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t is so exciting to have a full-scale Royal Ascot in operation for the first time since 2019 – even more so in this very special Platinum Jubilee year. The five days of Royal Ascot 2022 will be a fabulous display of elite Thoroughbred racing as we celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s extraordinary achievement. We all hope that another winner in the Royal colours will be added to The Queen’s current tally of 24 winners at the Royal Meeting since 1952.

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All of the racecourse enclosures are open again and we are thrilled to be welcoming back everyone who wishes to attend, following a year behind closed doors and then a year with restricted crowds in 2021. We have made some reductions to the capacities across the three main enclosures this year, ensuring that all of our guests will be able to enjoy a little bit more space.

Of course, much has changed throughout the last couple of years,

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and on the track the emergence of Hollie Doyle, Cieren Fallon and Marco Ghiani represents a talented new generation of jockeys. Much remains familiar though, and I am sure that many of you will be hoping that Frankie Dettori can add to his already astonishing tally of 76 Royal Ascot winners throughout the week.

Ever the showman, at the age of 51 he remains at the top of his game, and who would bet against him eventually getting close to Lester Piggott’s all-time record of 116 winners at the Royal Meeting.

We are hugely grateful to QIPCO, Longines and Howden, our three Official Partners, as well as to all our Official Sponsors and Suppliers. This year we welcome Peroni Italia for the first time as the Official Beer of Ascot Racecourse. We also welcome Slingsby as our Official Gin Supplier.

We are committed to playing our part in ensuring British racing maintains its position as a worldleading industry. In 2022, we are providing record prize money of £8.65 million across the 35 races – an increase of 18% on 2019 values. Two of the feature events, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday and the renamed Platinum Jubilee Stakes on Saturday, become the first £1 million races at Royal Ascot.

Our eight Group 1 races and a total of 19 Pattern or Listed level contests

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attract the greatest concentration of equine talent at a single race meeting anywhere in the world. This year we are expecting competitors from Japan, America, Australia, Ireland, France and Germany, all aiming to take on the leading British hopes.

Each of the five days of Royal Ascot are World Pool events, meaning that people betting into the pool benefit from increased liquidity and better value. Hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, with whom we launched the venture in 2019, many countries around the world are expected to bet into the Ascot pool.

We look forward to welcoming visitors from across the globe and it will be particularly enjoyable for many friends in the racing world to see each other for the first time in three years. We hope that the millions watching on ITV, Sky Sports Racing, NBC in the USA and Green Channel Japan, as well as many other global networks, enjoy it just as much as those of us lucky enough to be present. I hope that you have a wonderful week.

Yours sincerely

Sir Francis Brooke Bt. Her Majesty’s Representative & Chairman

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Welcome from Sir Francis Brooke Bt. Contents Ascot History Ascot Remembers Lester Piggott Aidan O'Brien - St James's Palace Stakes Royal Ascot Racing Club Her Majesty The Queen at Ascot Ascot Equine Welfare William Buick - Riding High QIPCO - A Year to Celebrate The Key Ingredients ROA Meets Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds Looking Ahead World Pool Leading Jockeys Race Histories Leading Trainers Breeders' Cup Your Royal Ascot Race Guide

contributors Julian Muscat, Mark Robinson, Barnaby Eales, Chris Jackson, Royal Ascot Official Magazine

photography Alamy, Ascot Image Library, Chris Jackson, cranhamphoto.com

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BELOW LEFT: A PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ANNE, WHO CAN BE THANKED FOR ASCOT’S EXISTENCE

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ew sporting venues can match the rich heritage and history of Ascot Racecourse.

Over the past 300 years, Ascot has established itself as a national institution, with Royal Ascot becoming the centrepiece of the British social calendar and the ultimate stage for the best racehorses in the world.

It was Queen Anne who, in 1711, first saw the potential for a racecourse at Ascot (in those days called East Cote). Whilst out riding near Windsor Castle she came upon an area of open heath that looked, in her words, “ideal for horses to gallop at full stretch”.

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THE FIRST RACE MEETING The first race meeting ever held at Ascot took place later that year, on Saturday 11th August. The inaugural event was Her Majesty’s Plate, worth 100 guineas and open to any horse, mare or gelding over six years of age. Each horse was required to carry a weight of 12 stone and the seven runners were all English hunters – rather different to the speedy thoroughbreds that race on the Flat today.

The nature of the contest also bore little resemblance to modern-day racing at Ascot. That race consisted of three separate heats, each four miles long – about the length of today’s Grand National course. The winning horse would have required tremendous stamina, but sadly there is no record of who claimed that first plate.

Queen Anne’s gift to racing, founding the Royal Racecourse, is marked by the tradition of opening Royal Ascot with the Queen Anne Stakes.

THE FIRST RACECOURSE The racecourse was laid out by William Lowen, assisted by a team including a carpenter, a painter and a racing administrator. The first permanent building was erected around 1794 by a local Windsor builder.

Holding 1,650 people, it was used for almost 50 years.

In 1813, Parliament passed an Act of Enclosure, which ensured that the Ascot Heath would be kept and used as a racecourse for the public in the future. Racing at Ascot was now secure.

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BELOW: THE ASCOT GOLD CUP 1834 BY JAMES POLLARD

ROYAL ASCOT The precise origins of the Royal Meeting are unclear, as the event evolved from the first four-day meeting that took place in 1768. The meeting as it’s known today only really started to take shape with the introduction of the Gold Cup in 1807.

Royal Ascot was the only race meeting held at Ascot until 1939.

The Gold Cup remains the feature race of the third day of Royal Ascot, traditionally the busiest day of the week, when high fashion and exquisite millinery take centre stage alongside Flat racing’s most elite stayers. In 2009, Yeats, ridden

by Johnny Murtagh and trained by Aidan O’Brien, won his fourth consecutive Gold Cup – a magnificent achievement, and one that Stradivarius just failed to emulate in 2021 having won the previous three renewals.

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MANAGING ASCOT Although founded by a Queen and located on Crown property, the administration of Ascot is handled on behalf of the Crown by a representative appointed by the monarch.

Up until 1901, the racecourse was managed on the sovereign’s behalf by the Master of the Royal Buckhounds. In 1901, Lord Churchill was appointed as His Majesty’s Representative, responsible for running the course and determining entrance to the Royal Enclosure.

The Ascot Authority was established in 1913 by an Act of Parliament, with His Majesty’s Representative becoming Senior Trustee. Today,

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RECENT HIGHLIGHTS There have been several landmark occasions since Ascot Racecourse reopened in 2006, and none more memorable than two special Gold Cup days – when Yeats completed his four-timer of Gold Cup wins in 2009 and when The Queen herself won the stayers’ championship with Estimate in 2013.

In 2011, Ascot celebrated its tercentenary and staged the inaugural QIPCO British Champions Day, now the culmination of the European elite Flat-racing season.

The great Frankel won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Champions Day in 2011, and the curtain came down on the career of officially the best horse of all time when he won the Champion Stakes a year later.

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In 2012, Ascot Racecourse was at the very heart of the country’s celebrations to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, with the Golden Jubilee Stakes renamed the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and won by the great Australian mare Black Caviar.

Ascot has continued to cement its reputation as Europe’s premier destination for the best horses in the world. In recent years it has been the Americans who have had most success, with Tepin’s win in the 2016 Queen Anne Stakes and Lady Aurelia’s King’s Stand Stakes victory the following year being two notable highlights. The latter filly was trained by Wesley Ward, who has now saddled an impressive 12 winners at the Royal Meeting.

While the grandeur of the Royal Meeting takes centre stage each June, Ascot is also renowned for hosting Europe’s premier midsummer middle-distance contest the following month. The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes has been won by many of racing’s most distinguished champions, including Nijinsky, Mill Reef, Dancing Brave, Nashwan, Galileo and – more recently – the remarkable mare Enable, who in July 2020 made history by becoming the first horse to win three renewals of this prestigious prize. #RoyalAscot

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Lester Piggott Lester Piggott passed away in May this year at the age of 86.

In Ascot’s three-hundred-plus-year history no jockey has dominated the Royal Meeting like him. His tally of 116 Royal Ascot winners stands alone in the modern era, a total that is unlikely to be surpassed and one that came at a time when the meeting was just four days long.

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iggott’s first Royal Ascot victory came in 1952 on Malka’s Boy for trainer Walter Nightingall in the Wokingham Stakes. ‘The Long Fellow’ went on to be associated with some of the greatest horses to have graced Royal Ascot.

He won the Gold Cup a record 11 times, including a then-record threetimes on Sagaro in 1975, 1976 and 1977, one on board Le Moss and a brace with Ardross in 1981 and 1982.

In modern history, he also remains the most successful jockey in the King’s Stand Stakes, Royal Hunt Cup, Norfolk Stakes, Coronation Stakes and Platinum Jubilee Stakes (formerly the Cork and Orrery Stakes). His seven winners in the King’s Stand Stakes included three for Vincent O’Brien in the 1970s as well as one of the leading post-war sprinters, Right Boy, in 1957 who he subsequently partnered to victory in the 1958 and 1959 Cork and Orrery Stakes.

Of those 116 winners, he rode 18 apiece for trainers Noel Murless and Vincent O’Brien. Twice he rode eight winners at a single meeting, in 1965 and 1975.

Success at Royal Ascot wasn’t limited to the saddle either as when he briefly turned his hand to training in the mid1980s he sent out Cutting Blade to win the Coventry Stakes in 1986.

After famously returning to the saddle, his final winner at the Royal Meeting was College Chapel in the 1993 Cork and Orrery Stakes, at the age of 57.

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Piggott went on to enjoy success as a breeder being the joint ownerbreeder of Superstar Leo who won the Norfolk Stakes in 2000. He also part-owned Mont Etoile, trained by his son-in-law William Haggas, who won the Ribblesdale Stakes in 2006. He is therefore the only known person to have ridden, trained, owned and bred a winner at Royal Ascot.

A statue of Lester Piggott sculpted

by William Newton was unveiled at Ascot Racecourse in 2019 and stands on the Brigadier Gerard Lawn. Speaking during the unveiling, Piggott said, “I have enjoyed some great days at Royal Ascot. Everybody looked forward to this meeting. To win the Gold Cup once is special and I was very lucky to win the race on 11 occasions.

"I rode some brilliant horses in the race including Sagaro, but probably the best was a filly called Gladness. It has been a very lucky course for me."

ROYAL ASCOT HIGHLIGHTS • Total Royal Ascot winners - 116 • First Royal Ascot winner – Malka’s Boy in the 1952 Wokingham Stakes • Last Royal Ascot winner – College Chapel in the 1993 Cork and Orrery Stakes • Gold Cup wins – 11 including three on Sagaro in 1975, 1976 and 1977 • Eight winners in a single Royal Ascot twice in 1965 and 1975

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Julian Muscat looks at Aidan O’Brien’s stellar record in the feature race today…

he saying holds that you should always start as you mean to go on. As much is certainly true of Royal Ascot, where the first three races on the opening day are designated championship races.

For starters it’s the Queen Anne Stakes, a race named after the monarch who established Ascot Racecourse more than 300 years ago. Next up is the King’s Stand Stakes for the fastest sprinters in the world. And the third race, and thus the Tuesday feature race, is the St James’s Palace Stakes, a Group 1 contest for three-year-old colts over one mile on the Round Course.

It's a kingmaker’s race, since it frequently attracts horses that won or ran well in the 2,000 Guineas races of Britain, Ireland and France. These 2,000 Guineas races are known as Classics; their purpose is to identify the best three-year-old milers in their respective countries.

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The St James’s Palace Stakes is the stage where these milers do battle, in the process determining which of them is the best in Europe. It has been won by a litany of champions, among them Brigadier Gerard, Kris, Kingman and Frankel, yet one trainer has dominated the race since he saddled the first of his record eight winners at the dawn of the new millennium.

Step forward Aidan O’Brien, the man charged with turning molten liquid into hard gold for the Coolmore partners.

O’Brien trains at the storied Ballydoyle Stables in Tipperary, Ireland, not far from Coolmore Stud, which has been the dominant force in the breeding world for the last three decades.

O’Brien had big shoes to fill when he arrived at Ballydoyle, the stable owned

by Coolmore proprietor John Magnier, in 1996. Ballydoyle was built in the 1950s by the legendary Vincent O’Brien (no relation to Aidan), who had no peer

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EXCELLENT ART WINS THE ST JAMES’S PALACE STAKES IN 2007 FROM DUKE OF MARMALADE AND ASTRONOMER ROYAL, ALL TRAINED BY AIDAN O’BRIEN

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among trainers in Europe. He saddled two winners of the St James’s Palace Stakes: Thatch in 1973 and Jaazeiro five years later, although the race, a Group 2 contest back then, was never really on his radar.

The St James’s Palace Stakes was promoted to Group 1 status in 1988, since when, no trainer has come close to matching Aidan O’Brien’s eight winners. Only the late Sir Henry Cecil and John Gosden have managed three apiece, which serves to illustrate the magnitude of O’Brien’s achievement.

O’Brien’s role within the most powerful racing and breeding operation in Europe is to transform the raw talent bred by Coolmore into champion racehorses. These horses then retire to Coolmore Stud when their racing days are over to join the breeding herd, in the process bequeathing the next generation of champions.

This virtuous circle relies on O’Brien training Coolmore’s bluebloods to plunder races of the calibre of the St James’s Palace Stakes.

None better fits that description than O’Brien’s first winner, Giant’s Causeway. His father was the US Champion sire, Storm Cat, while his mother, Mariah’s Storm, rebounded from a career-threatening injury to win 10 races in all, many of them significant. So inspiring was Mariah’s the Royal Ascot Insider

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opponent was withdrawn.

Storm’s story that it prompted the making of a motion picture, Dreamer, which was based on her exploits.

As for Giant’s Causeway, his own St James’s Palace Stakes triumph was pivotal in that he’d finished runner-up in both the English 2,000 Guineas and its Irish equivalent. He needed to make a definitive statement on his merit, after which he never looked back. He went on to win four more championship races with a determination so rugged that he was dubbed “The Iron Horse” after the eponymous steam locomotives of the early 1800s.

Mariah’s Storm raced for American owners in Bill and Margie Peters, who offered her for sale at public auction in 1996 at the end of her racing days.

Magnier and his Coolmore partners stepped in with a weighty winning bid of $2.6 million – after which Mariah’s Storm proved herself to be one of the biggest bargains of all time.

Giant’s Causeway was her first foal; her fifth was Giant’s Causeway’s full-sister You’resothrilling, runnerup in Royal Ascot’s Queen Mary Stakes before she, in turn, produced Gleneagles, winner of the St James’s Palace Stakes for O’Brien’s stable in 2015. This is a classic example of the cream rising to the top at Royal Ascot.

Giant’s Causeway’s career at stud matched his deeds on the racecourse.

He spent much of it in the US, where he was Champion Sire three times in four years from 2009. Among the champions he sired was Shamardal, himself winner of the St James’s Palace Stakes in 2005.

There are 36 Group 1 races run in Britain each year. These races attract the finest racehorses, yet some are more equal than others. A small handful are known within the racing and breeding industry as “stallion-making races” for their propensity to throw up influential stallions of the future.

The St James’s Palace Stakes is among them. Its winners are much sought after for breeding purposes and are worth a king’s ransom. The race has certainly come a long way since it was inaugurated in 1834, when that year’s Derby winner, Plenipotentiary, gained a walk-over after his sole intended 16

After Giant’s Causeway, O’Brien saddled the winner of the following year’s St James’s Palace Stakes in Black Minnaloushe, who’d won the Irish 2,000 Guineas. And O’Brien completed the hat-trick in 2002 with Rock Of Gibraltar, who’d previously won both the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas.

The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, was a partner in Rock Of Gibraltar, whose winning sequence of six successive Group 1 races saw him anointed as Europe’s Horse of the Year in 2002.

Having drawn a St James’s Palace Stakes blank for the next four years, O’Brien resumed the winning thread

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with another hat-trick in successive years from 2007. He opened that sequence with Excellent Art, who’d finished fourth in the French 2,000 Guineas.

Then came another Coolmore blue-blood in Henrythenavigator, who arrived at Royal Ascot having won both English and Irish 2,000 Guineas. And he was followed in 2009

by Mastercraftsman, the Irish 2,000 Guineas winner who hoisted O’Brien’s sixth victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes.

O’Brien’s seventh winner, Gleneagles, was in the mould of Rock Of Gibraltar and Henrythenavigator in that he arrived at Royal Ascot having won the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas in 2015. But O’Brien’s most recent winner, Circus Maximus in 2019, came from out of the blue.

Circus Maximus ran in the St James’s Palace Stakes just over two weeks after he’d finished sixth in the Derby over a mile and a half. Dropping Circus Maximus back to one mile didn’t remotely faze the colt, who fought like a lion to claim the prize.

horses, which demonstrates just how keen he is to win it.

There will be other O’Brien-trained winners in the years ahead, although no future renewal will surely match the trainer’s unique achievement in 2007.

When Excellent Art triumphed in that year he led home Duke Of Marmalade and Astronomer Royal – both of which were also trained by O’Brien. Call it a full house.

Over and above O’Brien’s eight winners, the importance of the St James’s Palace Stakes to the Coolmore partners is evident in another statistic.

Since he opened his account in 2000 O’Brien has had at least one runner in every subsequent renewal. Over that 22-year stretch he has saddled up 52 the Royal Ascot Insider

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“If you have tasted being part of a horse that’s run at that level, then you really have sipped from the golden chalice” THE HON. HARRY HERBERT, RACING MANAGER, ROYAL ASCOT RACING CLUB

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A bastion of sociability and style, with superb benefits, wonderful facilities and a devotion to the exceptional. Exclusive, extraordinary and endless fun, the Royal Ascot Racing Club invites you to explore a truly unparalleled experience.

Offering exemplary style and comfort at one of the world’s premier racecourses, this is much more than a racing club – it is a topflight ownership experience providing unprecedented access to the very heart of world-class Flat racing.

As well as some of the world’s finest racing at Ascot’s twenty six racedays, including Royal Ascot, Members also benefit from the Club’s ownership of meticulously selected thoroughbred racehorses and enjoy stable visits to some of the best trainers in the country, all racing luminaries of extraordinary expertise. Other highlights include an annual Newmarket visit with dinner & overnight stay, regular bloodstock updates, viewing of new yearlings at Ascot and owners’ badge privileges at other racecourses.

Within the magnificent Grandstand, Members have access to two beautiful Club Rooms, the first overlooking the unsaddling enclosure and the second the winning line. Dining at the Club is an impeccable experience courtesy of exquisite food by Rhubarb Food and Design, matched with the highest levels of hospitality and service.

The Royal Ascot Racing Club operates as a limited number Membership.

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Through the viewfinder To celebrate this Platinum Jubilee year, Chris Jackson, Royal Photographer at Getty Images, curates ates a selection of his fa favourite vourite images of Her Majesty The Queen at Royal Ascot and explores their historical context .

