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Dating back to the end of the Stuart dynasty ruling Britain, Ascot Racecourse was founded in 1711 by Queen Anne. Something of a horse racing fanatic, the story goes that she left Windsor Castle to ride out one day and came across Ascot Common. This in her view was an ideal heath for exercising horses on. Ascot races today take place on the same land, so one of the finest racecourses and most iconic venues in the sport was born.
Over the next three centuries, Ascot Racecourse has developed some fantastic horse racing action as it’s become the premier dual purpose track in the UK. Hosting eight National Hunt meetings over jumps between October / November and March, with some 18 Flat racing days between April and October, it is one of the busiest courses in the British Isles.
As the home of Royal Ascot, widely regarded as the most prestigious event in the UK Flat horse racing calendar, the track is also where QIPCO British Champions Day is held in October. Major races at Ascot today include the Clarence House Chase, Champion Stakes and King George. There are 13 Group 1 events at Ascot Racecourse in a calendar year with the majority concentrated at the Royal meeting. The course is also home to three Grade 1 jumps races in December, January and February respectively.
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Configuration of Ascot Races Today
Whether jumping hurdles or fences, or racing on the level, horses go right-handed around Ascot Racecourse. Besides a stiff straight mile for Flat contests up to that distance like at Newbury races across Berkshire, the round course is more like a triangle in shape and the best part of a mile-and-three-quarters for a complete circuit.
Ascot races today are a real test for horses as the track suits galloping types. There is a separate chute for the round or Old Mile start with some earlier races, particularly those for three-year-olds, still using that instead of the straight course. Ascot could hardly be more different from nearby Windsor races, which twists and turns in a figure of eight.
The hurdles course is on the inside with two flights on the run down to Swinley Bottom. From that lowest part of Ascot Racecourse, all races are uphill all the way to the winning post. There are two more hurdles in the back straight and as many after turning for home making six in total. Steeplechase races at Ascot today include 10 fences on a complete circuit.
Of those, there are two open ditches – the third of four heading down to Swinley Bottom and the penultimate of the next four before the home turn. There is a relatively short run-in of two-and-a-half furlongs for Flat races once around the final bend with even less distance from the last two of fences up the home straight to the line.
Major Jumps & Flat Racing Meetings At Ascot Racecourse
Key Ascot Racecourse Fixtures Type of Races Feature Race(s) When Clarence House Chase Day National Hunt Clarence House Chase January Betfair Ascot Chase Raceday National Hunt Ascot Chase February Royal Ascot Trials Day Flat Sagaro Stakes April / May Royal Ascot Flat Ascot Gold Cup, 7 other Group 1s June King George Weekend Flat King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes July Shergar Cup Flat Team Event August September Racing Weekend Flat Lavazza Stakes September Autumn Racing Weekend Flat Bengough Stakes, Cumberland Lodge Stakes September / October QIPCO British Champions Day Flat Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Champion Stakes October Sodexo Gold Cup Day National Hunt Sodexo Gold Cup October / November November Racing Weekend National Hunt Coral Hurdle, 1965 Chase November Howden Christmas Racing Weekend National Hunt Long Walk Hurdle December Clarence House Chase Day
Proceeding chronologically through the calendar year, the first major meeting of Ascot races today is the Clarence House Chase card on a Saturday in mid-January. The highlight race on this day was run as a handicap until 2007 when it became a Grade 1. Past Clarence House Chase winners include Desert Orchid, Viking Flagship, Well Chief, Master Minded, Sprinter Sacre, Un De Sceaux, Altior and Shishkin.
Besides a couple of valuable handicaps alluding to its past, the chief supporting race on this day is a Grade 2 staying hurdles contest, the Warfield Mares’ Hurdle, made famous by one-time Grand National runner-up Magic Of Light, who won it twice. Here are all the details of the big races from the Clarence House Chase card:
Clarence House Chase Day Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance BetMGM Juvenile Hurdle (Novices’ Championship Hurdle Series Qualifier) Class 3 4yo Hurdle Race 1m 7½f BetMGM Handicap Chase (0-135) Class 3 5yo+ Handicap Chase 3m BetMGM Mares’ Hurdle (Registered as the Warfield Mares’ Hurdle) Grade 2 4yo+ Hurdle Race 2m 7½f bet365 Handicap Chase Class 2 5yo+ Handicap Chase 2m 5f BetMGM Holloway’s Handicap Hurdle Class 2 4yo+ Handicap Hurdle 2m 3½f BetMGM Clarence House Chase Grade 1 5yo+ Steeplechase 2m 1f BetMGM EBF National Hunt Novices’ Hurdle (Qualifier) Class 3 4yo-7yo Hurdle Race 2m 5½f Betfair Ascot Chase Raceday
Much like the Clarence House meeting, Betfair Ascot Chase Raceday on a Saturday in mid-February sees the best National Hunt horses split between Haydock races and competing in Berkshire. A Premier Handicap horse race in the Swinley Chase gives Aintree hopefuls an alternative race to the official Grand National trial on the same day.
