Messara AUSTRALIA

John Moore HONG KONG

Danny Morton AUSTRALIA

Wesley Ward USA

Sean Tarry SOUTH AFRICA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Wesley Ward USA

Mike De Kock SOUTH AFRICA

Ricky Yiu HONG KONG

Joe Janiak AUSTRALIA

Sean Tarry SOUTH AFRICA

Peter Moody AUSTRALIA

Queen Anne Stakes 6th

King Charles III Stakes 11th

King Charles III Stakes 14th

Windsor Castle Stakes WON

Queen Mary Stakes 4th

Norfolk Stakes 9th

Albany Stakes 2nd

Wolferton Stakes 3rd

Coronation Stakes UR

Chesham Stakes 6th

Chesham Stakes 10th

Queen Anne Stakes 11th

King Charles III Stakes 2nd

King Charles III Stakes 9th

Windsor Castle Stakes 15th

Queen Mary Stakes 2nd

Royal Hunt Cup 5th

Norfolk Stakes WON

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 3rd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 9th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 11th

King Charles III Stakes WON

King Charles III Stakes 9th

King Charles III Stakes 16th

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes 10th

Wolferton Stakes 9th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes WON

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 6th

King Charles III Stakes 2nd

King Charles III Stakes 3rd

King Charles III Stakes 12th

King Charles III Stakes 13th

St James’s Palace Stakes 8th

Coventry Stakes 23rd

Windsor Castle Stakes 4th

Queen Mary Stakes 7th

Norfolk Stakes 11th

Coronation Stakes 11th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 3rd

King Charles III Stakes 4th

King Charles III Stakes 10th

St James’s Palace Stakes 5th

Windsor Castle Stakes 9th

Albany Stakes 3rd

Chesham Stakes 3rd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 3rd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 13th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 14th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 22nd

King Charles III Stakes WON

King Charles III Stakes 6th

King Charles III Stakes 11th

Windsor Castle Stakes WON

Queen Mary Stakes WON

Norfolk Stakes 9th

Albany Stakes 9th

Chesham Stakes 16th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 2nd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 4th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 5th

King Charles III Stakes 2nd

King Charles III Stakes 6th

King Charles III Stakes 8th

Mike De Kock SOUTH AFRICA Gold Cup 7th

Joe Janiak AUSTRALIA

Graeme Sanders NEW ZEALAND

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 4th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 12th

2007 (8) MISS ANDRETTI

MAGNUS

TAKEOVER TARGET

BENTLEY BISCUIT

TAKEOVER TARGET

DRAYTON

MAGNUS

MISS ANDRETTI

2006 (6) TAKEOVER TARGET

FALKIRK

GLAMOUR PUSS

TAKEOVER TARGET

GLAMOUR PUSS

SIR EDWIN LANDSEER

2005 (6) CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Lee Freedman AUSTRALIA

Peter Moody AUSTRALIA

Joe Janiak AUSTRALIA

Gai Waterhouse AUSTRALIA

Joe Janiak AUSTRALIA

Mike De Kock SOUTH AFRICA

Peter Moody AUSTRALIA

Lee Freedman AUSTRALIA

Joe Janiak AUSTRALIA

Lee Freedman AUSTRALIA

Danny O’Brien AUSTRALIA

Joe Janiak AUSTRALIA

Danny O’Brien AUSTRALIA

Christian Wroe UAE

David Oughton HONG KONG

King Charles III Stakes WON

King Charles III Stakes 3rd

King Charles III Stakes 4th

King Charles III Stakes 20th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 2nd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 5th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 14th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 15th

King Charles III Stakes WON

King Charles III Stakes 4th

King Charles III Stakes 7th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 3rd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 10th

Wokingham Handicap 24th

King Charles III Stakes 4th (York)

MIGHTY BEAU

ELVSTROEM

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

KEENELAND SWAN

MIGHTY BEAU

2004 (7) CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

LYDGATE

BOWMAN’S CROSSING

INGRANDIRE

SIR EDWIN LANDSEER

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

OCEAN OF STORMS

2003 (8) PARISIENNE

CHOISIR

FIREBOLT

VICTORY MOON

AMERICA AMERICA

DESERT GLOW

CHOISIR

MORLUC

2000 (2) AGNES WORLD

DOJIMA MUTEKI

Jeff Mullins USA

Tony Vasil AUSTRALIA

David Oughton HONG KONG

Hideyouki Mori JAPAN

Jeff Mullins USA

David Oughton HONG KONG

Eoin Harty USA

David Oughton HONG KONG

Yoshinami Shimizu JAPAN

Christian Wroe UAE

David Oughton HONG KONG

Christian Wroe UAE

Franck Mourier USA

Paul Perry AUSTRALIA

Ivan Allan HONG KONG

Mike De Kock SOUTH AFRICA

Franck Mourier USA

Satish Seemar UAE

Paul Perry AUSTRALIA

Randy Morse USA

Hideyuki Mori JAPAN

Hideyuki Mori JAPAN

King Charles III Stakes 5th

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes 3rd

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes WON

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 10th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 11th