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Wide shot of the Royal Procession arriving in the Parade Ring, 19th June 2013 By far the most prestigious event in the racing calendar is Royal Ascot. This event, a staple in the royal diary for more than two centuries, is the working highlight of the summer season for a royal photographer. The story of Ascot began when Queen Anne, a keen equestrian, spotted a perfect clearing for horse racing in the forest near Windsor Castle and promptly bought it for £558. George IV initiated the first Royal Procession on the track in 1825 and the tradition has continued ever since.

The Queen, accompanied by members of the royal family, traditionally arrives into the Parade Ring in the famous carriage procession that begins in the grounds of Windsor Castle,

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heads down the Long Walk and meets up with the waiting carriages in Windsor Great Park.

As the procession travels down the racetrack in front of the Grandstand, designed by renowned architect Rod Sheard, a tsunami of cheers begins as the carriage then emerges into the Parade Ring. Racegoers in top hats and women dressed to the nines all crane to get a glimpse of what colour hat The Queen is wearing that day. Whilst this is an event that celebrates fashion and all things British, it is of course the foremost horse racing spectacular in the world, with The Queen taking a central role as well as being a passionate participant in this historic event.

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The Queen matching Ryan Moore’s colours, 15th June 2016 2016 was not to be The Queen’s year in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, after her historic win with Estimate in 2013. However, she looked incredibly jovial as she handed the trophy to the same jockey who rode her horse to victory those three years before, Ryan Moore. What stood out for many observing was the fact that The Queen and the jockey were wearing matching colours; a lovely touch that clearly made them both smile.

The Queen reflected in the Gold Cup, 19th June 2014 This particular year I was looking for a more unusual take on the trophy presentations.

As I prepared to document the handover of the Gold Cup in 2014, I noticed the monarch reflected in the highly polished trophy as the preparations were taking place to make the presentations to winning connections. Using a long lens, I was able to compress the distance and capture The Queen smiling in the reflective gold surface; a slightly different take on the normal handshake.

The Queen in the rain, 15th June 2005 I’ve photographed Royal Ascot for many years, and whilst we are often blessed with the most glorious summer weather, inevitably there is the occasional ‘wash out’ – as was the case on this day in 2005, the year that Royal Ascot took place at York Racecourse during the redevelopment of Ascot. The show must go on, however, and for a photographer days like this often make for fantastic photographs as racegoers in all their finery attempt to find shelter or dodge an unexpected downpour. Of course, Her Majesty The Queen has always taken this kind of thing in her stride and can often be seen arriving into the Parade Ring in a carriage holding a transparent umbrella trimmed to reflect her outfit of the day.

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The Queen winning the Gold Cup, 20th June 2013 It was 2013 – Thursday 20th June to be precise – and there was a real buzz around the Parade Ring ahead of the Gold Cup, the most coveted event of the week’s racing. Never had a reigning monarch in the race’s 207-year history triumphed in this highlight of the week.

The Queen’s horse, Estimate, an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, was the 7/2 favourite for the Gold Cup. Many of the spectators couldn’t believe it as the filly battled all the way to the finishing line in this, just the seventh race of her career. The roar of the crowd must have been ringing in the ears of jockey Ryan Moore as the horse powered him down the famous final straight. Estimate crossed the finish line to riotous cheering from normally restrained crowds. Everyone knew how much this would mean to the monarch, someone so passionate about racing. I soaked up the heady atmosphere and cheers in the Parade Ring before capturing this image of The Queen being presented with the trophy.

Seeing her eyes light up with joy was certainly one of the most enduring royal moments of the year for me.

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Horse Welfare at 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.

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uring the redevelopment between 2004-2006, a safer race track was created by cambering the home and old paddock bends and removing the road crossing over the track, replacing them with underpasses.

Further improvements to equine welfare provision were made as part of a £700,000 project to create a new enhanced unsaddling area in 2016. Increased in size to accommodate large field races more comfortably, the Unsaddling Enclosure Lawn is positioned to benefit from maximum shade from the crown of an adjacent mature tree as well as a repositioned tulip tree, which sits to the south of the oval. Equine misting fans were also installed to aid with post-race cooling of horses.

The Flat course pop-up irrigation system underwent a £150,000 overhaul in 2017. All 300 of the pop ups around the track were replaced and a new filter system fitted to the pump station delivering a more efficient watering system.

Five specifically qualified equine vets are on duty every day at Royal Ascot, 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.

The jockeys’ facilities at Ascot include a medical treatment room, rest rooms and a dedicated room for physiotherapy. There are six doctors on site specifically to deal with any jockey injuries.

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With 28 Royal Ascot wins already under his belt, William Buick has his eyes on the prizes at this year’s Royal Meeting.

Here, he reflects on the highlights of his career so far, in conversation with Mark Robinson

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t 33 years old, William Buick is entering the phase of his career that most jockeys would consider to be their peak. The thought that his best years may still be ahead of him is one that requires a double take. Buick’s résumé is already packed with a hugely impressive list of achievements that have established him as one of the world’s top riders over the past decade or so.

With multiple wins at Royal Ascot (including three in 2021), two victories in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, a Derby winner and several more Group 1 successes across the globe, it seems like he’s been around for a lot longer than his age and youthful looks suggest. The reality is that he has.

As a teenage apprentice jockey, Buick was hailed as one of the most prodigious talents to emerge in the UK for many years. And amazingly it is now 15 years since his arrival on the big stage by partnering Dark Missile to victory in the 2007 Wokingham Stakes at Royal Ascot – quite the achievement for a rider still a few weeks shy of his 19th birthday.

“I had never been to Royal Ascot until I rode there,” Buick says. “My first trip to the racecourse was when I went to watch the 2002 King George with my dad, when Golan beat Nayef. I remember that day clearly and the place definitely left an the Royal Ascot Insider

impression on me. Going to such a huge event at such a famous venue was really exciting for a young racing fan.

“But my first time at the Royal Meeting was when I rode there in 2007. It was an incredible experience, and winning the race on such an iconic stage as a teenager was unbelievable,” he continues.

“Dark Missile’s trainer, Andrew Balding, and the owner, Jeff Smith, showed a lot of faith in me, as the filly went into the race with a real chance.

For them to trust such a young rider in a race like that – a sprint, with a big field of runners – was such a confidence boost for me.”

It was the first big race win of Buick’s career. Many more have followed since

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that day, in different countries and on various continents, but the thrill of winning a race at Royal Ascot as a teenager remains fresh in his mind. It’s a memory that hasn’t faded despite all the successes that have followed.

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“People talk about it, but you don’t quite realise just how special winning at Royal Ascot is until you experience it for yourself,” he says. “It’s an amazing place and probably the most important five days of racing that we have. It’s our #RoyalAscot

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“Ascot has been quite a lucky place for me – I’ve won some of the biggest races there”

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After that headline-grabbing first Royal Ascot winner in 2007, Buick had to wait four years for his second – but his patience was rewarded in spades.

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Gosden, the partnership tasted Royal Ascot glory together for the first time when Nathaniel won the King Edward VII Stakes at the meeting in 2011.

In beating future Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente by five lengths, Nathaniel announced his arrival on the big stage. “It was really exciting because we thought the horse had lots of potential. He proved it that day and then he went on to win two Group 1s and to be placed in a few more,” Buick enthuses.

Indeed, just a few weeks later, again ridden by Buick, Nathaniel returned to Ascot to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

“Ascot has been quite a lucky place for me – I’ve ridden some fantastic horses and won some of the biggest races there,” he reflects. “Nathaniel was a Royal Ascot winner for me and a King George winner for me too at Ascot. You can argue that he was unlucky not to win 32

the King George twice. We won it in 2011, and in 2012 we were beaten narrowly by the German filly Danedream.”

Twelve months on from Nathaniel’s Royal Ascot win in 2011, Buick enjoyed one of the best weeks of his career by riding five winners at the 2012 meeting – including a memorable three in one afternoon on day four, the highlight of which was Fallen For You’s victory in the Coronation Stakes. That success was one of the nine Group 1 wins for Buick in the 2012 season.

“2012 at Royal Ascot was just one of those great weeks, which come around very rarely,” he says. “I knew going into the meeting that I had some good rides, and every year you hope to have a winner at Royal Ascot – but you never think you will have five of them! It was like a dream to ride five winners, including the three on the fourth day. It’s so hard to win any race there because the quality

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of the opposition is so strong.”

At the end of 2014, Buick embarked on a new chapter in his career by signing for Godolphin, becoming one of the main jockeys for one of the most successful and high-profile racing operations in the world. Just a few months into his new job, Buick rewarded his new employers’ faith by winning the 2015 Dubai World Cup. A catalogue of big prizes have followed, including at Royal Ascot, where Buick’s career total at the meeting now stands at 28 wins – the third-most among all active jockeys. Only Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore are ahead of him.

Working for Andrew Balding, John Gosden and Godolphin has given Buick an insight into what Royal Ascot means for some of the biggest trainers and owners of his era, and how the early part of every Flat season is geared up to preparing the best horses for one of the most prestigious and iconic race meetings in the world.

don’t want to go there and miss a chance to win. Every day in the month before Royal Ascot is crucial. The whole team is always thinking long and hard about the plans for it, wherever they may be. It means so much to everyone involved.”

So, as Buick looks ahead to this year’s Royal Ascot, and hopefully many more to come over the next few years, what are the races missing from that glittering résumé that he’d most like to win?

“The St James’s Palace Stakes is one that I haven’t won and it’s definitely high on my list,” he replies. “I’ve come close to winning it a couple of times and it’s always a high-quality race with some of the best three-year-old milers lining up.

“And of course, I’d love to win the Gold Cup – any jockey would. With its history and tradition, it’s the Royal Ascot race.”

“Every year at the start of the season you have your older horses that return, and the trainer will decide the pecking order and work out which races at Royal Ascot might suit them,” he says. “Then you start to pick out your two-year-olds if you have some good ones that might be ready early enough to run in some of those historic juvenile races at Royal Ascot.

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A YEAR TO

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It is with the greatest sense of anticipation that we return to Royal Ascot to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the special relationship that our sport enjoys with the Royal Family.

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t remains a huge privilege that QIPCO is Royal Ascot’s first-ever commercial partner and we have formed close ties with the racecourse over the past decade, with a shared passion for the sport and our continued investment in its future.

It is due to the heritage and prestige of British Flat racing that we base Qatar Racing here and our breeding operation continues to develop from strength to strength.

This year could not be more exciting for us as we welcome the first foals by our QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner Kameko at Tweenhills, and watch the first runners by Roaring Lion, Zoustar (in Europe) and Lightning Spear. It is the culmination of years of work and the development of our racing legacy.

This week we have much to look forward to with an incredible array of domestic and international racing stars. I wish all connections the very best of luck in this amazing sporting amphitheatre on this, the greatest turf on Earth.

His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, Chief Executive Officer, QIPCO Holding.

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LEFT TO RIGHT: SAM WARD, SIMON ROGAN AND TOM BARNES OF THE UMBEL GROUP

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The driving forces behind the hugely successful Umbel Restaurant Group, culinary colleagues Simon Rogan, Tom Barnes and Sam Ward have a big role to play at this year’s Royal Ascot.

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aving won several consecutive top races in northern England, the celebrated British Thoroughbred Beeswing crowned her racing career by heading south to win the Ascot Gold Cup in 1842.

One hundred and eighty years on, Tom Barnes, the young executive chef at the three-Michelin-star restaurant L’Enclume in Cumbria, his native region, faces a similar, albeit culinary, task; in June, Barnes will travel south to make his first solo appearance at Royal Ascot, in The Old Press Room, a new restaurant located in the Grandstand next to the racecourse’s finish line.

The ‘Beeswing 1842’, a dish of Crozier Blue cheese made from sheep’s milk, pears cooked in beeswax, preserved figs and elderflower, is just one of Barnes’s tasting menu dishes for Royal Ascot.

Further dishes named after winning horses at the famous racecourse include ‘Bird of Freedom 1887’, which is a savoury doughnut of wood pigeon, and ‘Jerusalem & Ragstone 1970s’, where the English goat’s cheese ‘Ragstone’ (also the name of a victorious Ascot horse) is served with confit Jerusalem artichoke and stout vinegar and malt – a dish created partly in homage to the hymn Jerusalem, played at Royal Ascot each year.

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Queen Anne Enclosure’s flagship finedining restaurant, ON5.

Ahead of this Royal Ascot challenge, a confident, calm and down-to-earth Barnes, a Roux scholar who appeared on the Great British Menu television show twice in 2020, says his “energy levels are off the charts”, reflecting the excitement and enthusiasm in the Rogan team.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the end of Covid restrictions and the subsequent return of greater numbers of spectators mean there is much to celebrate this year at Royal Ascot, hence the timely nature of The Old Press Room restaurant launch.

This is especially the case for Simon Rogan’s team of 20 chefs, as well as Sam Ward, the Managing Director of the wider Umbel Group of restaurants, who has overseen the commercial growth of Rogan’s seven eateries, located in the Lake District, London and Hong Kong.

THE PATH TO STARDOM Known for its exquisite seasonal, contemporary and colourful dishes, L’Enclume restaurant, which is celebrating its 20th birthday this year, was awarded three Michelin stars in February.

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“The main principle is flavour. Flavour is key to our thinking”

focused. Techniques are clever, and combinations inventive and original.

But however clever the construction, nothing gets in the way of allowing the ingredients to shine.”

Meanwhile, the Umbel Group says it has doubled revenues since the start of the Covid pandemic, proving its commercial resilience – a feat largely achieved thanks to the successful development of a delivery service, ‘Home by Simon Rogan’, during lockdown, which is now managed by nine employees.

Ward says the company, which now has 180 staff in Britain and 50 in Hong Kong, is learning how to manage growth; earning three Michelin stars has helped to generate more private dining events away from the restaurants.

The Umbel Group sold ready meals for £5, which cost £2.50 to make; each sale allowed the company to fund meals for local people in need.

Commercial deliveries have evolved into three-course meals, popular with young parents and customers who live alone.

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Having overcome the challenges of the pandemic, Ward is now faced with soaring costs and post-Brexit staffing issues. Yet this has not affected the company’s ambitions; it says it is poised to open further restaurants and bars in 2022.

Rogan, who once sold his car in order to help fund L’Enclume, knows a

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thing or two about resilience, and the strong bond established between him, Barnes and Ward reflects the group’s confidence.

The trio, showing their jocular nature, call themselves the ‘Three Stooges’.

“We were at each other’s throats at first, but we are very close,” Ward says, partly tongue-in-cheek.

Ward recalls how he was first offered an interview at L’Enclume straight after dining there in 2008. He’d previously worked in a bar, and Rogan offered him a job as bar manager; since then, Ward has gone on to lead the company’s commercial expansion.

Meanwhile, Barnes, who worked for Rogan for six years, left to complete a culinary stint in 2017 as chef de partie at Geranium, a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Copenhagen, before returning to Rogan’s L’Enclume and his native Cumbria in 2018.

Rogan believes the pandemic helped L’Enclume to obtain three Michelin stars. It meant that he spent his time focused on the restaurants in Cumbria, rather than regularly travelling during the company’s international expansion phases.

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the road from the restaurant, raw ingredients, fruit, flowers, vegetables and animals are grown and raised using biodynamic farming principles.

Regenerative farming and a commitment to zero waste, including composting through the use of nine Ridan food waste recycling composters, has helped L’Enclume and the Roganic restaurant in Hong Kong earn Michelin Green stars in 2021.

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THIS DUCK DISH (LEFT) AND CHOCOLATE TONKA (RIGHT), SERVED AT SIMON ROGAN’S HENROCK RESTAURANT, GIVE A FLAVOUR OF HIS AWARDWINNING MENUS

It is very much a case of ‘less is more’,” Rogan says.

Experimental food such as egg noodles injected with hot and sour soup is long gone from menus, with the process now focused on the ingredients rather than the method. Raw materials are taken to Rogan’s development kitchen Aulis, located next door to L’Enclume, where dishes are created and tested.

“Innovation is still there, but it’s deceptively simple,” says Rogan. Now, his cuisine is all about layering flavours, taking the raw material discreetly to the next level to give it a new dimension.

“In your younger days, you can try to do too much and over-complicate, but then you grow up and settle into your own style. The main principle is now flavour. Flavour is key to our thinking,” he explains.

Ward. It is not an end in itself, but rather helps them ask questions about what they are doing right, and what needs improving.

Having a third Michelin star for L’Enclume and two Michelin Green stars highlights not only how the Umbel Group of restaurants has full control over most of the raw materials it uses for ingredients, but also the evolution of Rogan’s style of cuisine.

“As we’ve got better at growing our own raw materials, we’ve become more sympathetic to each ingredient.

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At Royal Ascot, Rogan will cook starters including truffle dumplings in fermented celeriac, toasted yeast and Ramson biscuit, Cornish crab, and roast chicken crackling. Mains include Belted Galloway beef served with stuffed courgettes, English seasonal mushrooms, ragout of ox cheek with artichoke, and dry-aged west coast turbot, razor clams and buttered radishes, salt-baked kohlrabi and elderflower.

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BRITISH BY NATURE The use of fermenting, drying, clamping and pickling techniques reflects Rogan’s shift towards traditional British methods of preserving ingredients.

Rogan says his cuisine is British, in the broad sense, taking on influences from around the world.

As with all top chefs, Rogan first learnt French cooking techniques, before gradually evolving his style of cuisine away from French influence.

“When I started training, I needed that solid grounding in classical French cuisine, as it’s the basis of everything

[culinary],” he says. But now, he points out, “there is nothing French about our cuisine. It is as British or Cumbrian as you could get.”

Had Rogan known, 20 years ago, how his cuisine would evolve, he says he would not have called the restaurant L’Enclume. French for ‘anvil’, the name embraces the blacksmithing heritage of the 13th-century building that houses the restaurant.

Rogan will be serving an à la carte menu at Royal Ascot, rather than the menu of 15 to 16 small dishes served at L’Enclume. Yet the same culinary style and ethos as regards ingredients will be on show.

While Barnes will be serving 40 covers at lunch each day, Rogan will serve 192 covers for his à la carte lunch and afternoon tea; that’s more than three times the usual number of covers at L’Enclume.

A challenge indeed, but one that Rogan is used to; this year marks his fourth culinary stint at Royal Ascot.

Journalist and former Spain, France and Portugal correspondent Barnaby Eales is a contributor to leading wine and restaurant publications such as Decanter, Wine-Searcher and Club Oenologique.

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THE R OA MEETS

Kennet Valley alley Thoroughbreds As the voice of Owners, the ROA are consistently promoting the impact and benefits of ownership whilst working to make ownership more rewarding.

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nce again we will be hailing our popular “ROA Owner of the Day” for Royal Ascot, which showcases an owner with a runner at the meeting.