With the Grade 2 Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase also acting as trial for Cheltenham Festival contenders, the Ascot Chase is a valuable prize in its own right. Previous winners of this Grade 1 include Monet’s Garden, Kauto Star, Cue Card and Silviniaco Conti. This is the essential info about the main races on the Ascot Chase card:
Betfair Ascot Chase Raceday Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance Ascot Shop Novices’ Hurdle Class 2 5yo+ Hurdle Race 2m 3½f Sodexo Live! Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase Grade 2 5yo+ Steeplechase 3m Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Handicap Hurdle Class 2 4yo+ Handicap Hurdle 2m 3½f Swinley Chase Premier Handicap 5yo+ Handicap Chase 3m Ascot Chase Grade 1 5yo+ Steeplechase 2m 5f Ascot Racecourse Supports Box4Kids Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Stayers Series Qualifier) (0-125) Class 3 4yo+ Handicap Hurdle 2m 7½f British EBF Mares’ Open National Hunt Flat Race Class 2 4yo-6yo Bumper 1m 7½f Royal Ascot Trials Day
Falling on either the last Wednesday in April or first in May, Royal Ascot Trials Day is an opportunity for thoroughbreds to gain valuable course experience and Flat action before the big meeting. As Ascot races today go, this has a low key feel and clashes with the Punchestown Festival in Ireland. Royal Ascot Trials Day is also scheduled in the same week as the Guineas Festival at Newmarket.
Official trials for the Ascot Gold Cup in the Sagaro Stakes, Commonwealth Cup thanks to the Pavilion Stakes and Queen Anne Stakes courtesy of the Paradise Stakes all happen on this card. There are also juvenile races for colts and fillies respectively ahead of the big two-year-old events at the Royal meeting. Check out the main Royal Ascot Trials Day events on track here:
Royal Ascot Trials Day Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance Royal Ascot Two-Year-Old Trial EBF Conditions Stakes Class 2 2yo Flat Race 5f Bet With Ascot Donation Stakes Paradise Stakes (A Queen Anne Stakes Trial) Listed 4yo+ Flat Race 1m Longines Sagaro Stakes (A Gold Cup Trial) Group 3 4yo+ Flat Race 2m Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes (Registered as the Pavilion Stakes) Group 3 3yo Flat Race 6f Naas Racecourse Handicap (0-85) Class 4 4yo+ Flat Handicap 5f Darley British EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes Class 2 3yo Flat Race 1m Manny Mercer Apprentice Handicap (0-95) Class 3 4yo+ Flat Handicap 1m King George at Ascot
During midsummer, Ascot Racecourse has another fantastic racing fixture just over a month after the Royal meeting. The two-day King George Weekend is either on the penultimate or last Friday and Saturday of July, depending on when Glorious Goodwood races fall the following week. Everything builds to the Group 1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes here.