King Charles III Stakes 2nd

King Charles III Stakes 9th

Queen Anne Stakes 7th

Gold Cup 9th

Buckingham Palace Handicap20th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 3rd

Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap 12th

Coventry Stakes 11th

King Charles III Stakes WON

King Charles III Stakes 9th

Queen Anne Stakes 7th

Queen Mary Stakes 8th

Hampton Court Stakes 11th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes WON

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 17th

King Charles III Stakes 2nd

King Charles III Stakes 22nd

Record of non-European trainers at Royal Ascot by country

AUSTRALIA (48

RUNNERS, 8 WINNERS)

Leon & Troy Corstens AUS

Henry Dwyer AUS

Toby Edmonds AUS

Anthony & Sam Freedman AUS

Lee Freedman AUS

David Hayes AUS

David & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig AUS

Joe Janiak AUS

Ciaron Maher AUS (Ciaron Maher & David

Peter

Danny Morton

Paul Perry

Gary Portelli

King

Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr AUS

Robert Smerdon AUS

Peter & Paul Snowden

Chris Waller AUS

Tony Vasil AUS

Gai Waterhouse AUS

BAHRAIN (2 RUNNERS, NO WINNERS)

Fawzi Nass BAH

HONG KONG (15 RUNNERS, 2 WINNERS)

Ivan Allan HK

Richard

Tony Millard HK

John Moore HK

David Oughton HK

Danny Shum HK

Ricky Yiu HK

JAPAN (13 RUNNERS, NO WINNERS)

Kazuo Fujisawa JPN

Hideaki Fujiwara JPN

Mitsuru Hashida JPN

Noriyuki Hori JPN

Hideyouki Mori JPN

2000

2000

Hidemasa Nakao JPN 2016 A

Mitsumasa Nakauchida JPN

Masanori Sakaguchi JPN

Yoshinami Shimizu JPN

Yoshito Yahagi JPN

Queen

NEW ZEALAND (3 RUNNERS, NO WINNERS)

Michael Pitmans NZ

Graeme Sanders NZ

QATAR (5 RUNNERS,

NO WINNERS)

Mohammed Al Attiya QAT

Alban de Mieulle QAT

SINGAPORE (1

Stephen Gray SGP

RUNNER, NO WINNERS)

SOUTH AFRICA (10

Mike De Kock

RUNNERS, NO WINNERS)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (4

Satish Seemar UAE

Christian Wroe UAE

RUNNERS, NO WINNERS)

G. R. "Rusty" Arnold II

Chad

Patrick

Christophe

Mark

Jose

Jorge

Enebish

Tim

Eoin

Darrin

Bill

Jeff

Todd Pletcher

John

Queen

Cup 11th

Chesham Stakes 11th 2015 UNDRAFTED

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes WON 2016 SILVERTONI

Coventry Stakes 9th 2016 BIG CITY DREAMIN

Windsor Castle Stakes 16th 2016 LADY AURELIA

Queen Mary Stakes WON

2016 RED LODGE Norfolk Stakes 9th 2016 CREATE A DREAM Albany Stakes 4th 2016 UNDRAFTED

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 6th

Coventry Stakes 12th 2017 LADY AURELIA

King Charles III Stakes WON 2017

Queen Mary Stakes 2nd

2018 LADY AURELIA

2018 CHELSEA CLOISTERS

2018

2018

2018

2018 UNDRAFTED

2019 KIMARI

2019 ANNA’S FAST

2019 KARAK

King Charles III Stakes 7th

Queen Mary Stakes 11th

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 3rd

Wokingham Handicap 18th

Queen Mary Stakes 2nd

Queen Mary Stakes 16th

Windsor Castle Stakes 15th

Ground & times

Royal Ascot Official Going 2002 – 2025

5f (2yo) No Nay Never

Ascot Course Records

June 20, 2013

Society Kiss May 9, 2025

5f Miss Andretti

6f (2yo) Rajasinghe

6f Get It

7f (2yo) Pinatubo

June 19, 2007

June 20, 2017 1m 12.39s

May 9, 2025 1m 10.48s

June 22, 2019

7f Hickory May 10, 2025

1m (2yo) Joshua Tree

1m (rnd) Alpha Centauri

1m (str) Ribchester

1m 2f The Fugue

1m 4f Novellist

1m 6f Carmers

2m Mizzou

2m 4f Trawlerman

2m 5f 159y Pallasator

26, 2009

June 22, 2018 1m 35.89s

June 20, 2017 1m 36.60s

June 18, 2014 2m 1.90s

July 27, 2013 2m 24.60s

June 18, 2025 2m 59.53s

April 29, 2015 3m 24.12s

June 19, 2025 4m 15.02s

June 23, 2018 4m 45.24s

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