Today’s (Tuesday 14 June) ROA Owner of the Day is Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds, who own Sir Busker, a runner in the opening Queen Anne Stakes (2.30pm).

Baaeed will be the banker of Royal Ascot week for many, but an even bigger certainty is that the owners of one of his rivals in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes, Sir Busker, will have a memorable day whatever the result.

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last year’s Queen Anne on his only two previous appearances at the meeting.

Owners Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds are one of, if not the, longest-established syndicates in Britain, their blue, red and white silks having been carried to around 200 winners from the late 1980s - though William Buick on Sir Busker will be wearing not the regular white cap but blue and yellow, as syndicates fundraise and show support for Ukraine on the biggest Flat racing platform on the planet.

Looking back and forwards, KVT’s Piers Winkworth says: “Myself, Sam Hoskins and Luke Lillingston bought Kennet Valley about ten years ago off Nick Robinson, and Nick always professed to be the original syndicator in the UK. #RoyalAscot

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“Henry Ponsonby and Thurloe were just behind, and Harry Herbert used to work for Kennet Valley before he set up Highclere. So we are as long-standing as any syndicate, if not the original one.

“We have 16 people in a horse. The bigger horses on the bigger days, you get more people coming, and we do lots of stable visits too which have been really well attended. People are out and about now having been cooped up for so long due to Covid-19.

“We’ll have a big turnout on Tuesday, especially with people’s other halves, I imagine we will be about 25 or 30 strong on the day.

“We’re sponsored now by a company called Oakman Inns, and they’ve got a number of pubs, one of which is the Royal Foresters, near Ascot Racecourse. There’s a private room that we use as our clubhouse and we can go there before each day of the meeting for brunch. With Sir Busker in the first race, I imagine plenty of people will be getting in the spirit of it quite early on!”

KVT have a noble history of success, with Group 2, 3 and Listed wins alongside big handicap strikes such as Magical Memory’s Stewards’ Cup victory in 2015. A Group 1 has eluded them but they have knocked on the door and in Sir Busker probably have as good a chance of picking up any pieces left behind by Baaeed as any other runner.

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who were trained by dad Peter, now retired - continues: “We’ve got 15 horses at the moment and they are all onehorse syndicates. Some of our people are in every horse and some are just in one, so we’ve probably got about 120130 individuals across the board.

“It’s great for the smaller owner to get involved at big meetings, and Royal Ascot is the one everyone wants to have a runner and a winner at.

“It’s a Group 1, it’s a huge race and Baaeed is already a superstar, so we’re under no illusions. Are we going to be the outsider? Probably yes. Are our odds worth having a fiver or tenner each-way on? I think they certainly are.

“He loves Ascot, the ground should be spot-on for him, and William Knight and his team have done a great job.

He’s there to try to pick up as much of the generous prizemoney as possible.”

“He had a good start to the year, he had three runs in Dubai and really got his act together, finishing fifth - when he could have been fourth - in an incredibly hot Group 1 [Dubai Turf] on World Cup night.

“He’s come back here to be second at Ascot in the Paradise, and he ran a good race in the Lockinge to be fifth, coming from a long way back. He’s a hold-up horse and is difficult to win with because of his running style. #RoyalAscot

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“If the Queen Anne is a crawl and a sprint we’re probably done for, but if it’s a truly-run race I’d like to think we’ve as good a chance as any of them to come second, third or fourth to Baaeed.

I think the market is a little unfair on him. He’s not a win bet but he’s in great nick after a month off following the Lockinge.

“He loves Ascot, the ground should be spot-on for him, and William Knight and his team have done a great job. He’s there to try to pick up as much of the generous prize-money as possible.”

So too, giving KVT an exciting second string to their Royal Ascot bow and something to look forward to later in the week, will be Dance Fever, a five-year-old trained by Clive Cox. “The plan on the day of our other runner, Dance Fever, is to have a picnic in the car park,” says Winkworth. “He will run in the Buckingham Palace, which is the last race on the Thursday.

“Clive has done a really good job with him. He’s rated 95 and hasn’t won for a while, but he likes Ascot and ran well to be third, beaten only half a length, in the International Handicap last July.

“We probably messed him around a bit on the all-weather earlier this year, which he didn’t like.

He ran reasonably well at the Guineas meeting at Newmarket in April, then in the Victoria Cup at Ascot last time, it was a funny race, we were drawn low and he finished in a heap with others drawn on the same side. We finished close to Dark Shift, who was drawn next to us, won next time and is favourite for the Hunt Cup as we speak.

“He needs quick ground, which we should get, he goes there in good form and if he gets a nice draw, with pace around him, hopefully he’s got an each-way chance.”

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Looking ahead

The excitement at Royal Ascot needn’t fade when the gates close – there are plenty more race meetings to look forward to this year at Ascot Racecourse 8th-9th July

Summer Mile Racing Weekend The Summer Mile Racing Weekend presents two days of thrilling racing action at the world’s most famous racecourse,where the pristine lawns are in full midsummer bloom and the grounds are alive with atmosphere.

22nd-23rd July

QIPCO King George Diamond Weekend The first day of the QIPCO King George Diamond Weekend offers a relaxed afternoon of racing where racegoers can wander across the racecourse's luscious lawns and sample the many Champagne and cocktail bars on offer under the glorious English sunshine. The Saturday is QIPCO King George Diamond Day – a sparkling cocktail of summer style, socialising and exceptional racing, where the headline act, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes, is Europe’s indisputable midsummer middle-distance showpiece, attracting the best horses from across the continent.

6th August

Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup A unique fixture in the global racing calendar, the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup is one of Ascot Racecourse’s most popular events, and sees the world’s top jockeys compete in a competition format as they join forces to try and lift racing’s ultimate team prize. To round off the day, this year’s concert will be headlined by Grammy Award-winning Clean Bandit, with multi-platinum-selling The Hoosiers also performing, and more artists still to be announced!

2nd-3rd September

September Racing Weekend

The September Racing Weekend presents two days of fantastic Flat racing. The action gets underway with two potentially informative two-year-old races that have produced Group-level performers in recent years. Then, the second day features seven competitive contests with the racing highlight being the Lavazza Stakes, a valuable Heritage Handicap run over a mile-and-a-half.

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Autumn Racing Weekend This quality two-day Flat meeting begins with a competitive six-race card.

The feature race of the first day is the Noel Murless Stakes, a Listed contest designed as a stepping stone to the following season’s Group contests over staying trips. Saturday’s racing highlights include two Group 3 contests and the big betting contest of the day, the Challenge Cup. 15th October

QIPCO British Champions Day Don’t miss the thrilling finale to the British Flat season as the leading horses and jockeys from Europe and beyond descend on Ascot Racecourse in their quest to be crowned the champions of 2022.

29th October

Fireworks Spectacular Family Raceday The Jumps season returns to Ascot with a bang at the annual fireworks spectacular.

A high-quality card featuring the Bateaux London Grade 3 Gold Cup Handicap Chase is followed by one of the region’s largest fireworks displays.

A breathtaking pyro-musical show will launch more than 20,000 fireworks from the centre of the racecourse.

18th-19th November

November Racing Weekend This meeting provides the perfect opportunity to see some of the Jump stars of the future, as a collection of promising novice hurdlers and chasers traditionally line up on the opening day of the weekend. The second day is headlined by a brace of Grade 2 contests over mid-range trips, attracting some of the biggest names in the sport.

16th-17th December

Howden Christmas Racing Weekend

Celebrate the festive season in style at Ascot’s final meeting of the year. The racing is set to be thrilling, with a quality Jumps card featuring a pair of Grade 2 races – the Kennel Gate Novices’ Hurdle and the Howden Noel Novices’ Chase – on the Friday, and the Grade 1 Howden Long Walk Hurdle the following day. An abundance of seasonal fun can also be enjoyed on the Saturday, with fairground rides, candle-lit carol singing with the Ascot Brass Band and a special appearance by Father Christmas and his reindeer. the Royal Ascot Insider

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Bet with Ascot – World Pool In 2019, Ascot Racecourse worked in partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Tote to commingle betting pools at Royal Ascot to increase UK liquidity.

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nown as World Pool, this global first was designed to improve value for customers and make pool betting more attractive as a result. World Pool has been in operation for each subsequent Royal Ascot and is also now a feature of other major racedays in Britain, including QIPCO King George Diamond Day and QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot.

The World Pool will once again be in operation on all five days of Royal Ascot, allowing racegoers to bet into a global pool consisting of over 20 countries, increasing liquidity and the potential for better value. All 35 races will this be included in the World Pool for the first time.

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Last year was the fourth year of World Pool which saw 20 leading racing nations involved (including UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, South Africa and the USA) and 2021 generated turnover of £129m worldwide across the Royal Meeting helping to create greater value for customers betting into the World Pool either via Bet With Ascot on course or remotely.

The First Two (Exacta) and the Bet with Ascot treble, covering the last three races of each day, will be included for the first time this year. The bet types included in World Pool therefore are: •

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7-20 declared runners: 1st, 2nd or 3rd (3 places remain if 5 or 6 runners, void if less than 5 actual runners)

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21 – 34 declared runners: 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th (4 places remain for 20 or less runners)

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RACE HISTORIES

Tuesday The Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1)

One mile (Straight Mile course), Four Year Olds & Upwards Founded in 1840, the Queen Anne Stakes commemorates the monarch who established racing at Ascot in 1711. Run as the Trial Stakes until 1929, the Queen Anne Stakes was first awarded Group 3 status in 1971, becoming Group 2 in 1984. The race, attracting Europe’s top older milers, achieved the highest three-year average rating of any Group 2 race in Britain from 1999 to 2002 according to the then International Classifications and was elevated to Group 1 status accordingly in 2003. Run as the opening race of the week since 2008 it will once again get the Royal Meeting underway this year.

The Coventry Stakes (Group 2)

Six furlongs, 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 to 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.

The King’s Stand Stakes (Group 1)

Five furlongs, 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 re-named the Queen’s Stand Plate in 1860 for two-yearolds, 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. The 2019 renewal was officially the highest-quality sprint race in the world with a rating of 120.25 after Blue Point and Battaash fought out the finish.

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The St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1)

One mile (Old Mile course), Three Year Old Colts Named after the Tudor Royal residence, the inaugural running of the St James’s Palace Stakes in 1834 was a walkover for the Derby winner Plenipotentiary. 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 Circus Maximus are recent superstars to have won the race while the 2020 renewal was particularly memorable, producing the race of the week as Palace Pier defeated Pinatubo and Wichita in a thrilling finish.

The Ascot Stakes (Handicap)

Two miles, four furlongs, 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. As well as attracting some high-class horses from the Jumps sphere, 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, 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.

The Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap)

One mile, six furlongs, 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, Her Majesty The Queen graciously consented to the race’s name to be 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. the Royal Ascot Insider

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Breeders' Cup Winners of the following races will earn automatic berths, travel and paid entry fees into the equivalent races at the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland:

winners Barathea and Goldikova have gone on to win the Breeders’ Cup Mile while Prince of Wales’s Stakes winners Fantastic Light and Highland Reel went on to be successful in the Breeders’ Cup Turf.

• The Queen Anne Stakes • The King’s Stand Stakes • The Prince of Wales’s Stakes • The Norfolk Stakes All four races will be televised live and streamed in the U.S. as part of NBC Sports Group’s live coverage of Royal Ascot.

The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series presented by America’s Best Racing consists of the best races from around the world and awards each winner an automatic and free entry into the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

It’s simple, they win and they’re in.

The winner of the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes, for two-year-olds over five furlongs, will receive a free berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint while the King’s Stand Stakes victor gains an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, which will be run at 5 1/2 furlongs.

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Ascot Racecourse is giving a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the best turned out horse, and a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the winning horse.

2.30 First Race

The Queen Anne Stakes 1

(Group 1) (British Champions Series)

Stalls - Centre

One Mile (1,600 metres), ROYAL HUNT CUP COURSE (8f ) For Four Yrs Old And Upwards (Class 1) Total race value £600000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 78)

Owners Prize Money. Winner £267360; Second £109740; Third £54900; Fourth £27420; Fifth £13740; Sixth £6840. (Penalty Value £340260) A SS Form

Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

1 ACCIDENTAL AGENT (GB) (38) 8 9 2 (128)

6600-12

B g Delegator - Roodle (Xaar) MRS R. F. JOHNSON HOUGHTON Charles Bishop EVE JOHNSON HOUGHTON, Blewbury

Groom - Nynke Schilder

(Breeder - Mrs R. F. Johnson Houghton)

Draw

CD

LIGHT BLUE, DARK BLUE cross belts and sleeves, 7 ORANGE cap.

HHH Has contested the last four runnings of this prize, resulting in form figures of 1R57 (refused to race in 2019); last two wins came at handicap level; half-length second in the competitive Victoria Cup back here last month (7f, good), running very close to his best; could go well again but looks unlikely to regain his Queen Anne crown aged eight. Official BHA Rating 112

2 BAAEED (GB) (31)

11111-1

Groom - Ricky Hall CD

4 9 2 (128)

B c Sea The Stars (IRE) - Aghareed (USA) (Kingmambo (USA)) SHADWELL ESTATE COMPANY LTD WILLIAM HAGGAS, Newmarket

Jim Crowley

(Breeder - Shadwell Estate Company Limited)

Draw

4

ROYAL BLUE, WHITE epaulets, striped cap.

HHHHH The world’s top-rated turf horse, who has made spectacular progress since his debut last June, most recently justifying short odds in the Lockinge at Newbury where he easily beat Real World and completed a Group 1 hat-trick (first two legs came in last year’s Moulin and here in the QEII); acts on good to firm and good to soft ground, still unbeaten (7-7) and has genuine claims to being the best miler since Frankel, with 1m2f aspirations for him also on the cards later on; looks set to produce another display of sheer class.

Official BHA Rating 125

3 CHINDIT (IRE) (31)

5543-13

4 9 2 (128)

B c Wootton Bassett - Always A Dream (Oasis Dream) MR MICHAEL PESCOD RICHARD HANNON, Marlborough

Pat Dobbs

(Breeder - J. C. Bloodstock & R. Mahon)

CD

LIGHT BLUE and BLACK stripes, BLACK sleeves and cap.

Draw

5

HHH Won the Champagne Stakes as a 2yo, Greenham as a 3yo and Doncaster Mile (Listed) on 4yo reappearance; finished third behind Baaeed and Real World in the Lockinge one month ago, taking Group 1 record to 0-5 but registering his best form; the likely bronze medallist, granted a similar effort; acts well on good to firm/good.

Official BHA Rating 113

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Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

4 ORDER OF AUSTRALIA (IRE) (248) 5 9 2 (128)

015320-

B h Australia - Senta’s Dream (Danehill (USA)) D SMITH/MRS MAGNIER/M TABOR/MRS O’BRIEN AIDAN O’BRIEN, Ireland

Groom - Anatoliy Komisar D

Ryan Moore

(Breeder - Whisperview Trading Ltd)

Draw

6

PURPLE, WHITE seams, striped sleeves, PURPLE cap.

HH Ballydoyle horse; won the Breeders’ Cup Mile in 2020 (firm) and defied top weight in Curragh Group 2 last summer; placed in the Jacques le Marois and behind Baaeed in the Moulin later in 2021; has plenty of smart form away from his home soil, therefore, but has underperformed in two British runs, including in this race last year (finished only eighth); bit to prove back here.

Official BHA Rating 118

5 REAL WORLD (IRE) (31)

11-1002

Groom -Graham Colbert CD

5 9 2 (128)

B h Dark Angel (IRE) - Nafura (Dubawi (IRE)) Daniel Tudhope GODOLPHIN SAEED BIN SUROOR, Newmarket (Breeder - Godolphin)

Draw

1

ROYAL BLUE.

HHHH Proved well suited by the return to turf in the Lockinge at Newbury where he was no match for Baaeed but kept on well for second, taking form figures on grass to 111112; his wins in this sphere include last year’s Royal Hunt Cup at this meeting (1m, good to firm) and Group 2 events at Longchamp (very soft) and Meydan (good); holds very solid claims behind Baaeed and should go well again.

Official BHA Rating 118

6 SIR BUSKER (IRE) (31)

0-04525

6 9 2 (128)

B g Sir Prancealot (IRE) - Street Kitty (IRE) (Tiger Hill (IRE)) KENNET VALLEY THOROUGHBREDS XI RACING WILLIAM KNIGHT, Newmarket

Groom - Fearghal Davis

William Buick

(Breeder - Ms Ann Foley)

CD

Draw

NAVY BLUE, RED and LIGHT BLUE hoop and armlets, 3 YELLOW and BLUE horizontal halved cap.

HHH Losing run goes back to handicap success at this meeting in 2020 and he finished behind some of these rivals, albeit not disgraced, in the 1m Lockinge (good) most recently; fully exposed but largely consistent and ran well (finished third) in this race last year; again likely to give his running.

Official BHA Rating 110

7 LIGHTS ON (GB) (53)

10120-1

5 8 13 (125)

Ch m Siyouni (FR) - In The Light (Inchinor) CHEVELEY PARK STUD Richard Kingscote SIR MICHAEL STOUTE, Newmarket

Groom - Anand Rathore Singh (Breeder - London Thoroughbred ed Services Ltd Ltd)) CD

Draw

2

RED, WHITE sash, ROYAL BLUE cap.

HH Very useful mare who was successful in soft-ground events at this course (handicap) and Pontefract (Listed) in 2021; also won on good to firm; effective back on good going in Sandown Group 2 on reappearance, though had little to spare and had a smoother trip than the runner-up; faces a stiffer task upped further in class.

Official BHA Rating 106

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 7 Tongue Strap worn first time by No. 4. Blinkers worn by No. 1, 4.

Visor worn by No. 6. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 5.

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Secs.

1

The Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Standard Time: 1 min 41.40 secs Record Time: 1 min 36.60 secs by Ribchester age 4 wt 9-0 good to firm, 20/06/17 2021: PALACE PIER 4 9 0 Frankie Dettori 2-7 (John & Thady Gosden) 11 ran

1 Race Summary: This year’s Queen Anne is all about BAAEED, who quickly developed into a star miler last year and enhanced his reputation further still with a reappearance success in the Lockinge in which he impressively flexed his class. On the figures he’s improving, which raises the goosebumps-inducing possibility that he can produce an even more magnificent performance.

Real World is unlikely to reverse Newbury placings with the selection but he looks rock solid for another silver medal. The battle for third place looks quite open but Chindit is taken to fill that position and repeat his Lockinge effort.

Race Predictor: ACCIDENTAL AGENT BAAEED SIR BUSKER Please check Bet With Ascot screens for most up to date Race Predictor Forecast: 1-4 Baaeed (GB), 7-1 Real World (IRE), 12-1 Chindit (IRE), 16-1 Order of Australia (IRE), 20-1 Lights On (GB), 25-1 Accidental Agent (GB), 33-1 Sir Busker (IRE)

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3.05 Second Race

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The Coventry Stakes (Group 2)

Six Furlongs (6f ) (1,200 metres) For Two Yrs Old

Stalls - Centre

(Class 1) Total race value £150000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 78)

2

Owners Prize Money. Winner £69960; Second £28590; Third £14295; Fourth £7155.