This 1m 4f contest is the first time that three-year-olds can tackle their elders over the Epsom Derby distance at the highest level. If horses stay in training aged four and up, it is possible to have Classic winners from different generations colliding at Ascot races today here. Here are all the races on both cards across the two days of King George Weekend:
King George Weekend Friday – Brown Jack Handicap
The opening day of King George Weekend is very handicap heavy with five of the six races being such. Chief among them is an event for Flat stayers that honours Brown Jack, who won seven times at at the Royal meeting including a record six consecutive editions of the Queen Alexandra Stakes during the interwar period. These are all the races at Ascot today on the Friday of this meeting:
King George Weekend Friday Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes Class 3 2yo Flat Race 6f Brown Jack Handicap (0-90) Class 3 3yo+ Flat Handicap 2m Chapel Down Handicap (0-80) Class 4 3yo+ Flat Handicap 7f John Guest Racing Handicap (0-105) Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 1m 4f Slingsby Gin Handicap (0-80) Class 4 3yo+ Flat Handicap 1m 4f Berenberg October Club Supporting Back Up Fillies’ Handicap (0-85) Class 4 3yo+ Flat Handicap 5f King George Weekend Saturday – Princess Margaret & Valiant Stakes
Supporting the King George on the feature raceday are two Group 3 races for fillies (and mares). Two-year-old fillies take part in the Princess Margaret Stakes, wile older females can run in the Valiant Stakes. There are some competitive big-field handicaps too including the International Stakes over 7f, plus a Listed juvenile event that honours late jockey Pat Eddery. Here is the King George day at Ascot card in full:
King George Weekend Saturday Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance British EBF Crocker Bulteel Confined Maiden Stakes Class 2 2yo Flat Race 6f Sodexo Live! Princess Margaret Stakes (Fillies) Group 3 2yo Flat Race 6f Longines Valiant Stakes (Fillies & Mares) Group 3 3yo+ Flat Race 1m Moet & Chandon International Stakes Heritage Handicap 3yo+ Flat Handicap 7f King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes Group 1 3yo+ Flat Race 1m 4f Pat Eddery Stakes (Formerly the Winkfield Stakes) Listed 2yo Flat Race 7f Betfred Handicap (0-105) Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 1m Whispering Angel Handicap Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 5f Shergar Cup
In-between Glorious Goodwood and the big York races today at the Ebor Festival, Ascot Racecourse hosts the Shergar Cup in August. This is a team event, usually based on the nationality of the jockeys and female riders also enter a team. Points are awarded based on the finishing position of horses in the races, which are all run as handicaps. This is the full Shergar Cup card at Ascot races today, so you know all about the event:
Shergar Cup Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance Shergar Cup Dash (0-105) Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 5f Shergar Cup Stayers (0-100) Class 2 4yo+ Flat Handicap 2m Shergar Cup Challenge (0-100) Class 2 4yo+ Flat Handicap 1m 4f Shergar Cup Mile (0-105) Class 2 4yo+ Flat Handicap 1m Shergar Cup Classic (0-95) Class 3 3yo Flat Handicap 1m 4f Shergar Cup Sprint (0-100) Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 6f September Racing Weekend
The two-day meeting called the September Racing Weekend at Ascot Racecourse is headlined by the 1m 4f Lavazza Stakes Heritage Handicap for three-year-olds. It takes place on the same Friday and Saturday as the September Sizzler at Kempton and Haydock Park’s Sprint Cup day. This is the complete card:
September Racing Weekend Saturday Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance Juvenile Novice Stakes Class 2 2yo Flat Race 7f bet365 Handicap Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 7f Lavazza Stakes Heritage Handicap 3yo Flat Handicap 1m 4f 0-95 Confined Handicap Class 3 3yo Flat Handicap 1m 2f Premier Fillies’ Handicap (0-100) Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 1m 0-98 Sprint Handicap Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 6f National Racehorse Week Handicap (0-98) Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 5f Autumn Racing Weekend
At Ascot races today, there can be as many as three meetings in the month of October. Prior to QIPCO British Champions Day and the London Gold Cup card, there is the Autumn Racing Weekend on the first Friday and Saturday. The opening day of this meeting only has the Noel Murless Stakes of note. That means the final day’s card is loaded with Listed and Group 3 action including the Cumberland Lodge Stakes and Bengough Stakes. Here is everything going on at Ascot Racecourse during that Saturday:
Autumn Racing Weekend Saturday Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance Blue Eagle Rous Stakes Listed 3yo+ Flat Race 5f Cumberland Lodge Stakes Group 3 3yo+ Flat Race 1m 4f John Guest Racing Bengough Stakes Group 3 3yo+ Flat Race 6f Challenge Cup Heritage Handicap 3yo+ Flat Handicap 7f October Stakes Listed 3yo+ Flat Race 7f 0-105 Sprint Handicap Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 5f QIPCO British Champions Day
On the middle Saturday of October, 13 days after Europe’s richest race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris, we celebrate the best of UK Flat thoroughbreds and crown champion race horses. That is what QIPCO British Champions Day is all about. A series of championship races, including the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over a mile and QIPCO Champion Stakes at ten furlongs, part of the British Champions Series take place on the card.