(Penalty Value £88800) A SS

Form

Owner

1 AGE OF KINGS (IRE) (13)

21

st lb

(lbs)

9 3 (129)

B c Kingman - Turret Rocks (IRE) (Fastnet Rock (AUS)) WESTERBERG/MAGNIER/TABOR/SMITH/BRANT Frankie Dettori AIDAN O’BRIEN, Ireland

Groom - Paudie Flannagan D

Trainer

(Breeder - Farmleigh Bloodstock Ltd)

Draw

10

MAROON, ROYAL BLUE hoop and sleeves, quartered cap.

Foaled 12.2.2020. HHH Inexperience cost him at Naas but he knew more at the Curragh (6f, good) and breezed home by 4l after not seeing another rival; clearly talented, but expectations seem higher for his stablemate Blackbeard.

Official BHA Rating -

2 BLACKBEARD (IRE) (24)

111

Groom - Bart O’Gorman D

9 3 (129)

B c No Nay Never (USA) - Muirin (IRE) (Born To Sea (IRE)) D.SMITH,MRS J.MAGNIER,M.TABOR,WESTERBERG Ryan Moore AIDAN O’BRIEN, Ireland (Breeder - Newstead Breeding)

Draw

14

PURPLE, WHITE seams, striped sleeves, PURPLE cap.

Foaled 6.2.2020. HHHH Quick enough to win his first two races over 5f (including a Listed event) but he was even more impressive on the step up to 6f when dominating the Group 3 Marble Hill Stakes at the Curragh (good to yielding); an uncomplicated colt with the benefit of three runs behind him and his trainer has won this nine times; commands the utmost respect.

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3 BRADSELL (GB) (24) 1

B c Tasleet - Russian Punch (Archipenko (USA)) VICTORIOUS RACING LIMITED ARCHIE WATSON, Upper Lambourn

Groom - Sophie Jones D

9 3 (129) Hollie Doyle

(Breeder - Mrs D. O’Brien)

Draw

2

RED, WHITE striped sleeves and cap.

Foaled 27.2.2020. HHH Changed hands for £47,000 at the breeze-ups and that looks a steal after his explosive winning debut at York (6f, good to soft); he won by 9l and it could easily have been more, registering an eyecatching Topspeed figure in the process; can’t be ruled out.

Official BHA Rating -

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Owner

Trainer

4 HARRY TIME (IRE) (31) 1

Ch c Harry Angel (IRE) - Silver Rainbow (IRE) (Starspangledbanner (AUS)) MR MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN M. D. O’CALLAGHAN, Ireland

st lb

9 3 (129) L. F. Roche

(Breeder - Yeomanstown Stud)

D

(lbs)

Draw

8

DARK BLUE, RED epaulets, RED cap, DARK BLUE star.

Foaled 11.3.2020. HHHH 82,000gns breeze-up buy and bred to be quick, with his sire a July Cup winner and dam a 5f Listed winner; lots to like about his winning debut over slightly shorter at Navan (good), where he was well on top in the closing stages after challenging widest of all; mixed messages as to the merit of that form but he’s respected. Official BHA Rating -

5 HOLGUIN (GB) (31)

12

Gr c Havana Grey - Roxie Lot (Exceed And Excel (AUS)) J PALMER-BROWN & PARTNER 2 ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Rhys Fox

9 3 (129) David Probert

(Breeder - Whitsbury Manor Stud)

Draw

BLACK and YELLOW diamonds, BLACK sleeves, 7 YELLOW W cap. cap Foaled 24.3.2020. HHH Beat a decent yardstick on Newbury debut (5f, good) in the same race that stablemate Berkshire Shadow won en route to winning this 12 months ago; however, had no answer when Persian Force breezed past him back at Newbury a month ago and there’s no obvious reason why he should reverse those placings.

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6 KING’S CROWN (IRE) (14)

2321

9 3 (129)

B g Starspangledbanner (AUS) - Textured (IRE) (Dark Angel (IRE)) MR DAVE STONE Barry McHugh ADRIAN NICHOLLS, Sessay (Breeder - Mountarmstrong Stud)

D

Draw

6

PURPLE, BEIGE striped sleeves.

Foaled 15.3.2020. H It took him four races to shed his maiden status and that’s not the profile of a Coventry winner; did beat 18 rivals at Thirsk (6f, good) so he’ll win again, but he’s out of his depth against the best of these.

Official BHA Rating -

7 LAKOTA BLUE (GB) (19)

02

9 3 (129)

Br c Sioux Nation (USA) - Thiel (Teofilo (IRE)) MR & MRS I. H. BENDELOW Faye McManoman NIGEL TINKLER, Malton

Groom - Amy Tinkler

(Breeder - B & B Equine Limited)

Draw

PURPLE and EMERALD GREEN diabolo, ROYAL 9 BLUE and YELLOW halved sleeves, ORANGE cap.

Foaled 26.1.2020. HH It was a good effort at Haydock (6f, good to soft) but without ever posing a real threat to Scholarship, who made his challenge well away from him; unlikely to be gaining revenge on the winner and there are loads more to worry about. STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 26/5/2022 it was reported that the horse ran green. Official BHA Rating -

8 LATE SEPTEMBER (USA) (25)

41

B c Munnings (USA) - Hello Maggie May (CAN) (Lemon Drop Kid (USA)) DEW SWEEPERS LLC GEORGE R. ARNOLD II, USA

Groom - Scott Cole

9 3 (129) Colin Keane

(Breeder - Coteau Grove Farms, Llc)

Draw

NEON YELLOW, HUNTER GREEN “V” NEON 17 YELLOW W cap, GREEN peak. pe Foaled 1.4.2020. HHH Responded well for pressure to lead close home over 4.5f at Keeneland (fast dirt) late last month; neither of the two who gave chase has franked that form and there are clearly questions to answer as regards this longer trip and the different surface.

Official BHA Rating -

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Owner

Trainer

9 PADDY’S DAY (IRE) (22) 1

st lb

(lbs)

9 3 (129)

B c Starspangledbanner (AUS) - Elusive Gold (IRE) (Elusive City (USA)) MCGOFF, FERGUSON, MASON, NICHOLLS, HILLS Kieran Shoemark CHARLES HILLS, Lambourn

Groom - Sajjad Khan

(Breeder - Tom McDonald)

Draw

D

EMERALD GREEN, WHITE cross belts, ORANGE sleeves, 5 BLACK stars, EMERALD GREEN cap, BLACK star.

Foaled 17.3.2020. HH No knocking a winning start but he beat only five others at Windsor (6f, good to firm; 7-1) and that didn’t smack of Royal Ascot-winning material.

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10 PERSIAN FORCE (IRE) (31)

9 3 (129)

11

Ch c Mehmas (IRE) - Vida Amorosa (IRE) (Lope de Vega (IRE)) Rossa Ryan AMO RACING LIMITED RICHARD HANNON, Marlborough

D

VIOLET, WHITE quartered cap.

2

(Breeder - Tom Lacy)

Draw

12

Foaled 10.4.2020. HHHHH It was a deep Brocklesby field that he took apart at Doncaster back in late March (5f, good to soft) and he fulfilled that promise in no uncertain terms when brushing aside previous winner Holguin at Newbury (6f, good) a month Official BHA Rating ago; his strong connections have been eulogising about him for a while now and he looks top class.

11 REMARKABLE FORCE (IRE) (24) 11

9 3 (129)

B c Acclamation - Vastitas (IRE) (Green Desert (USA)) Silvestre De Sousa AMO RACING AND OMNIHORSE RACING ALICE HAYNES, Newmarket

Groom - Abel O’Gorman

(Breeder - Rathbarry Stud)

Draw

PURPLE, WHITE stars, WHITE sleeves, PURPLE stars, 3 PURPLE cap. cap Foaled 13.3.2020. HHH £140,000 2yo with a sprinting pedigree; the winner of two small-field good-ground 5f events at Salisbury and Musselburgh, prevailing narrowly in both; faces a very different calibre of opposition this time and it’s unlikely that Rossa Ryan Official BHA Rating (retained rider for the owners) will have had to think twice before committing to Persian Force.

12 ROUSING ENCORE (IRE) (18) 311

B c Acclamation - Jolie Chanson (FR) (Mount Nelson) MR PAUL K. SPENCER RICHARD FAHEY, Malton

Groom - Callum Pittendreigh D

9 3 (129) Oisin Orr

(Breeder - Hunting Hill Stud)

Draw

11

LIGHT BLUE, PURPLE Cross of Lorraine, armlets and cap.

Foaled 28.3.2020. HHH A clearcut winner of his last two races, comfortably defying a penalty from the front at Pontefract (6f, good to firm); the second that day had impressed in beating a smart horse on her debut, so it wouldn’t be any great surprise should this one outrun his odds, as did his stablemate Vintage Clarets who brought a similar profile when third 12 months ago.

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13 ROYAL SCOTSMAN (IRE) (25) 41

B c Gleneagles (IRE) - Enrol (Pivotal) MRS FITRI HAY PAUL & OLIVER COLE, Whatcombe

Groom - Irineau Golcalves

9 3 (129) Jim Crowley

(Breeder - Rabbah Bloodstock Limited)

D

Draw

PINK, EMERALD GREEN chevron, halved sleeves, 1 EMERALD GREEN and PINK quartered cap. cap Foaled 29.4.2020. HHH The form of his debut fourth here has worked out exceptionally well and this son of Gleneagles then really impressed in how he went about his business at Goodwood (6f, good to soft; won by 5l); his stable won this three times in the 1990s, so they know what’s needed; although stall 1 is not ideal, The Wow Signal defied the same gate eight years ago.

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Owner

Trainer

14 SCHOLARSHIP (IRE) (19) 1

B c Profitable (IRE) - Thakerah (IRE) (New Approach (IRE)) ISA SALMAN AL KHALIFA CLIVE COX, Hungerford

Groom - Curtis Doyle D

st lb

(lbs)

9 3 (129) Adam Kirby

(Breeder - Mrs E. Thompson)

Draw

16

DARK BLUE, WHITE epaulets.

Foaled 30.4.2020. HHH Wins nothing today on the bare form of his Haydock success (6f, good to soft; beat Lakota Blue) but, for a talented newcomer from this yard, he was noticeably weak in the market and yet the win was never in doubt once he saw daylight; has plenty to find on the figures (Topspeed/RPR) but it is easy to envisage this good-looking colt coming on enormously for that initial experience; not discounted.

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15 SHOW RESPECT (IRE) (14) 41

B c Showcasing - More Respect (IRE) (Spectrum (IRE)) FAMILY AMUSEMENTS LTD AND PARTNERS BRIAN MEEHAN, Manton

Groom - Bheru Singh

9 3 (129) Sean Levey

(Breeder - D. & E. Phelan)

Draw

D

LIGHT BLUE, WHITE sleeves, LIGHT BLUE and RED 13 quartered cap. cap Foaled 15.3.2020. HH Stable’s 2yos are renowned for improving with experience and, after finishing well behind Royal Scotsman at Goodwood, he duly romped home at Leicester (6f, good to soft); however, he’ll need a further jolt of improvement to play ball with the best of these.

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16 TI SENTO (IRE) (9) 01

B c Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Golden Legacy (IRE) (Rossini (USA)) QATAR RACING LIMITED ADRIAN MCGUINNESS, Ireland

9 3 (129) R. P. Whelan

(Breeder - Clonalennan Stud & Irish National Stud)

Draw

D

CLARET, GOLD braid, CLARET sleeves, CLARET cap, 4 GOLD tassel.

Foaled 19.2.2020. HH After a heavy debut defeat he looked like a different horse at Listowel (6.5f, yielding; 100-1), where he was always close to the pace and won easily by 3l; purchased since by Qatar Racing; can probably win more races but it’s doubtful whether this will be one of them.

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17 WAITING ALL NIGHT (GB) (19) 15

B c Rajasinghe (IRE) - Goodnightsuzy (IRE) (Azamour (IRE)) PHIL CUNNINGHAM RICHARD SPENCER, Newmarket

Groom - Khalid Nawaz

9 3 (129) James Doyle

(Breeder - Phil Cunningham)

Draw

15

WHITE, GREY sleeves, BLACK stars, BLACK cap.

Foaled 4.3.2020. H From the first crop of the owner’s Coventry winner Rajasinghe; kept to 5f so far, making a winning debut at Wolverhampton but outpaced throughout in Sandown’s Listed National Stakes; stepping up a furlong can help but he’s shown nothing like enough to believe he’ll feature in this. STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 26/5/2022 it was reported that the horse was outpaced throughout.

Official BHA Rating -

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 17

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Secs.

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The Coventry Stakes (Group 2) - continued Standard Time: 1 min 13.70 secs Record Time: Record Time: 1 min 12.39 secs by Rajasinghe age 2 wt 9-1 good to firm, 20/06/17 2021: BERKSHIRE SHADOW 2 9 1 Oisin Murphy 11-1 (Andrew Balding) 17 ran

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Race Summary: The Coventry can produce an occasional shock result but the betting is usually a good guide and this year’s market principals look strong, with PERSIAN FORCE the pick. This imposing son of the 2016 runner-up Mehmas has impressed with his professionalism in winning both his starts and it’s high praise indeed that his trainer Richard Hannon has made comparisons with the stable’s superb 2009 winner Canford Cliffs. There’s also infectious confidence behind Blackbeard’s bid to provide Aidan O’Brien with a tenth success in the race, and it’s easy to see why after such a taking display at the Curragh. Of those at greater odds, Harry Time, Rousing Encore and Scholarship all merit a second look.

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The King’s Stand Stakes

(Group 1) (British Champions Series)

Stalls - Centre

Five Furlongs (5f ) (1,000 metres) For Three Yrs Old And Upwards (Class 1) Total race value £500000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 78)

Owners Prize Money. Winner £222800; Second £91450; Third £45750; Fourth £22850; Fifth £11450; Sixth £5700. (Penalty Value £283550) A SS

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Form

Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

1 ACKLAM EXPRESS (IRE) (39) 4 9 7 (133)

300-204

B g Mehmas (IRE) - York Express (Vale of York (IRE)) MPS RACING AND M B SPENCE NIGEL TINKLER, Malton

Groom - Helen Warrington

Rowan Scott

(Breeder - Mr R. Ryan)

Draw

D

LIGHT GREEN, WHITE stars on sleeves, 11 LIGHT GREEN cap, WHITE star.

H Runner-up in 5f Group 2 at Meydan for the last two years, to Equilateral in 2021 and Lazuli in February (both on good) but his biggest win came in Listed race in 2020 and he was a fading tenth in this race 12 months ago (22-1). STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 6/5/2022 it was reported that the horse hung right-handed.

Official BHA Rating 104

2 ARECIBO (FR) (24)

4043-03

7 9 7 (133)

B g Invincible Spirit (IRE) - Oceanique (USA) (Forest Wildcat (USA)) MR T. W. MORLEY ROBERT COWELL, Newmarket

Groom - Shah Noor Khan

Rossa Ryan

(Breeder - Wertheimer et Frere)

D

Draw

ORANGE and PURPLE (quartered), 3 EMERALD GREEN sleeves es and cap cap.

HH All British wins have come in 5f handicaps but the strong pace in this race last year (good to firm) played into his hands and he was an excellent second; pulling off a similar feat looks unlikely in this stronger field.

Official BHA Rating 104

3 EQUILATERAL (GB) (444)

563/114-

7 9 7 (133)

B g Equiano (FR) - Tarentaise (Oasis Dream) Kieran Shoemark MRS FITRI HAY CHARLES HILLS, Lambourn

Groom - Owen Lewis

(Breeder - Juddmonte Farms Ltd)

D

Draw

PINK, EMERALD GREEN chevron, halved sleeves, 8 EMERALD GREEN and PINK quartered cap. cap HH Runner-up to stablemate Battaash in this race two years ago and was a Group 2 winner at Meydan in February 2021 (5f, good); off with an injury since that March and although he goes well fresh and has been pleasing in his home work, this is a weighty task.

Official BHA Rating 108

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The King’s Stand Stakes (Group oup 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Form

Owner

4 EXISTENT (GB) (24)

115625

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 7 (133)

B g Kingman - Entity (Shamardal (USA)) MRS J. MORLEY STUART WILLIAMS, Newmarket

Marco Ghiani

(Breeder - Cheveley Park Stud Limited)

Draw

D

YELLOW, BLACK chevron, BLACK sleeves, 18 YELLOW stars,, BLACK BL CK cap, YELLOW YELLO star.

HH Smart at 5f on AW for new yard and nearly snatched a Group 3 from Khaadem on turf at Newmarket in April (5f, good); lesser effort behind King’s Lynn at Haydock since and although in a normal year he would have a squeak at a price, this is a particularly strong renewal.

Official BHA Rating 107

5 GOLDEN PAL (USA) (66)

1/1011-1

4 9 7 (133)

B c Uncle Mo (USA) - Lady Shipman (USA) (Midshipman (USA)) MRS J MAGNIER/M TABOR/D SMITH/WESTERBERG WESLEY A. WARD, USA

Irad Ortiz Jr

(Breeder - Randall E. Lowe)

D

Draw

13

DARK BLUE

HHHH The best sprinter in the US; lost out late on in the Norfolk here in 2020 and was beaten for the only time since when having his only off day at York in August; has taken form to new level on last two starts, out of the gates like a rocket when making all in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (5f, firm) and again on his return at Keeneland (about 5f, good); multiple Royal Ascot-winning trainer Wesley Ward says this one Official BHA Rating 121 is the best he’s brought to the meeting but the 4yo does need to bring his home brilliance to Britain.

6 KHAADEM (IRE) (45)

510-301

6 9 7 (133)

Br g Dark Angel (IRE) - White Daffodil (IRE) (Footstepsinthesand) MRS FITRI HAY CHARLES HILLS, Lambourn

Groom - Fabrizio Specchio

Jamie Spencer

(Breeder - Yeomanstown Stud)

Draw

D

PINK, EMERALD GREEN chevron, halved sleeves, 4 WHITE cap.

HH Good efforts in two Group 1s during 2020 when fourth in the Diamond Jubilee at this meeting and the July Cup (both 6f on good), but overall he hasn’t quite delivered on his early promise; ran his best race for a while when just holding on against Existent in a Group 3 at Newmarket in April but has no obvious prospects up in class.

Official BHA Rating 108

7 KING’S LYNN (GB) (24)

6521-21

5 9 7 (133)

B g Cable Bay (IRE) - Kinematic (Kyllachy) THE QUEEN ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Agnes Teglas

David Probert

(Breeder - The Queen)

Draw

D

PURPLE, GOLD braid, SCARLET sleeves, 2 BLACK velvett cap, GOLD fringe. fring HHH Listed winner at 6f but is better at 5f and he would have recorded a big career best in this race 12 months ago (good to firm) with a trouble-free run; just scraped home from Twilight Calls in a Group 2 at Haydock last month but a strongly run race back Official BHA Rating 111 here will be just the ticket; good contender among the home contingent.

8 LAZULI (IRE) (116)

3160-21

Groom - Ursula Ransom D

5 9 7 (133)

B g Dubawi (IRE) - Floristry (Fasliyev (USA)) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

James Doyle

(Breeder - Godolphin)

Draw

15

ROYAL BLUE, WHITE cap.

H Suited by good or quicker ground; took another step up the ladder when winning a Group 3 at Newmarket in May 2021 but no real progress since and his defeat of Acklam Express back over 5f in a Group 2 at Meydan in February was of a much lower order than today’s race requires.

Official BHA Rating 112

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The King’s Stand Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

9 LOGO HUNTER (IRE) (30)

2115-02

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 7 (133)

B g Brazen Beau (AUS) - Jadanna (IRE) (Mujadil (USA)) Seamie Heffernan MR PATRICK MOYLES MICHAEL J. BROWNE, Ireland (Breeder - Mountarmstrong Stud)

Draw

D

WHITE and MAROON (halved), WHITE sleeves, 17 MAROON stars and cap.

H Dual Listed winner at about 5f (soft and yielding) in the first half of 2021 but well held in a Group 2 last July and this year’s form is not up to scratch.

Official BHA Rating 110

10 MAN OF PROMISE (USA) (80) 5 9 7 (133)

100-113

B g Into Mischief (USA) - Involved (USA) (Speightstown (USA)) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

William Buick

Groom - Paul Harrison (Breeder - Betz/Magers/CoCo Equine/Kidder et al)

Draw

5

ROYAL BLUE.

3

HHHHH Ran well here on debut; slow burner in a light career but was much improved over 6f in Dubai this spring, especially when all over his rivals in a Group 3 in March (good); lacked the same sparkle three weeks later but is best with more time between his races; having his first run over 5f but is a strong traveller who could be well suited by this test, remembering also that former stablemate Blue Point had had just the one 5f run before winning his first King’s Stand; intriguing prospect.

Official BHA Rating 118

11 MONDAMMEJ (GB) (24)

523004

5 9 7 (133)

B g Lope de Vega (IRE) - Lamps of Heaven (IRE) (Invincible Spirit (IRE)) MRS C. BRITTAIN ANTONY BRITTAIN, Warthill

Cam Hardie

(Breeder - Chasemore Farm)

D

Draw

9

GREY, YELLOW striped sleeves and cap.

H Very tough 5yo who has been on the go more or less constantly since making his debut in November 2020, winning six times and running as well as he ever has on turf when about 2l behind King’s Lynn in a Group 2 at Haydock last month (5f, good); this race should be out of reach.

STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 21/5/2022 it was reported that the horse was hampered in the early stages. Official BHA Rating 104

12 NATURE STRIP (AUS) (73)

211-231

8 9 7 (133)

Ch g Nicconi (AUS) - Strikeline (AUS) (Desert Sun) R. LYONS, P. HARRISON, P. KEAN ET AL James McDonald CHRIS WALLER, Australia (Breeder - Golden Grove Stud Farm)

D

Draw

YELLOW and RED stripes,NAVY BLUE sleeves, 10 NAVY BLUE UE cap, YELLOW spots. spo HHHH Superb Australian 8yo who is officially the highest rated sprinter in the world, 3lb ahead of Golden Pal (they’re level on RPRs); eight Group 1 wins at 5f-6f and highly adaptable regarding tactics, type of track and the going; hard to find a fault as this stiff 5f is likely to suit but he has never raced outside Australia and that great champion Black Caviar left her best form Down Under when just scrambling home at this meeting; a massive player if he’s on song.

Official BHA Rating 124

13 PONNTOS (IRE) (30)

01635-1

4 9 7 (133)

B c Power - Blessing Box (Bahamian Bounty) Tomas Lukasek DR. EVA NIESLANIKOVA MIROSLAV NIESLANIK, Czech Republic (Breeder - Liam Butler & Churchtown House Stud)

D

Draw

ORANGE and WHITE diamonds, ORANGE sleeves, 12 WHITE cap.

HH Did not slot easily into Group company initially but was suited by the return to front-running when showing much improved form to win a Group 3 at Longchamp (good to soft) in May; deserves his place in the field but this will test him.

Official BHA Rating 109

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The King’s Stand Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

14 SAINT LAWRENCE (IRE) (9) 4 9 7 (133)

2203-36

B c Al Kazeem - Affluent (Oasis Dream) MR D. J. DEER ROGER VARIAN, Newmarket

Groom - Joe Scally

Andrea Atzeni

(Breeder - D. J. and Mrs Deer)

Draw

ROYAL BLUE and WHITE diamonds, WHITE sleeves, 16 ROYAL BLUE armlets,, quartered cap. cap H Both wins at 7f, more recently in a Listed Newbury race in August 2020; promising first attempt over 5f when a staying-on third to Khaadem and Existent in a Group 3 at Newmarket in April (good) but lesser effort in France since and a mighty task awaits this time; first-time blinkers on.

Official BHA Rating 104

15 TIS MARVELLOUS (GB) (45)

31131-6

Groom - Amy Dickens CD

8 9 7 (133)

B g Harbour Watch (IRE) - Mythicism (Oasis Dream) MISS J. DEADMAN & MR S. BARROW CLIVE COX, Hungerford

Adam Kirby

(Breeder - Crossfields Bloodstock Ltd)

Draw

7

DARK BLUE, LIGHT BLUE spots on sleeves and cap.

H Acts very well here but his latest C&D win came at Listed level in the autumn (soft; has won on good to firm) and he’s unlikely to improve on his fourth in this race two years ago.

Official BHA Rating 112

16 TWILIGHT CALLS (GB) (24)

146-152

Groom - Anil Pillay D

4 9 7 (133)

B g Twilight Son - Zawiyah (Invincible Spirit (IRE)) CHEVELEY PARK STUD HENRY CANDY, Wantage

Ryan Moore

(Breeder - James Ortega Bloodstock Ltd)

Draw

6

RED, WHITE sash, ROYAL BLUE cap.

HHH Ran creditably here as 2yo; looked good when winning a handicap on return and has shown better form in Group races since (5f, good), having to sit tight for a gap to appear when only just failing against King’s Lynn at Haydock 24 days ago; has a daunting task but is likely to raise his game further at some stage.

Official BHA Rating 110

17 MOONEISTA (IRE) (24)

610-232

4 9 4 (130)

B f Dandy Man (IRE) - Moon Unit (IRE) (Intikhab (USA)) MRS PAULA DAVISON JACK W DAVISON, Ireland

Colin Keane

(Breeder - Killarkin Stud)

Draw

D

DARK GREEN, WHITE triple diamond, 14 diamonds on sleeves es and cap. cap HH Unsuited by 6f on heavy in the Commonwealth Cup 12 months ago before winning a 5f Group 2 in July (good); this demanding 5f will suit but her form is not up to what will be needed today.

Official BHA Rating 112

18 WINTER POWER (IRE) (24)

01100-0

4 9 4 (130)

B f Bungle Inthejungle - Titian Saga (IRE) (Titus Livius (FR)) KING POWER RACING CO LTD TIM EASTERBY, Malton

Groom - Liam Pearson

David Allan

(Breeder - Newlands House Stud)

D BF

Draw

ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, striped sleeves, 1 WHITE cap, ROYAL BLUE star.

HH Leads or races prominently; proved her mettle as a Group 1 sprinter when winning the Nunthorpe at York in August (5f, good to firm) but she hasn’t repeated the form since and was a fading ninth in this race last year. Official BHA Rating 116

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The King’s Stand Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 18 Blinkers worn first time by No. 14. Tongue Strap worn first time by No. 8.

Hood worn by No. 11. Blinkers worn by No. 6. Tongue Strap worn by No. 4, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18.

Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 2.

Standard Time: 1 min 0.70 secs Record Time: 57.44 secs by Miss Andretti age 6 wt 9-1 good to firm, 19/06/07 2021: OXTED 5 9 5 Cieren Fallon 4-1 (Roger Teal) 16 ran

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Race Summary: How lucky it is for us that connections of the two highest-ranked sprinters in the world, Nature Strip and Golden Pal, have taken the very popular decision to bring them over from Australia and the United States for what promises to be a vintage King’s Stand. The main hope is that they will do themselves justice but this is not an easy track for a front-running sprinter and Golden Pal may just have to give way to Nature Strip, who can be ridden any way, in the closing stages.

They are not the only ones to consider, though, as MAN OF PROMISE looked out of the top drawer himself when winning at Meydan in March and he is a fascinating prospect dropped to 5f. King’s Lynn can prove himself a better horse here than elsewhere and he has realistic hopes of improving considerably on last year’s unlucky seventh. Twilight Calls, who ran so well behind the latter at Haydock, also has a squeak.

Race Predictor: TIS MARVELLOUS SAINT LAWRENCE KHAADEM Please check Bet With Ascot screens for most up to date Race Predictor Forecast: 4-1 Golden Pal (USA), Nature Strip (AUS), 13-2 Winter Power (IRE), 9-1 Man of Promise (USA), 10-1 King’s Lynn (GB), Lazuli (IRE), 12-1 Twilight Calls (GB), Mooneista (IRE), 14-1 Khaadem (IRE), 16-1 Ponntos (IRE), 20-1 Arecibo (FR), 22-1 Logo Hunter (IRE), Tis Marvellous (GB), 33-1 Equilateral (GB), Mondammej (GB), 40-1 Existent (GB), Saint Lawrence (IRE), 66-1 Acklam Express (IRE)

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The St James’s Palace Stakes

16

OF THE LAST

25 WINNERS

HAD AL READ Y WO N A

GROUP 1 AVERAGE

8

WINNING TIME IN THE LAST

10 YEARS 1m 39.96s

OF THE LAST

22 WINNERS WERE TRAINED BY

AIDAN

O’BRIEN

14

OF THE LAST

20 WINNERS WERE IN THE TOP 2 IN THE BETTING MARKET

PRIZE MONEY

£500,000

7/2

THE AVERAGE ERAGE ER AGE WINNING

STARTING PRICE IN THE LAST

10

YEARS

19 W I N N E R S 24 • BRITISH & IRISH-TRAINED •

OF THE LAST

HAD RUN IN THE ENGLISH,

IRISH OR FRENCH 2000 GUINEAS

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Feature Race Analysis Charlie Appleby has enjoyed a remarkable season so far and will be hoping to add further Group 1 success with Coroebus in the St James’s Palace Stakes. A lightly-raced potential superstar for Godolphin, Coroebus landed the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and will be looking to enhance the fine record of those who have run in the Guineas ahead of the royal meeting. Renewing rivalries with Coroebus from Newmarket are Berkshire Shadow Shadow,, Lusail, Light Infantry and Checkandchallenge, with the first-named finishing best of the quartet in fifth for Andrew Balding at a massive price of 80/1, but still has five lengths to find on the winner.

The now-retired Poetic Flare bolted home for the Bolger/Manning partnership last year and will be hoping history can repeat itself with Wexford Native. He ran a blinder in the Irish 2,000 Guineas to finish fourth, while New Energy could be one to keep on side after his second in the same Classic.

Aidan O’Brien is the leading trainer in the St James’s Palace with eight wins to his name and has the final runner from overseas with Aikhal, who hasn’t been seen since getting denied by Angel Bleu in the Criterium International in France.

The unbeaten Maljoom makes plenty of appeal on paper, landing the German 2,000 Guineas, but Tom Marquand seems to prefer his stablemate My Prospero. Following his success over the highly respected Reach For The Moon in the Heron Stakes at Sandown, he could be a key player to try and turn over the odds-on favourite. Bayside Boy had a solid juvenile campaign and also defeated Reach For The Moon in a Group 2 at Doncaster, before going on to place in the Dewhurst and Futurity Trophy Stakes.

Frankie Dettori gets the leg up on Mighty Ulysses, who still looks on the upward curve for John and Thady Gosden and could also play a part in the finish, if improving again.

Last year’s winner Poetic Flare

Year

Form

SP

Trainer

Last Race

2021

01-1162 Poetic Flare

Winner

7/2F

J S Bolger (Ire)

2nd Irish 2,000 Guineas

2020

11-1

4/1

J H M Gosden

1st Handicap (Newcastle)

2019

5134-16 Circus Ma Maxim ximus

10/1

A P O’Brien (Ire)

6th Epsom Der Derby by

2018

1-11

Without Wit hout Parole

9/4F

J H M Gosden

1st Heron Stakes

2017

1-12

Barney Roy

5/2

R Hannon

2nd 2000 Guineas

2016

1113-12 Galileo Gold

6/1

H Palmer

2nd Irish 2,000 Guineas

2015

111d-11 Gleneagles

8/15F

A P O’Brien (Ire)

1st Irish 2,000 Guineas

2014

11-121 Kingman

8/11F

J H M Gosden

1st Irish 2,000 Guineas

2013

11-10

Dawn Daw n Approach

5/4F

J S Bolger (Ire)

Unp Epsom Derby

2012

213-0

Most Improved

9/1

B J Meehan

Palace Pier

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4.20 Fourth Race

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The St James’s Palace Stakes

(Group 1) (British Champions Series)

Stalls - Inside

Old Mile (7f abt 213yds) (1,500 metres) For Three Yrs Old Colts (Class 1) Total race value £500000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 78)

Owners Prize Money. Winner £222800; Second £91450; Third £45750; Fourth £22850; Fifth £11450; Sixth £5700. (Penalty Value £283550) A SS

Form

Owner

1 AIKHAL (IRE) (234)

2144-

B c Galileo (IRE) - Diamond Fields (IRE) (Fastnet Rock (AUS)) MS MARY SLACK,COOLMORE,WESTERBERG AIDAN O’BRIEN, Ireland

Groom - Michael Webster Jnr

4

Trainer

st lb

(lbs)

9 2 (128) Ryan Moore

(Breeder - Wilgerbosdrift (UK) Ltd)

Draw

1

BLACK, MAROON star, striped cap.

HHH Ballydoyle colt who scored narrowly at Listowel on second 2yo start, then finished fourth in Group 3 at Newmarket (behind Coroebus) and Group 1 at Saint-Cloud (behind Angel Bleu); well down this pack on ratings but could easily rate higher in 2022; reappearance run for this son of Galileo.

Official BHA Rating 109

2 ANGEL BLEU (FR) (59)

02111-3

B c Dark Angel (IRE) - Cercle de La Vie (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) MR MARC CHAN RALPH BECKETT, Kimpton Down

9 2 (128) Rob Hornby

(Breeder - Pan Sutong Racing Bloodstock)

Draw

D

MAUVE, GOLD chevron hoop, WHITE sleeves, 11 PURPLE stars, WHITE cap, PURPLE star.

HH Third in the Greenham at Newbury two months ago, doing enough to think he’s trained on following a busy and productive 2yo campaign; 4-4 on ground softer than good, including two Group 1 wins (7f/1m) in France last October; just 1-5 on good/firmer and could have done with rain.

Official BHA Rating 115

3 BAYSIDE BOY (IRE) (30)

12133-0

B c New Bay - Alava (IRE) (Anabaa (USA)) TEME VALLEY & BALLYLINCH STUD ROGER VARIAN, Newmarket

Groom - Ben Rabillard

9 2 (128) David Egan

(Breeder - Ballylinch Stud)

Draw

MAROON, YELLOW hoops, MAROON sleeves, 5 YELLOW cap.

HH Solid 2yo campaign included a success in the Champagne Stakes and placed efforts in the Dewhurst and Futurity; form dipped in French 2,000 Guineas last month, albeit a wide trip didn’t help; very useful colt but, unlike some of these rivals, has possibly already reached his peak rating.

Official BHA Rating 112

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The St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer

4 BERKSHIRE SHADOW (GB) (45)

11204-5

Gr c Dark Angel (IRE) - Angel Vision (IRE) (Oasis Dream) BERKSHIRE PARTS & PANELS LTD NO1 FANCLUB ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Geoff Rigby C

st lb

(lbs)

9 2 (128) James Doyle

(Breeder - Cheveley Park Stud Limited)

Draw

10

RED, WHITE epaulets, diabolo on sleeves.

HH Won the Coventry on this card 12 months ago, then subsequent 2yo form included good efforts in the Vintage Stakes and the Dewhurst; ran well (fifth of 15) in the 2000 Guineas on reappearance but was 5l behind Coroebus; needs improvement if he’s to gain further Royal Ascot honours.

Official BHA Rating 111

5 CHECKANDCHALLENGE (GB) (45)

1-10

Groom - 07976644190 D

9 2 (128)

B or Br c Fast Company (IRE) - Likeable (Dalakhani (IRE)) Daniel Tudhope MR A. HETHERTON WILLIAM KNIGHT, Newmarket (Breeder - Meon Valley Stud)

Draw

13

PINK, ROYAL BLUE seams and armlets, quartered cap.

H Listed winner at Newcastle on Good Friday, taking record to 2-2 (both AW wins); beat only one rival in the 2000 Guineas later in April, however, suggesting he’s nowhere near Group 1 standard and/or isn’t going to be as effective on turf; enough to prove. Official BHA Rating 108

6 COROEBUS (IRE) (45)

121-1

B c Dubawi (IRE) - First Victory (IRE) (Teofilo (IRE)) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

Groom - Qaader Mohammad D

9 2 (128) William Buick

(Breeder - Godolphin)

Draw

2

ROYAL BLUE.

HHHH Hugely progressive in four races over 1m on good/firmer at Newmarket and should be unbeaten as he was unfortunate not to win the Royal Lodge on second occasion (collared late on having kicked too soon); enhanced his growing reputation in the 2000 Guineas on reappearance, making good headway to lead over 1f out then driven out to beat stablemate Native Trail who is unbeaten otherwise and has since won the Irish equivalent; leading claims.

Official BHA Rating 121

7 LIGHT INFANTRY (FR) (45)

11-0

Ch c Fast Company (IRE) - Lights On Me (Kyllachy) NEVER SAY DIE PARTNERSHIP DAVID SIMCOCK, Newmarket

Groom - Samuel Tomas

9 2 (128) Jamie Spencer

(Breeder - Barbara Moser)

Draw

BLACK and ORANGE (quartered), WHITE sleeves, 9 BLACK CK cap cap.

HH Impressive at Yarmouth (good) on 2yo debut then followed up in the Horris Hill at Newbury (soft); only ninth of 15 in the 2000 Guineas but was by no means discredited on the figures and shaped promisingly in making late headway down the outside flank; remains capable of better still.

Official BHA Rating 107

8 LUSAIL (IRE) (45)

1114-26

B c Mehmas (IRE) - Diaminda (IRE) (Diamond Green (FR)) AL SHAQAB RACING RICHARD HANNON, Marlborough

9 2 (128) Pat Dobbs

(Breeder - Tally-Ho Stud)

SILVER, GOLD braid, MAROON cap, GOLD tassel.