The only issue with these races at Ascot today is the ground, which often comes up softer than ideal for those who like sounder surfaces. In the event of heavy ground, races on the round course switch to the inner track used for hurdle races in the winter. QIPCO British Champions Day happens towards the end of the British Flat turf season for obvious reasons, but don’t be surprised if there are some shock results on the card that you can see in full here:
Race Times QIPCO British Champions Day Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance 1:15 British Champions Long Distance Cup Group 2 3yo+ Flat Race 2m 1:50 British Champions Sprint Stakes Group 1 3yo+ Flat Race 6f 2:25 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes Group 1 3yo+ Flat Race 1m 4f 3:05 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (British Champions Mile) Group 1 3yo+ Flat Race 1m 3:45 QIPCO Champion Stakes Group 1 3yo+ Flat Race 1m 2f 4:25 Balmoral Handicap Class 2 3yo+ Flat Handicap 1m November Racing Weekend at Ascot Racecourse
On the penultimate or last Friday and Saturday in November, the two-day November Racing Weekend takes place. While the opening day of the meeting is low key, it still throws up horses to follow. This is the Friday action from the November Racing Weekend:
Ascot November Racing Weekend Friday Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance Ascot Partners National Hunt Maiden Hurdle Class 3 4yo+ Hurdle Race 2m 3½f Racing To School Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase Class 3 4yo+ Handicap Chase 2m 3f Give The Gift Of Ascot Membership Introductory Hurdle Class 2 4yo+ Hurdle Race 1m 7½f S.A.F.E. Handicap Chase (0-145) Class 2 4yo+ Handicap Chase 2m 5f Garden For All Seasons Handicap Hurdle (0-145) Class 2 3yo+ Handicap Hurdle 1m 7½f All Seasons Scaffolding Handicap Chase (0-140) Class 3 4yo+ Handicap Chase 3m Not Forgotten Novices’ Handicap Hurdle (0-115) Class 4 4yo+ Handicap Hurdle 3m ½f Ascot Coral Hurdle & 1965 Chase Day
Two longstanding Ascot races today follow-on for the Saturday of the November Racing Weekend. These are the Grade 2 Coral Hurdle (registered as the Ascot Hurdle) and 1965 Chase at this track. Both are early core jump season tests for National Hunt horses over intermediate trips. Previous winners of the Ascot Coral Hurdle include Dawn Run, Morley Street, Baracouda, Hardy Eustace, Annie Power and Faugheen.
The 1965 Chase, meanwhile, celebrates the year that jumps races were introduced at this venue. Wayward Lad, Albertas Run, Master Minded and Al Ferof are all on its roll of honour. This event was also the race where Cyrname defeated Altior to end his unbeaten record streak of consecutive wins over obstacles.
Supporting that pair of Grade 2 races is the Hurst Park Handicap Chase, which honours a nearby former racecourse. In 1965, Hurst Park closed and their jumps meetings transferred to Ascot Racecourse. This ensured greater use of the site. These are all the important races from the Ascot Coral Hurdle card and day two of the November Racing Weekend:
Ascot November Racing Weekend Saturday Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance Bet With Ascot Donation Box Scheme Novices’ Hurdle Class 2 4yo+ Hurdle Race 2m 5½f Royal Ascot Racing Club Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase Class 3 4yo+ Handicap Chase 3m 1965 Chase Grade 2 4yo+ Steeplechase 2m 5f Coral Hurdle (Registered as the Ascot Hurdle) Grade 2 4yo+ Hurdle Race 2m 3½f Restorations UK Mares’ Handicap Hurdle (0-130) Class 2 4yo+ Handicap Hurdle 2m 7½f Jim Barry Hurst Park Handicap Chase Class 2 4yo+ Handicap Chase 2m 1f Nirvana Spa Open National Hunt Flat Race Class 4 4yo-5yo NH Flat Race 1m 7½f Howden Christmas Racing Weekend
On the Friday and Saturday before Christmas in December, it’s the Howden Christmas Racing Weekend. The Ascot races today are varied across this meeting. From Cheltenham trials like the Noel Novices’ Chase to valuable handicaps like the Betfair Exchange Trophy, there’s something for every punter at this festive fixture before thoughts turn to Kempton races and the King George VI Chase.
Howden Christmas Racing Weekend Friday – Noel Novices’ Chase
A low key start to the meeting using to contain an official trial for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. The Grade 2 Kennel Gate Novices’ Hurdle has been removed from the programme of Ascot races today, however, so the 2m 3f Noel Novices’ Chase tops the bill. Supporting this on the Friday of the Howden Christmas Racing Weekend is a Listed bumper or National Hunt Flat race where the horses don’t jump any obstacles. Check out every race from day 1 below:
Howden Christmas Racing Weekend Friday Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance Howden Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle (0-130) Class 3 4yo+ Handicap Hurdle 2m 5½f Howden Maiden Hurdle Class 3 4yo+ Hurdle Race 2m 5½f Howden Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase Class 3 4yo+ Handicap Chase 2m 1f WB Wealth Handicap Hurdle (0-120) Class 4 3yo+ Handicap Hurdle 1m 7½f Howden Noel Novices’ Chase Grade 2 4yo+ Steeplechase 2m 3f Thames Materials Open National Hunt Flat Race Listed 4yo-5yo Bumper 1m 7½f Howden Christmas Racing Weekend Saturday – Long Walk Hurdle Day
The Long Walk Hurdle is a valuable staying hurdles contest in its own right and the big race on day 2 of the Howden Christmas Racing Weekend. A Grade 1 since 1990, past winners include Lanzarote, Baracouda, Big Buck’s, Reve De Sivola and Paisley Park. Other supporting races on the card is the Ascot Silver Cup Handicap Chase and Betfair Exchange Trophy Handicap Hurdle, which you can see in full here:
Howden Christmas Racing Weekend Saturday Races Class of Race Type of Race Distance Magic Of Nirvana Spa Novices’ Handicap Hurdle (0-120) Class 4 4yo+ Handicap Hurdle 2m 7½f Howden Handicap Chase (0-150) Class 2 4yo+ Handicap Chase 2m 5f Howden Graduation Chase Class 2 4yo+ Steeplechase 2m 5f Long Walk Hurdle Grade 1 4yo+ Hurdle Race 3m ½f Howden Silver Cup Premier Handicap 4yo+ Handicap Chase 3m Betfair Exchange Trophy Premier Handicap 4yo+ Handicap Hurdle 1m 7½f Other Key Races at Ascot Today
There are already plenty of other Ascot races today besides the royal meeting. With more than 25 individual race days at the track, it’s busy in Berkshire. Ascot Racecourse has at least one fixture per month, so it’s almost constant use across Flat horse race action and jumps meetings. These are the best of the rest of events held at the track:
Ascot Racecourse Events Race Name Class of Race Type of Race Distance When Victoria Cup Class 2 4yo+ Flat Handicap 7f May Summer Mile Group 2 4yo+ Flat Race 1m July Noel Murless Stakes Listed 3yo Flat Race 1m 6f October London Handicap Hurdle Class 2 Handicap Hurdle 1m 7½f November Byrne Group Handicap Chase Premier Handicap Handicap Chase 2m 1f November Sodexo Gold Cup Premier Handicap Handicap Chase 3m November Royal Ascot Races Today
Now we come to the races at Royal Ascot today. This five-day race meeting provides top class action involving the finest horses in June from the track each and every year. The five-day Royal Ascot Festival is a big deal for horse racing betting sites in the UK and beyond. These are the races to look forward to day-by-day at the course’s flagship meeting and premier gala of the Flat season with each staging a seven-race card:
Royal Ascot Tuesday Races
The opening day of Royal Ascot packs three Group 1s into the card. Starting with the Queen Anne Stakes for older horses aged four and up on the straight mile, three-year-old colts go on the round course for St James’s Palace Stakes. The big sprint for the fastest horses among Royal Ascot races today is the King Charles III Stakes, renamed from the King’s Stand Stakes for 2024, over the flying five furlongs. Here is the Tuesday race schedule in full for the Royal meeting:
Race Time Royal Ascot Day 1 Race Name Distance Class of Race Age of Horses 2:30 Queen Anne Stakes 1m Group 1 4yo+ 3:05 Coventry Stakes 6f Group 2 2yo 3:45 King Charles III Stakes (Formerly the King’s Stand Stakes) 5f Group 1 3yo+ 4:25 St James’s Palace Stakes 1m Group 1 3yo colts 5:05 Ascot Stakes 2m 4f Heritage Handicap 4yo+ rated 0-100 5:40 Wolferton Stakes 1m 2f Listed 4yo+ 6:15 Copper Horse Handicap 1m 6f Handicap 4yo+ rated 0-105 Royal Ascot Wednesday Races