Draw

4

HHH Smart colt who won the July Stakes and Gimcrack last season, then finished second in the Greenham on reappearance; speedily bred but ran creditably upped to 1m in the 2000 Guineas, keeping on for sixth place, and that form can be marked up (met trouble); could go well again.

Official BHA Rating 113

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The St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer

9 MALJOOM (IRE) (23)

111

B c Caravaggio (USA) - Nictate (IRE) (Teofilo (IRE)) SHEIKH AHMED AL MAKTOUM WILLIAM HAGGAS, Newmarket

Groom - Inzar Alam D

st lb

(lbs)

9 2 (128) Cieren Fallon

(Breeder - Gce Farm Ltd)

Draw

8

YELLOW, BLACK epaulets.

HHHH Similar type to stablemate My Prospero, as a thrice-raced colt who is progressing well; overcame a tardy start in the German 2,000 Guineas at Cologne (1m, good) most recently, leading in the final half-furlong and maintaining his unbeaten record; developing fast, having made debut only in March; attractive profile.

Official BHA Rating 113

10 MIGHTY ULYSSES (GB) (24)

1-512

9 2 (128)

B c Ulysses (IRE) - Token of Love (Cape Cross (IRE)) Frankie Dettori MR SAEED SUHAIL JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket

Groom - Jay Conlon

(Breeder - Hascombe & Valiant Stud Ltd)

Draw

D BF

ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW chevron, YELLOW cap, 12 ROYAL BLUE UE spots. spo HHHH Outstayed over 1m2f on reappearance then showed useful form dropped back to 1m last month, readily winning at Newmarket then close second in notable handicap at Haydock where in hindsight he hit the front a bit too soon; raced only on good ground; open to further improvement.

Official BHA Rating 110

11 MY PROSPERO (IRE) (26)

3-11

Groom - Moham Kamble

4

D

9 2 (128)

B c Iffraaj - My Titania (IRE) (Sea The Stars (IRE)) SUNDERLAND HOLDING INC. Tom Marquand WILLIAM HAGGAS, Newmarket (Breeder - Sunderland Holding Inc.)

Draw

7

YELLOW, PURPLE star and star on cap.

HHHHH Fast-improving colt who showed smart form in the Listed Heron Stakes at Sandown (1m, good to firm) last month, beating Solario winner Reach For The Moon (pair clear) and following up his Newbury reappearance success; has raced only three times and should have plenty more to offer; respected.

Official BHA Rating 114

12 NEW ENERGY (IRE) (24)

10-332

Ch c New Bay - For Joy (Singspiel (IRE)) JOHN LAVERY MS SHEILA LAVERY, Ireland

9 2 (128) Robert Colgan

(Breeder - Anne Hallinan & John O’ Connor)

Draw

RED, YELLOW stripe, BLACK sleeves, RED and 6 YELLOW striped cap.

HHH Outran his 40-1 odds in the Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh (good to yielding) last time, finishing second to odds-on Native Trail who was the silver medallist behind Coroebus in the English version three weeks earlier; has place possibilities if he backs up that apparent improvement.

Official BHA Rating 113

13 WEXFORD NATIVE (IRE) (24) 124

Groom - Muhammad Abid Ghaffar D

9 2 (128)

B c Teofilo (IRE) - Yes Oh Yes (USA) (Gone West (USA)) Kevin Manning MRS J. S. BOLGER J. S. BOLGER, Ireland (Breeder - J. S. Bolger)

Draw

3

WHITE, PURPLE stripe, check cap.

HH Made a winning debut in March, runner-up in Listed grade next time, then finished fourth in the Irish 2,000 Guineas; has progressive RPRs but he’s not in the same league as Jim Bolger’s two winners of this event, namely Dawn Approach (2013) and Poetic Flare (2021).

Official BHA Rating 110

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The St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

st lb

(lbs)

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 13 Standard Time: 1 min 41.60 secs Record Time: 1 min 35.89 secs by Alpha Centauri age 3 wt 9-00 good to firm, 22/06/18 2021: POETIC FLARE (IRE) 3 9 0 Kevin Manning 7-2 (J S Bolger) 13 ran

Race Summary: From a punting perspective, the two suggestions against the field are the William Haggastrained colts MY PROSPERO and Maljoom in that order. They are improving fast and look interesting alternatives to short-priced Coroebus, who is top rated and commands respect but goes into unknown territory on his first run away from Newmarket. Even if we assume Coroebus runs to form, the Haggas runners are still attractive propositions given their rate of progress.

Mighty Ulysses, another improving type, completes the shortlist.

Race Predictor: MY PROSPERO MALJOOM

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5.00 Fifth Race

Ascot Racecourse is giving a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the best turned out horse, and a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the winning horse.

The Ascot Stakes (Heritage Handicap)

Two Miles About Four Furlongs (19f abt 210yds) (3,900 metres) For Four Yrs Old And Upwards

Stalls - Inside

(Class 2) Total race value £100000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 79)

Owners Prize Money. Winner £40630; Second £20320; Third £10160; Fourth £5080; Fifth £2540; Sixth £1270. (Penalty Value £51540) 15 Eliminated Under Rules (I)9 and (I)10. SS

Form

Owner

Trainer Age

1 PROSCHEMA (IRE) (1046)

603360//- Ch g Declaration of War (USA) - Notable (Zafonic (USA)) EMPIRE STATE RACING PARTNERSHIP DAN SKELTON, Alcester

Groom - Alex Knight

st lb

(lbs)

7 9 12 (138) James Doyle

(Breeder - Lynch Bages Ltd)

Draw

RED, WHITE star, WHITE sleeves, DARK BLUE stars, 18 DARK BLUE UE cap cap.

HHH Unraced on Flat since summer 2019 (when he was smart over 1m6f ) and has been dropped 4lb since; has improved as a hurdler for going up to 3m, which boosts hope for this trip on Flat, and he ran creditably last month after six-month absence; case can be made.

Official BHA Rating 100

2 ROCK EAGLE (GB) (17)

51/322-6

5

7 9 11 (137)

Ch g Teofilo (IRE) - Highland Shot (Selkirk (USA)) MR J. C. SMITH RALPH BECKETT, Kimpton Down

Rob Hornby

(Breeder - Littleton Stud)

Draw

13

PURPLE, LIGHT BLUE chevron, LIGHT BLUE cap.

HHH Very reliable and the trip will suit, judged on his fifth in the 2020 Cesarewitch over 2m2f; absent 421 days before his very satisfactory recent run over inadequate 1m4f; dropped 2lb since but he’s still only 3lb off his highest mark and a career best will probably be needed; tongue tied first time.

Official BHA Rating 99

3 COLTRANE (IRE) (39)

5 9 10 (136)

0/26-422 B g Mastercraftsman (IRE) - Promise Me (IRE) (Montjeu (IRE)) Callum Hutchinson (5) MICK AND JANICE MARISCOTTI ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Ryan Gradwell

(Breeder - Rockfield Farm)

BF

Draw

WHITE, EMERALD GREEN hoops, 6 DARK BLUE sleeves and cap.

HHHH Won in 2020 on both his starts on good to firm; missed nearly all of last season but his old ability remains and he went very close when always prominent from a good draw in the 2m2f Chester Cup ( joint-favourite) on latest outing; raised 3lb but this trip should suit, 5lb-claiming rider is recruited and they are firmly in the mix.

Official BHA Rating 98

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The Ascot Stakes (Heritage Handicap) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

4 ARCADIAN SUNRISE (IRE) (39) 8 9 9 (135)

31/310-4

B g Arcadio (GER) - By The Hour (IRE) (Flemensfirth (USA)) Harry Davies (5) MRS MIRIAM QUEALLY JOHN QUEALLY, Ireland

Groom - Eoin Daly

(Breeder - Mr D. Breen)

Draw

5

PINK, RED Cross of Lorraine, RED cap.

HHHHH Held up; won over hurdles at the Galway Festival and followed up at the York Ebor meeting (2m) last August on the Flat; those were on good ground (unraced on firmer) and so was the 2m2f Chester Cup after six-month break, where he had a troubled run before the home straight and lacked the pace to challenge but finished a creditable fourth; exciting claimer Harry Davies is booked; should relish every yard and have a huge shout if this is a thorough stamina test.

Official BHA Rating 97

5 THEMAXWECAN (IRE) (49)

0130-04

6 9 9 (135)

B g Maxios - Psychometry (FR) (Danehill Dancer (IRE)) MR DOUGLAS LIVINGSTON CHARLIE & MARK JOHNSTON, Middleham

Adam Kirby

(Breeder - Niarchos Family)

C

Draw

ROYAL BLUE and WHITE (quartered), WHITE sleeves, 16 RED armlets, ROYAL BLUE cap, WHITE diamonds.

HH Effective here and best on good or good to firm; has a mixed record at 2m2f+ (one run rather stands out from the other four) and his muted start to this season (without and with cheekpieces, now tries blinkers) has not prompted much reaction from the handicapper. Official BHA Rating 97

6 RESHOUN (FR) (17)

000-405

8 9 9 (135)

B g Shamardal (USA) - Radiyya (IRE) (Sinndar (IRE)) DR MARWAN KOUKASH Richard Kingscote IAN WILLIAMS, Alvechurch (Breeder - S.C.E.A. Haras de Son Altesse L’Aga Khan)

CD

Draw

GREY, BEIGE star, GREY sleeves, BEIGE stars and stars 19 on cap. cap HHH Won once in each of the last four seasons, last term always very close up and having his nose in front where it mattered when 66-1 in this race (good to firm); back to the same mark today and ran with credit on two of three runs this term, including last time considering the inadequate 1m4f; has stall 19 today, compared to 3 last year, but he has to be considered seriously.

Official BHA Rating 97

7 MARSHALL PLAN (GB) (60)

20422-2

Groom - Mahipal Singh Deora BF

4 9 8 (134)

B c Golden Horn - Manaboo (USA) (Hard Spun (USA)) Frankie Dettori GODOLPHIN JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket (Breeder - Godolphin)

Draw

15

ROYAL BLUE.

HHH Won a three-runner novice in March 2021 on his second start; 0-11 otherwise but he’s had some close calls, including when front-running late last year and when narrowly kept at bay by Gold Cup outsider Earlofthecotswolds at Newcastle in April; moved up to 2m for the latter and may well stay 2m4f; cheekpieces last three starts; seen mostly on AW but ran respectably sole run on good to firm; needs a second look.

Official BHA Rating 97

8 PIED PIPER (GB) (252)

035331-

4 9 7 (133)

Ch g New Approach (IRE) - Pure Fantasy (Fastnet Rock (AUS)) Jamie Spencer CALDWELL CONSTRUCTION LTD GORDON ELLIOTT, Ireland

Groom - Camilla Sharples

(Breeder - The Queen)

RED, WHITE diamond, WHITE sleeves, RED diamonds.

Draw

9

HHHH Useful on Flat for the Gosdens last term, starting it at 1m6f and ending at 1m2f (acted on good to firm); smart juvenile hurdler last season, looking best (settling better) when held up; tongue tied first time; with so many hurdlers making their mark in staying handicaps on the Flat as well, he needs a close look.

Official BHA Rating 96

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The Ascot Stakes (Heritage Handicap) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

9 WHO DARES WINS (IRE) (300) 10 9 7 (133)

260000-

B g Jeremy (USA) - Savignano (Polish Precedent (USA)) Tom Marquand HP RACING WHO DARES WINS ALAN KING, Barbury Castle

Groom - Joe Terry C

(Breeder - Mount Coote Stud)

Draw

8

WHITE, RED seams, RED and WHITE quartered cap.

HH 10yo; third in this race in 2017 and won the 2m5f Queen Alexandra here in 2020; well beaten in the latter last year, when he was generally not at his best, but he placed twice off reduced marks as a hurdler early this year and now has a reduced mark to work with on the Flat as well.

Official BHA Rating 95

10 TRIBAL ART (IRE) (32)

60-1323

4 9 7 (133)

B g Farhh - Chaquiras (USA) (Seeking The Gold (USA)) SHEIKH HAMDAN BIN MOHAMMED AL MAKTOUM CHARLIE & MARK JOHNSTON, Middleham

Andrea Atzeni

(Breeder - Godolphin)

Draw

14

SILVER, tassel on cap.

HH Had wind and gelding operations over the winter and seems all the better for it; rallied very well for short-head win at Wolverhampton (1m6f, AW) in April and made most for good placings at Hamilton (1m5f/1m4f, on softer than good) on last two outings; won last summer on Official BHA Rating 96 his only two starts on good to firm; looks worth a go beyond 1m6f but this trip is something of a guess.

11 PROTECTED GUEST (GB) (38) 7 9 6 (132)

213210

B g Helmet (AUS) - Reem Star (Green Tune (USA)) JOHN GUEST RACING GEORGE MARGARSON, Newmarket

Tom Queally

Groom - Dominique Mouchlain (Breeder - Rabbah Bloodstock Limited)

Draw

WHITE, ROYAL BLUE hoop, diabolo on sleeves, 17 ROYAL BLUE UE cap. cap HH Carries his head high but an admirably consistent 7yo who won twice over 1m4f on AW this year and gave one of his best displays when scoring over 1m6f at Nottingham (good to firm) in April; 0-10 at Ascot (well held in warm 1m4f race on latest outing) and easily best of those was in 2019; runner-up on Lingfield AW this April on sole attempt at 2m but this is a new test.

Official BHA Rating 94

12 GOLDEN FLAME (IRE) (24)

0201-02

5

4 9 6 (132)

B c Golden Horn - Flame of Gibraltar (IRE) (Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)) SHEIKH HAMDAN BIN MOHAMMED AL MAKTOUM CHARLIE & MARK JOHNSTON, Middleham

Joe Fanning

(Breeder - Godolphin)

Draw

11

SILVER, ROYAL BLUE cap.

HHHH Made all three times in small fields last season and very nearly did the same in a useful 12-runner handicap at Haydock (2m) on latest outing; going back up 2lb is not harsh and this new trip is plausible; needs respect.

Official BHA Rating 95

13 BRING ON THE NIGHT (GB) (751) 5 9 5 (131)

011/-

Ch g Gleneagles (IRE) - Brasileira (Dubai Destination (USA)) MRS J. DONNELLY W. P. MULLINS, Ireland

Groom - Steph Searle

Ryan Moore

(Breeder - Ecurie Serval)

Draw

YELLOW and BLACK check, YELLOW sleeves, 3 YELLOW cap, BLACK star.

HHHH Won twice at 1m4f (on heavy and AW) early in 2020 from three starts in France for Andre Fabre; not seen again until winning his hurdles debut at Naas this February, before tongue tied for a remote fourth in the Supreme Novices’ at Cheltenham and well-beaten fifth at Punchestown (he’s not the most fluent hurdler); Willie Mullins has an incredibly good record in this race, particularly when teaming up with Ryan Moore, so he’s on the shortlist.

Official BHA Rating 93

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Owner

Trainer Age

14 GOING GONE (IRE) (32)

5161-13

(lbs)

4 9 5 (131)

B g Le Havre (IRE) - Sea The Sun (GER) (Sea The Stars (IRE)) TAYLOR & O’DWYER JIM BOYLE, Epsom

Groom - Louisa Allen

st lb

Pat Cosgrave

(Breeder - Sunderland Holding Inc.)

Draw

7

YELLOW, DARK BLUE braces.

HH Often front-runner; kept on well for his three 1m4f wins on good going, the latest in a right scrap at Epsom on reappearance; stoutly bred but below form on both attempts at 1m6f, including latest start, which gives him a great deal to prove over 2m4f.

Official BHA Rating 94

15 SURREY GOLD (IRE) (24)

10061-2

4 9 4 (130)

B g Golden Horn - Shemiyla (FR) (Dalakhani (IRE)) SURREY RACING (SG) HUGHIE MORRISON, East Ilsley

Sean Levey

(Breeder - Fethard Bloodstock Ltd)

Draw

YELLOW, DARK BLUE seams, DARK BLUE sleeves, 2 YELLOW stars, DARK BLUE cap, YELLOW star.

HH Wore down the leader close home at York (1m6f, soft) in October and stayed on well to nearly get to the front at Goodwood (1m6f, good to soft) on return; will stay at least 2m but he’s run just once on good ground (below form) and was withdrawn the only time he was due to race on good to firm.

Official BHA Rating 93

16 SCARAMANGA (IRE) (248)

325/100-

7 9 4 (130)

B g Mastercraftsman (IRE) - Herboriste (Hernando (FR)) MR MALCOLM C. DENMARK PAUL NICHOLLS, Ditcheat

Hollie Doyle

Groom - Keagan Kirkby (Breeder - Sarl Elevage du Haras de Bourgeauville)

Draw

BLACK and WHITE check, YELLOW sleeves, 1 BLACK CK and WHITE quartered cap. cap HH Useful hurdler who had a notable 2m Flat win at Newbury (good to firm) last July; while running creditably at York next time, that was good enough for only ninth to Arcadian Sunrise; has since finished tailed off in the Cesarewitch in October and last of four in a hurdle race in April, whereas this race almost certainly demands a career best; rare run with cheekpieces. Official BHA Rating 92

17 LYDFORD (GB) (299)

346216-

5 9 4 (130)

B g Fastnet Rock (AUS) - Miss Brown To You (IRE) (Fasliyev (USA)) Saffie Osborne (3) MARANTO MANOR GEORGE BOUGHEY, Newmarket

Groom - Tim Went (Breeder - Stetchworth & Middle Park Studs Ltd)

Draw

RED, WHITE hoops, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, 10 WHITE stars tars and cap. cap HH Disappointed over 2m at Goodwood last June and that was his only appearance on Flat beyond 1m4f when with Roger Varian; had wind surgery before a solid start over hurdles for Dan Skelton but well beaten on last two runs in that sphere; bought for £20,000 in March and credentials aren’t the most solid.

Official BHA Rating 92

18 MAKE MY DAY (IRE) (9)

6 9 3 (129)

1/161/-22 B g Galileo (IRE) - Posset (Oasis Dream) Rhys Clutterbuck (3) MR STEVEN PACKHAM GARY MOORE, Horsham

Groom - Chloe Baker

(Breeder - Sahara Group Holdings)

Draw

12

WHITE, RED stripe, diabolo on sleeves.

HHHH Long absence before trying hurdling for new connections early this year; much more potent back on the Flat with seconds under Rhys Clutterbuck over 2m on good ground (unraced on firmer) here and at Goodwood; not the most straightforward (hung right on penultimate start) and cheekpieces return, having won a maiden in them in 2019; well handicapped, could be bit better than the last two results and shapes as if he has reserves of stamina.

Official BHA Rating 91

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The Ascot Stakes (Heritage Handicap) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

19 JUST HUBERT (IRE) (24)

R113-00

st lb

(lbs)

6 9 2 (128)

B g Dunaden (FR) - La Tulipe (FR) (Authorized (IRE)) FOURSOME THOROUGHBREDS WILLIAM MUIR & CHRIS GRASSICK, Lambourn

Nicola Currie

(Breeder - Ringfort Stud)

Draw

C

YELLOW, DARK BLUE epaulets, YELLOW sleeves, 20 DARK BLUE UE spo spots.

HHH 11th when third favourite for this last year but he had a 2m4f win at Goodwood in 2020; 2m wins at Ascot and Goodwood last August under Nicola Currie (who’s kept the ride since) and he’s back to last winning mark; needs to put a poor show at Haydock behind him and he does not always look in the mood, but well capable of a prominent finish if it’s one of his good days.

Official BHA Rating 90

20 MOON KING (FR) (654)

6 9 2 (128)

46/1006/- Br g Sea The Moon (GER) - Maraba (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE)) EVER OPTIMISTIC CHARLIE LONGSDON, Chipping Norton

Liam Keniry

(Breeder - Mr Rashit Shaykhutdinov)

Draw

ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW seams, striped sleeves, 4 YELLOW W cap. cap HH Unraced on firmer than good; fair eighth in this race in 2020 and has not raced on the Flat since that August; ran mostly with credit in 3m handicap hurdles last term, albeit failing to win one; others are more convincing. Official BHA Rating 90

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 20 Blinkers worn first time by No. 5. Tongue Strap worn first time by No. 2, 8.

Tongue Strap worn by No. 7, 13, 17. Visor, Tongue Strap worn by No. 20.

Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 6, 7, 9, 16, 18.

Standard Time: 4 mins 22.00 secs Record Time: 4 mins 16.92 secs by Rite of Passage age 6 wt 9-2 good to firm, 17/06/10

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2021: RESHOUN (FR) 7 9 7 William Buick 66-1 (Ian Williams) 19 ran

Race Summary: Willie Mullins has proved time and time again that he can choose the right candidate for this race, so his Bring On The Night has to be the starting point for calculations. Gordon Elliott tries to pull off the same trick with Pied Piper, who is among several other notable hurdlers in this field. John Queally has a vastly smaller string but his Irish challenger ARCADIAN SUNRISE (nap) has already proved himself in competitive staying handicaps on the Flat, as well as over hurdles, and today’s extra distance can help him turn tables on the highly respected Coltrane who was just ahead of him in the Chester Cup. That may well be good enough to win, as they are the top two on the list. Make My Day is very interesting among those at longer odds, with Golden Flame and last year’s winner Reshoun also requiring a mention.

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5.35 Sixth Race

Ascot Racecourse is giving a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the best turned out horse, and a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the winning horse.

The Wolferton Stakes

(Listed Race)

One Mile Abt Two Furlongs (9f abt 212yds) (1,900 metres) For Four Yrs Old And Upwards

Stalls - Inside

(Class 1) Total race value £110000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 79)

Owners Prize Money. Winner £51304; Second £20966; Third £10483; Fourth £5247.

(Penalty Value £65120) 3 Balloted Out Under Rules (I)9 and (I)10. A SS

Form

Owner

1 CADILLAC (IRE) (12)

065-361

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 8 (134)

B c Lope de Vega (IRE) - Seas of Wells (IRE) (Dansili) ALPHA RACING 2020 MRS J. HARRINGTON, Ireland

Shane Foley

(Breeder - Sunderland Holdings Inc)

Draw

D

WHITE, RED winged A logo, RED seams, RED cap, 3 WHITE stars.

HHH Group 2 and 3 winner in Ireland who reacted well to first-time blinkers (retained today) when comfortably taking 1m1f Leopardstrown Listed race (good) 12 days ago; handily drawn; likely to be in the shake-up if the headgear continues to work.

Official BHA Rating 111

2 DUBAI FUTURE (GB) (19)

0-14504

Groom - Andre De Matos D

6 9 8 (134)

B g Dubawi (IRE) - Anjaz (USA) (Street Cry (IRE)) GODOLPHIN Daniel Tudhope SAEED BIN SUROOR, Newmarket (Breeder - Godolphin)

Draw

11

ROYAL BLUE.

HH Comfortably won a 1m4f Listed race at Meydan in January but he’s found life harder since, including when remote fourth of five in the Brigadier Gerard at Sandown on British return 19 days ago; regular cheekpieces (missing at Sandown) are now back on; tough ask here under a penalty.

Official BHA Rating 110

6

3 MAJESTIC DAWN (IRE) (24)

5312-41

6 9 8 (134)

Ch h Dawn Approach (IRE) - Jolie Chanson (FR) (Mount Nelson) GREEN & NORMAN PAUL & OLIVER COLE, Whatcombe

Groom - Irineau Golcalves

Jim Crowley

(Breeder - Hall Of Fame Stud Ltd)

D

Draw

DARK GREEN, EMERALD GREEN chevron, 10 EMERALD GREEN cap, DARK GREEN star.

HHH Front-runner who benefited from an enterprising ride when taking 1m2f Goodwood Listed race (good to soft; reopposing West End Charmer was second) last month, slipping well clear early on and never looking like being caught; unlikely to be allowed so much rope this time and also has 3lb penalty.

Official BHA Rating 112

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The Wolferton Stakes (Listed Race) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

4 NEW MANDATE (IRE) (31)

110/0-10

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 8 (134)

B g New Bay - Mishhar (IRE) (Authorized (IRE)) MR MARC CHAN RALPH BECKETT, Kimpton Down

Rob Hornby

(Breeder - Charmes L’Hotellerie Meridian F Drion)

Draw

C

MAUVE, GOLD chevron hoop, WHITE sleeves, 9 PURPLE stars, WHITE cap, PURPLE star.

HHH Ran poorly in Group 1 Lockinge at Newbury latest but this former Royal Lodge winner had shown he retains all his ability when proving a neck too strong for Sir Busker in a 1m Listed race here (good to firm) on reappearance in April; new trip this afternoon.

Official BHA Rating 111

5 STAR SAFARI (GB) (109)

304-212

Groom - Tayna Doroshenko D

6 9 8 (134)

B g Sea The Stars (IRE) - Intimhir (IRE) (Muhtathir) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

William Buick

(Breeder - Gestut Brummerhof )

Draw

15

ROYAL BLUE, WHITE cap.

HHH Third in 1m4f Newmarket Group 2 (good to firm) last summer and added to his good Meydan record with a win and two seconds at the start of this year, the win coming over 1m2f; will require a career best under his penalty, though; also drawn wide.

Official BHA Rating 110

6 CERTAIN LAD (GB) (39)

22106/-2

6 9 5 (131)

B g Clodovil (IRE) - Chelsey Jayne (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) MR C. R. HIRST MICK CHANNON, West Ilsley

Groom - Muhammad Noreen

Hollie Doyle

(Breeder - Barry Walters)

Draw

D

DARK BLUE, large WHITE spots, DARK BLUE and WHITE 1 chevrons on sleeves,, D DARK BLUE and WHITE striped triped cap cap.

HHH Group 3 winner at York (1m1f, good to soft) in 2020; offered enough to suggest he retains his ability when returning from nearly 18 months off to finish 3l second of four to Solid Stone in Group 2 at Chester (extended 1m2f, good) 39 days ago.

Official BHA Rating 107

7 FOXES TALES (IRE) (31)

2120-24

4 9 5 (131)

B c Zoffany (IRE) - Starfish (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) KING POWER RACING CO LTD ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Lois Day

David Probert

(Breeder - Manister House Stud)

CD BF

Draw

ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, striped sleeves, 16 WHITE cap, ROYAL R BLUE star.

HHHH Successful in 3yo C&D handicap at this meeting last year and added a Group 3 at Haydock in August; good second in Sandown Group 3 (1m2f, good) on reappearance and seemingly failed to stay 1m4f when a slightly below-form fourth in Newbury Group 3 since; drawn widest today but he overcame stall 13 of 14 last year, which shows it can be done; acts on good to firm; player. Official BHA Rating 111

8 HARROVIAN (GB) (80)

3162-40

6 9 5 (131)

B g Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) - Alma Mater (Sadler’s Wells (USA)) HH SHEIKH ZAYED BIN MOHAMMED RACING Frankie Dettori JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket

Groom - Muhammad Inayat

(Breeder - Miss K. Rausing)

D

Draw

ROYAL BLUE, WHITE chevron, ROYAL BLUE cap, 4 WHITE star.

HHHH Career best when fourth in 10.5f Group 3 in Saudi Arabia on reappearance in February; well held in 1m1f Group 1 Dubai Turf at Meydan in March but he should be happier back over 1m2f and his Saudi form puts him firmly in the mix; also nicely drawn towards the inner.

Official BHA Rating 110

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The Wolferton Stakes (Listed Race) - continued Form

Owner

9 JUAN ELCANO (GB) (53)

61203-3

st lb

(lbs)

5 9 5 (131)

Ch g Frankel - Whatami (Daylami (IRE)) SHEIKH MOHAMMED OBAID AL MAKTOUM KEVIN RYAN, Hambleton

Groom - Umar Muhammad CD

Trainer Age

Andrea Atzeni

(Breeder - Mr & Mrs David Brown)

Draw

7

YELLOW, large BLACK spots and spots on cap.

HHHHH First outing since wind surgery when winning this on good to firm 12 months ago; respectable 4l last of three in Sandown Group 3 (1m2f, good) on reappearance; Foxes Tales was ahead of him in second on that occasion but no surprise to see this one step up and make a bold bid to defend his crown.

Official BHA Rating 111

10 MOVIN TIME (GB) (24)

2/154-64

Groom - Shankar Singh D

4 9 5 (131)

B g Fastnet Rock (AUS) - Time On (Sadler’s Wells (USA)) SHEIKH MOHAMMED OBAID AL MAKTOUM ROGER VARIAN, Newmarket

Jack Mitchell

(Breeder - W. & R. Barnett Ltd)

Draw

14

YELLOW, large BLACK spots, WHITE cap.

HH Lightly raced 4yo but he’s yet to better useful form, finishing 8l fourth to Majestic Dawn in 1m2f Goodwood Listed race (good to soft; West End Charmer second) 24 days ago; first-time cheekpieces will need to spark a good chunk of improvement; Atzeni on Juan Elcano. STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 21/5/2022 it was reported that the horse hung right handed under pressure.

Official BHA Rating 104

11 PALAVECINO (FR) (11)

0055-15

Groom - Mohammed Alam D

6 9 5 (131)

B g Cacique (IRE) - Saltita (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) ARAAM BRIAN MEEHAN, Manton

Jamie Spencer

(Breeder - Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof )

Draw

13

ROYAL BLUE, PURPLE chevron, PURPLE cap.

H Enhanced good strike-rate in handicaps when defying top weight at Lingfield (1m2f, AW) in January; however, his limitations have been well exposed at Listed/Group level, including remote fifth of sixth in Coronation Cup at Epsom (1m4f ) 11 days ago; down the field in this last year; up against it.

Official BHA Rating 103

12 PEROTTO (GB) (263)

043545-

4 9 5 (131)

Ch g New Bay - Tschierschen (IRE) (Acclamation) HALCYON THOROUGHBREDS Dougie Costello MARCUS TREGONING, Whitsbury

Groom - David Crofts (Breeder - China Horse Club International Ltd) C

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Draw

8

PURPLE, WHITE chevron, striped sleeves.

HHH Landed the Britannia at this meeting (good to firm) last year and posted some solid performances in defeat at Listed and Group level in the second half of the season; ran well enough to suggest he stays this trip when fourth in Goodwood Listed race last September; first start for nearly nine months.

Official BHA Rating 110

13 REGAL REALITY (GB) (178)

7 9 5 (131)

32/0642- B g Intello (GER) - Regal Realm (Medicean) MR PETER DONE SIR MICHAEL STOUTE, Newmarket

Ryan Moore

Groom - AntonelloMarcascoiano (Breeder - Cheveley Park Stud Limited) D

Draw

LIGHT BLUE, LIGHT BLUE and DARK BLUE diabolo 5 on sleeves.

HHH Three-time Group 3 winner on fast turf; wasn’t at his very best in his four outings last year but his close second in Lingfield Listed race (1m2f, AW) in December shows he’s still capable of smart form; third in this on his 2020 reappearance. Official BHA Rating 108

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The Wolferton Stakes (Listed Race) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

14 TASMAN BAY (FR) (304)

132233-

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 5 (131)

B g Le Havre (IRE) - Purely Priceless (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) James McDonald SIR PETER VELA SIR MARK TODD, Swindon

Groom - BarryThomason (Breeder - SARL de Chambure Haras D’Etreham et al)

Draw

ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoops, GREY sleeves, 6 ROYAL BLUE UE and WHITE quartered cap. cap HHHH Progressed into a smart performer last year, including second to Alenquer in King Edward VII (1m4f ) at this meeting; even better form when 2l third to Dubai Honour in 1m2f Deauville Group 2 on final start; gelded since; all turf starts have been on good or softer but he’s a contender on form if ready to roll after ten months off.

Official BHA Rating 109

15 WEST END CHARMER (IRE) (24) 6 9 5 (131)

01/13/3-2 B g Nathaniel (IRE) - Solar Midnight (USA) (Lemon Drop Kid (USA)) MR MARTIN MCHALE CHARLIE & MARK JOHNSTON, Middleham

Joe Fanning

(Breeder - Niarchos Family)

D

Draw

2

ROYAL BLUE, ROYAL BLUE and WHITE hooped cap.

HHH Lightly raced 6yo whose record is 4-10; ran well in 1m4f handicap at this meeting in 2020 and placed in 1m2f Listed events at Goodwood in his only two outings since, back from another eight months off to finish best of the rest behind Majestic Dawn 24 days ago; effective on going ranging from good to firm to soft.

Official BHA Rating 109

16 ARISTIA (IRE) (33)

13010-2

4 9 0 (126)

B f Starspangledbanner (AUS) - Aloisi (Kalanisi (IRE)) MRS E. ROBERTS RICHARD HANNON, Marlborough

Sean Levey

(Breeder - Rathasker Stud)

D

Draw

12

BLACK, RED sash, quartered cap.

HHHH York Listed winner over this trip on good to firm last August; made a good return to action when second from the front in Group 2 there (good) last month; has had only six starts so it’s possible there is more to come from her; not discounted up against the boys.

Official BHA Rating 110

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 16 Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn first time by No. 10. Hood worn by No. 11.

Blinkers worn by No. 1, 3. Blinkers, Tongue Strap worn by No. 8.

Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 2. Running for the first time since Gelding No. 14.

Standard Time: 2 mins 7.70 secs Record Time: 2 mins 1.90 secs by The Fugue age 5 wt 8-11 good to firm, 18/06/14 2021: JUAN ELCANO 4 9 3 Andrea Atzeni 14-1 (Kevin Ryan) 13 ran

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The Wolferton Stakes (Listed Race) - continued

Race Summary: A seriously tight Listed race in which a host can be given a chance. JUAN ELCANO won this second time up last season and might be capable of repeating the feat. Foxes Tales (second choice), who also won at this meeting last year, finished in front of the selection at Sandown in April and had lack of stamina as a plausible excuse for a slightly below-par run at Newbury, so he could pose a major threat if the outside stall isn’t too troublesome. Tasman Bay hasn’t been seen since finishing third in a Deauville Group 2 last August but that was one of a series of good efforts in his 3yo campaign and he’ll be thereabouts if reappearing in similar form. Harrovian, who should be able to get a nice position from his draw, and sole filly Aristia are also on the shortlist.

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6.10 Seventh Race

Ascot Racecourse is giving a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the best turned out horse, and a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the winning horse.

The Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap) One Mile About Six Furlongs (14f abt 34yds) (2,800 metres) For Four Yrs Old And Upwards

Stalls - Inside

(Class 2) Total race value £100000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 79)

Owners Prize Money. Winner £40630; Second £20320; Third £10160; Fourth £5080; Fifth £2540; Sixth £1270. (Penalty Value £51540) 28 Eliminated Under Rules (I)9 and (I)10. SS

Form

Owner

1 ALOUNAK (FR) (19)

3205-30

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

7 9 12 (138)

B g Camelot - Awe Struck (Rail Link) KING POWER RACING CO LTD ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

David Probert

Groom - Michael Cheshire (Breeder - East Bloodstock Ltd & SCEA des Prairies)

Draw

ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, striped sleeves, 15 WHITE cap, ROYAL R BLUE star.

HHH Well-beaten last in Sandown Group 3 last month but that was his first attempt at 2m; previously a good third in Chester Group 3 (1m5f, good to soft) and he’s 3lb lower than when a highly creditable third in last August’s Ebor Handicap (1m6f, good); should be fine on fast ground; capable of a big run.

Official BHA Rating 105

2 RAYMOND TUSK (IRE) (46)

220-125

7 9 12 (138)

B h High Chaparral (IRE) - Dancing Shoes (IRE) (Danehill (USA)) THE UNLIKELY LADS ALAN KING, Barbury Castle

Martin Harley

tock)) tock Groom - Abigail Ward (Breeder - Lynch-Bages & Rhinestone Bloodstock)

Draw

18

WHITE, EMERALD GREEN spots, RED cap.

HHH It’s hard to be confident after his last-time-out flop in a Group 2 at Newmarket in April but that was too bad to be true; in fine form previously, finishing second in a Group 3 at Newbury (1m4f, good) earlier in April, and this trip is within range; handles fast ground and is not ruled out.

Official BHA Rating 105

3 STOWELL (GB) (38)

2135-34

Groom - Manohar Parmar C

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4 9 11 (137)

B c Zoffany (IRE) - Marywell (Selkirk (USA)) Frankie Dettori NAT ROTHSCHILD JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket (Breeder - Carwell Equities Ltd)

DARK BLUE, YELLOW chevron hoop, YELLOW cap.

Draw

10

HHHHH Did very well to finish third in the Group 2 Queen’s Vase over C&D (good to firm) at last year’s Royal meeting on just his third start; has returned this season with two solid efforts in slowly run 1m4f Group 3/Listed races that haven’t played to his strengths, and this unexposed 4yo could take a sizeable step forward now back up in trip; represents last year’s winning yard.

Official BHA Rating 104

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The Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

4 OKITA SOUSHI (IRE) (24)

13-2

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 11 (137)

B c Galileo (IRE) - Amicus (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS)) Declan McDonogh MR TOSHIHIRO MATSUMOTO JOSEPH PATRICK O’BRIEN, Ireland

Groom - Asif Raza

(Breeder - Coolmore)

Draw

14

EMERALD GREEN and RED stripes.

HHHH Displayed considerable promise last summer on his first two starts (1m4f/1m5f, good to firm/good) and returned from an absence with a very creditable Listed second at the Curragh (1m4f, good to yielding) last month; could have lots more to offer, especially now up in trip; on the shortlist.

Official BHA Rating 104

5 CLEVELAND (IRE) (39)

551/-51

4 9 10 (136)

B c Camelot - Venus de Milo (IRE) (Duke of Marmalade (IRE)) MR M. TABOR, D. SMITH & MRS JOHN MAGNIER AIDAN O’BRIEN, Ireland

Groom - Ranju Gaikwad

Ryan Moore

(Breeder - Coolmore)

Draw

9

ROYAL BLUE, ORANGE disc, striped sleeves and cap.

HHHH His first four starts were over 1m-1m2f and he showed improved form when taking a big step up in trip and winning the Chester Cup (2m2f, good) last month; unraced on fast ground; unexposed over staying distances and a 5lb rise isn’t harsh; represents top connections and is one to consider.

Official BHA Rating 103

6 PITA PINTA (IRE) (41)

611-052

4 9 9 (135)

B f Sir Percy - Bantam (IRE) (Teofilo (IRE)) SIR FRANCIS BROOKE BT. J. A. STACK, Ireland

Groom - Liam Esmonde

W. M. Lordan

(Breeder - Brooke, Pillkington & Kelly)

Draw

2

CREAM, STRAWBERRY collar, cuffs and cap.

HHH Highly progressive last October with two handicap wins (1m2f/1m4f, yielding/heavy) and she improved again with a Listed second when upped to 1m6f at Gowran (yielding) last month; not ruled out but this red-hot race requires another career best and she’s unproven on good/good to firm ground.

Official BHA Rating 102

7 BENAUD (IRE) (13)

442 20-00

4 9 9 (135)

Br g Australia - Kawaha (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE)) MR JOHN P. MCMANUS JOSEPH PATRICK TRICK O’BRIEN O’BRIEN,, Ireland Ir

NER- Thomas Do (Breeder Downey) UN R N NO YELLOW hoops, WHITE cap.

EMERALD GREEN GREEN,

Draw

16

HHH Below his best on his two runs this season so arrives with something to prove, but he ran really well when fourth in the Group 2 Queen’s Vase over C&D (good to firm) at last year’s Royal meeting; not discounted now back here.

Official BHA Rating 102

8 RED VERDON (USA) (44)

35-2540

9 9 8 (134)

Ch g Lemon Drop Kid (USA) - Porto Marmay (IRE) (Choisir (AUS)) THE HON R J ARCULLI ED DUNLOP, Newmarket

Groom - Maciej Domolewski

Hollie Doyle

(Breeder - Liberty Road Stables)

D

Draw

LIGHT BLUE and RED diamonds, LIGHT BLUE 19 sleeves, RED cap, LIGHT BLUE diamond.

HH Seven turf wins, the latest a Listed race at Sandown last July, and he went close on AW on his reappearance in April; not at the same level on his three starts since, however, and this 9yo looks vulnerable.

Official BHA Rating 101

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The Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

9 QUENELLE D’OR (GB) (234)

253215-

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 7 (133)

B f Golden Horn - Quenelle (Nayef (USA)) LADY DERBY & LADY RITBLAT HUGO PALMER, Malpas

James Doyle

(Breeder - Stanley House Stud)

Draw

12

BLACK, WHITE sash, ORANGE cap.

HH Consistent in handicaps last summer (ran well over an extended 1m5f, and also on fast ground) and made all in Listed race against her own sex at Saint-Cloud (1m4f, good to soft) last September; perhaps unsuited by very soft ground there next time; however, this is a red-hot handicap and she needs to prove she can cope with her revised mark.

Official BHA Rating 100

10 NOT SO SLEEPY (GB) (235)

10 9 6 (132)

04/14/02- Ch g Beat Hollow - Papillon de Bronze (IRE) (Marju (IRE)) LADY BLYTH HUGHIE MORRISON, East Ilsley

Adam Kirby

(Breeder - Lord Blyth)

Draw

PALE BLUE, CAMPBELL TARTAN hooped sleeves, 6 ROYAL BLUE UE cap. cap HHH 10yo who was better than ever over hurdles during the last jumps season, dead-heating in the Grade 1 Fighting Fifth in November; he’s on a competitive mark for this return to the Flat and he’s all the more intriguing given that he’s won over hurdles on his last three visits to Ascot; ran well in 2019 on his last encounter with fast ground; could be in the mix. Official BHA Rating 99

11 JUAN DE MONTALBAN (IRE) (38) 4 9 6 (132)

2400-41

Ch g Lope de Vega (IRE) - Abilene (Samum (GER)) SHEIKH ABDULLAH ALMALEK ALSABAH KEVIN PHILIPPART DE FOY, Newmarket

Groom - Jordan Smith

Jack Mitchell

(Breeder - Ballylinch Stud)

Draw

C

WHITE, GOLD braid, GREEN sleeves, GREEN cap 13 with GOLD tassel.

HHHH Encouraging fourth on stable debut at Thirsk in April and built on that with a dominant win in a big-field Class 3 handicap here (1m4f, good) last month; 9lb higher against classier opposition today but he had plenty in hand last time and shapes as though he’ll stay this far; respected.

Official BHA Rating 99

12 ALRIGHT SUNSHINE (IRE) (24) 7 9 6 (132)

305-033

B g Casamento (IRE) - Miss Gibraltar (Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)) RICHARD & KATHERINE GILBERT KEITH DALGLEISH, Carluke

Groom - Jane Milligan

Billy Garritty

(Breeder - Peter & Hugh McCutcheon)

D

Draw

ROYAL BLUE and WHITE (quartered), BLACK and 5 WHITE striped triped sleeves slee es and cap. cap HH Admirable 7yo who ran well when third of 12 at Haydock (2m, good) last time; he can give another good account but there’s a suspicion he’ll be vulnerable against progressive types in this competitive race.

Official BHA Rating 99

13 GET SHIRTY (IRE) (32)

056-121

6 9 6 (132)

B g Teofilo (IRE) - Soccer Mom (GER) (Monsun (GER)) Daniel Tudhope AKELA THOROUGHBREDS LIMITED DAVID O’MEARA, Upper Helmsley (Breeder - Haras du Mont Dit Mont)

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Draw

LIGHT BLUE, DARK BLUE seams, diabolo on sleeves, 7 quartered cap.

HHH French Listed winner who has got back on the right track this spring, winning at Thirsk (1m4f, soft) and Hamilton (1m4f, soft) with good second at Ripon (2m, good) in between; faces a much tougher assignment now back up in grade but there could still be some mileage in his mark; unraced on fast ground.

Official BHA Rating 99

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Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

14 PLATINUMCARD (IRE) (220) 7 9 6 (132)

142420-

B g Golden Lariat (USA) - Flemensfirth Lady (IRE) (Flemensfirth (USA)) Ryan Sexton (5) REDEEMERS SYNDICATE GORDON ELLIOTT, Ireland

Groom - Jack Madden

(Breeder - W. Moran)

Draw

8

PURPLE, WHITE hollow box and diamonds on cap.

HHH Progressive for Keith Dalgleish last summer, winning four times (1m1f/1m2f ), and he capitalised on a lowly hurdle mark on his stable debut in April; stamina is the big question but it will be interesting to see what Gordon Elliott can do with him on the Flat and Ryan Sexton removes a handy 5lb.

Official BHA Rating 99

15 ISLAND BRAVE (IRE) (59)

5-00500

8 9 5 (131)

B h Zebedee - Tip the Scale (USA) (Valiant Nature (USA)) Silvestre De Sousa MR DONALD M. KERR HEATHER MAIN, Wantage (Breeder - Tally-Ho Stud)

CD

Draw

4

DARK BLUE, MAUVE stars on sleeves.

HH Course winner who scored off this mark at Haydock (1m6f, good to firm) last year and ran some fair races in Dubai early this year; has had a break since a below-par run at Musselburgh in April but others arrive with more pressing claims than this 8yo.

Official BHA Rating 98

16 BANDINELLI (GB) (24)

1121-10

Groom - Malik Kashif D BF

4 9 5 (131)

Ch g Dubawi (IRE) - Indian Petal (Singspiel (IRE)) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

William Buick

(Breeder - Godolphin)

Draw

17

ROYAL BLUE.

HHH Flopped at Haydock 24 days ago; he was highly progressive previously, however, with four wins since last August (including over 1m6f on good to firm), and it will be no surprise if this Godolphin 4yo bounces back to form in first-time blinkers (replacing cheekpieces) and plays a leading role. STEWARDS NOTE: Following its run on 21/5/2022 it was reported that the trainer could not explain the poor run.

Official BHA Rating 98

17 DANEHILL KODIAC (IRE) (38) 9 9 4 (130)

22/522//-6 B g Kodiac - Meadow (Green Desert (USA)) J DAVIES AND GOVIER AND BROWN JOE TICKLE, Tiverton

Groom - Beth Robinson

Sean Levey

(Breeder - Rathbarry Stud)

C

Draw

EMERALD GREEN, RED stars, RED and YELLOW check sleeves, EMERALD GREEN cap, YELLOW star.

HH 9yo who returned from a long absence with a fair sixth of 16 behind Juan De Montalban here (1m4f, good) last month; he’s well treated on his old form at up to 1m6f so could build on that latest effort; not ruled out.

Official BHA Rating 97

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 19 Blinkers worn first time by No. 16. Blinkers worn by No. 8.

Visor worn by No. 12. Tongue Strap worn by No. 3, 4, 7, 14.

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The Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap) - continued Standard Time: 3 mins 4.30 secs Record Time: Record Time: 3 mins 0.89 secs by Kew Gardens age 3 wt 9-0 good to firm, 20/06/18 2021: AMTIYAZ 4 9 1 Hollie Doyle 33-1 (John & Thady Gosden) 15 ran

Race Summary: Last year’s Queen’s Vase third STOWELL hasn’t been seen to best effect in slowly run 1m4f races on his two starts this season but has still performed creditably, and now he’s back up in trip he can provide the Gosden stable with back-to-back wins in this race. Okita Soushi kept on for a fine Listed second over 1m4f at the Curragh last month and is open to improvement over this longer trip on just his fourth start. He’s feared most ahead of Chester Cup winner Cleveland and last month’s impressive course winner Juan De Montalban. Not So Sleepy is an intriguing contender given his record over hurdles at Ascot.

Race Predictor: ISLAND BRAVE BANDINELLI RAYMOND TUSK Please check Bet With Ascot screens for most up to date Race Predictor Forecast: 11-4 Cleveland (IRE), 5-1 Stowell (GB), 8-1 Okita Soushi (IRE), Juan de Montalban (IRE), 10-1 Bandinelli (GB), 12-1 Not So Sleepy (GB), 14-1 Benaud (IRE), Get Shirty (IRE), 16-1 Alounak (FR), Pita Pinta (IRE), Platinumcard (IRE), 20-1 Alright Sunshine (IRE), 25-1 Raymond Tusk (IRE), Red Verdon (USA), Quenelle d’Or (GB), 33-1 Island Brave (IRE), Danehill Kodiac (IRE)

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Race Conditions

First Race 2.30 - THE QUEEN ANNE STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (see page 12) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £340260 to the winning horse The second to receive £129000, the third £64560, the fourth £32160, the fifth £16140 and the sixth £8100; for four yrs old and upwards; ONE MILE (1,600 metres)Royal Hunt Cup Course (8f ); Enter by noon, April 26th and pay £2600 stake, Scratch by noon, May 24th or pay £3000, Confirm by noon, June 8th and pay £1900, Supplementary Entry by noon, June 8th and pay £42000 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 12th. Weights: Colts and geldings 9st 2lb; fillies 8st 13lb NOTE: Horses will only be eligible to run in this race provided that they have a current BHA Handicap Rating of 80 or higher at midday of the confirmation stage. Horses which do not qualify for a rating may also be eligible providing the BHA Handicapper is satisfied that the horse’s racecourse performances up to and including the day before confirmation merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher. Horses which have not run will not be eligible. Southern Hemisphere Allowance: 4-y-o 1lb; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer and jockey. In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, to be held until May next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and of the winning horse in this race will each receive a prize of £300. Breeders’ Cup Owners’ Premiums and the Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Program apply to this race. For full details, please contact Ascot Racecourse. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. The Ascot Racecourse Executive reserves the right to transfer this race to the Old Mile Course. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). 31 entries, 16 at £2600, 5 at £5600, 10 at £7500. - Closed April 26th, 2022 Second Race 3.05 - THE COVENTRY STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 2) (see page 18) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £88800 to the winning horse The second to receive £33585, the third £16785 and the fourth £8385; for two yrs old only; SIX FURLONGS (6f ) (1,200 metres); Enter by noon, June 8th and pay £1500 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 12th. Weights: Colts and geldings 9st 3lb; fillies 9st; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer and jockey. In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, to be held until May next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and the winning horse in this race will each receive a prize of £300. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. 22 entries at £1500. - Closed June 8th, 2022 Third Race 3.40 - THE KING’S STAND STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (see page 24) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £283550 to the winning horse The second to receive £107500, the third £53800, the fourth £26800, the fifth £13450 and the sixth £6750; for three yrs old and upwards; FIVE FURLONGS (5f ) (1,000 metres); Enter by noon, April 26th and pay £2150 stake, Scratch by noon, May 24th or pay £2500, Confirm by noon, June 8th and pay £1600, Supplementary Entry by noon, June 8th and pay £35000 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 12th. Weights: 3-y-o colts and geldings 9st; fillies 8st 11lb 4-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 7lb; fillies 9st 4lb NOTE: Horses will only be eligible to run in this race provided that they have a current BHA Handicap Rating of 80 or higher at midday of the confirmation stage. Horses which do not qualify for a rating may also be eligible providing the BHA Handicapper is satisfied that the horse’s racecourse performances up to and including the day before confirmation merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher.

Horses which have not run will not be eligible.; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer, jockey and stable employee. In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, to be held until May next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and of the winning horse in this race will each receive a prize of £300. Breeders’ Cup Owners’ Premiums and the Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Program apply to this race. For full details, please contact Ascot Racecourse. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). 44 entries, 9 at £2150, 15 at £4650, 20 at £6250. - Closed April 26th, 2022 Fourth Race 4.20 - THE ST JAMES’S PALACE STAKES (CLASS 1) (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (see page 32) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £283550 to the winning horse The second to receive £107500, the third £53800, the fourth £26800, the fifth £13450 and the sixth £6750; for three yrs old colts only; OLD MILE (7f abt 213yds) (1,500 metres); Enter by noon, April 26th and pay £2150 stake, Scratch by noon, May 24th or pay £2500, Confirm by noon, June 8th and pay £1600, Supplementary Entry by noon, June 8th and pay £35000 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 12th. Weights: 9st 2lb each NOTE: Horses will only be eligible to run in this race provided that they have a current BHA Handicap Rating of 80 or higher at midday of the confirmation stage. Horses which do not qualify for a rating may also be eligible providing the BHA Handicapper is satisfied that the horse’s racecourse performances up to and including the day before confirmation merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher. Horses which have not run will not be eligible.; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer and jockey. In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, to be held until May next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and the winning horse in this race will each receive a prize of £300. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. THERE WILL BE A PARADE FOR THIS RACE. Runners will be paraded in the order requested by the Managing Executive on the day. The Ascot Racecourse Executive reserves the right to transfer this race to the Royal Hunt Cup Course. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). 42 entries, 20 at £2150, 8 at £4650, 14 at £6250. - Closed April 26th, 2022

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Fifth Race 5.00 - THE ASCOT STAKES (CLASS 2) (Heritage Handicap) (see page 48) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £51540 to the winning horse The second to receive £24170, the third £12090, the fourth £6040, the fifth £3020 and the sixth £1510; for four yrs old and upwards, Rated 0-100 (also open to such horses rated 101 and 102 - see Standard Conditions); TWO MILES about FOUR FURLONGS (19f abt 210yds) (3,900 metres); Enter by noon, June 8th and pay £500 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 12th. Lowest weight 8st 2lb; Highest weight not less than 9st 12lb Penalties, after June 4th, 2022, for each race won 4yo to 6yo 5lb; 7yo and up 4lb; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer and jockey. In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, to be held until May next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and the winning horse in this race will each receive a prize of £300. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. The British Horseracing Authority has modified Schedule (F)2 of the Rules of Racing for the purposes of this race. PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 9 of the Weights and Handicapping Code a horse must have run three times or more in order to qualify to run in this race. 33 entries at £500. - Closed June 8th, 2022 Sixth Race 5.35 - THE WOLFERTON STAKES (CLASS 1) (Listed Race) (see page 60) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £65120 to the winning horse The second to receive £24629, the third £12309 and the fourth £6149; for four yrs old and upwards, which have not won a Group 1 or Group 2 Pattern race after August 31st, 2021; ONE MILE abt TWO FURLONGS (9f abt 212yds) (1,900 metres); Enter by noon, June 8th and pay £550 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 12th. Weights: Colts and geldings 9st 5lb; fillies 9st Penalties, after August 31st, 2021, a winner of a Listed race 3lb Of a Group 3 race 5lb; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer and jockey. In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, to be held until May next year The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and of the winning horse in this race will each receive a prize of £300. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. 24 entries at £550. - Closed June 8th, 2022 Seventh Race 6.10 - THE COPPER HORSE STAKES (CLASS 2 HANDICAP) (see page 68) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £51540 to the winning horse The second to receive £24170, the third £12090, the fourth £6040, the fifth £3020 and the sixth £1510; for four yrs old and upwards, Rated 0-105 (also open to such horses rated 106 and 107 - see Standard Conditions); ONE MILE about SIX FURLONGS (14f abt 34yds) (2,800 metres); Enter by noon, June 8th and pay £500 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 12th. Lowest weight 8st 2lb; Highest weight not less than 9st 12lb Penalties, after June 4th, 2022, for each race won 4yo to 6yo 5lb; 7yo and up 4lb; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, trainer and jockey. In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, to be held until May next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and the winning horse in this race will each receive a prize of £300. All number cloths to be carried in this race have been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of QIPCO. The sponsorship payment of £500 will be distributed equally amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. This race will be restricted to 16 runners plus three reserves. The three reserves will be nominated as R17, R18 and R19. The procedure for the allocation and operation of the reserves protocol will be as detailed in the notice headed ‘Reserves’ which has been published in The Racing Calendar and which also appears in the important notices following the Standard Conditions on the Racing Bulletin area of the BHA Racing Administration Internet site www.racingadmin.co.uk.

The British Horseracing Authority will amend the Weights and Handicapping Code in the event that raising of the weights at the 24-hour stage proves necessary. Trainers are reminded of the provisions of paragraph 41 of the Race Entry Code which require that they must notify the Racing Calendar Office immediately when the decision has been made not to run and determine whether the weights will need to be raised. The British Horseracing Authority has modified the Declaration of Jockey section of the Race Entries Code and the Division of Races section of the Race Administration Code of the Rules of Racing for the purposes of this race. PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 9 of the Weights and Handicapping Code a horse must have run three times or more in order to qualify to run in this race. 35 entries at £500. - Closed June 8th, 2022

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