On day two of Royal Ascot, the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes tops the bill. Supported by the Queen’s Vase, an early St Leger trial for Doncaster races in the autumn, and Duke Of Cambridge Stakes for older fillies and mares, it’s another big day of action. The Royal Hunt Cup, the best known handicap contest among races at Royal Ascot today, is also on the card, but here’s every event on the track on Wednesday:
Race Time Royal Ascot Day 2 Race Name Distance Class of Race Age of Horses 2:30 Queen Mary Stakes 5f Group 2 2yo fillies 3:05 Queen’s Vase 1m 6f Group 2 3yo 3:45 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes 1m Group 2 4yo+ fillies and mares 4:25 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes 1m 2f Group 1 4yo+ 5:05 Royal Hunt Cup 1m Heritage Handicap 3yo+ 5:40 Kensington Palace Stakes 1m Handicap 4yo+ fillies and mares rated 0-105 6:15 Windsor Castle Stakes 5f Listed 2yo Royal Ascot Thursday Races
The biggest of all Royal Ascot races today, the Ascot Gold Cup, takes centre stage on the middle day of the meeting. This historic and stamina sapping contest for class horses who are stayers on the Flat is supported by the Ribblesdale Stakes, the course’s equivalent of The Oaks. It’s also a big day for handicaps with three of the seven races on the Thursday run as those. This is the complete schedule for day three at the Royal meeting:
Race Time Royal Ascot Day 3 Race Name Distance Class of Race Age of Horses 2:30 Norfolk Stakes 5f Group 2 2yo 3:05 King George V Stakes 1m 4f Heritage Handicap 3yo rated 0-105 3:45 Ribblesdale Stakes 1m 4f Group 2 3yo fillies 4:25 Ascot Gold Cup 2m 4f Group 1 4yo+ 5:05 Britannia Stakes 1m Handicap 3yo rated 0-105 5:40 Hampton Court Stakes 1m 2f Group 3 3yo 6:15 Buckingham Palace Stakes 7f Handicap 3yo+ rated 0-105 Royal Ascot Friday Races
There are two prestigious races and Group 1s on the penultimate day of Royal Ascot. These are the Commonwealth Cup, a sprint for three-year-old colts and fillies, and the Coronation Stakes, a round mile contest for three-year-old fillies. The King Edward VII Stakes, sometimes referred to by its old title of the Ascot Derby, for three-year-old horses that are male supports the co-feature races at Royal Ascot today here. With three competitive handicap contests also on the schedule, there are bound to be Extra Place Races available. Check out every single race on the Friday card below:
Race Time Royal Ascot Day 4 Race Name Distance Class of Race Age of Horses 2:30 Albany Stakes 6f Group 3 2yo fillies 3:05 Commonwealth Cup 6f Group 1 3yo colts and fillies 3:45 Coronation Stakes 1m Group 1 3yo fillies 4:25 Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes 1m 4f Handicap 3yo+ rated 0-105 5:05 Sandringham Stakes 1m Handicap 3yo fillies rated 0-105 5:40 King Edward VII Stakes 1m 4f Group 2 3yo colts and geldings 6:15 Palace Of Holyrood House Stakes 5f Handicap 3yo rated 0-105 Royal Ascot Saturday Races
Headlining the end of the five-day meeting that is Royal Ascot races today is the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes. Previously run as the All-Aged Stakes, Cork And Orrey Stakes, Golden Jubilee Stakes, Diamond Jubilee Stakes and Platinum Jubilee Stakes, this Group 1 sprint is only for older horses unlike the King’s Stand earlier in the meeting. Also on the card are the Hardwicke Stakes and Wokingham Stakes, a Group 2 and Heritage Handicap respectively. These are all the races on the Royal Ascot Saturday schedule:
Race Time Royal Ascot Day 5 Race Name Distance Class of Race Age of Horses 2:30 Chesham Stakes 7f Listed 2yo 3:05 Hardwicke Stakes 1m 4f Group 2 4yo+ 3:45 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 6f Group 1 4yo+ 4:25 Jersey Stakes 7f Group 3 3yo 5:04 Wokingham Stakes 6f Heritage Handicap 3yo+ rated 0-110 5:40 Golden Gates Stakes 1m 2f Handicap 3yo rated 0-105 6:15 Queen Alexandra Stakes 2m 5f 143y Class 2 4yo+ Ascot Race Card Today
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When Junes comes around, there is also the big meeting to think about. Take a look at the Royal Ascot racecard for each day of that festival. It’s international competition with many horses from Ireland, Europe and further afield descending on Berkshire. We point you to the best Royal Ascot odds through the cards. You can find top prices without leaving SportsLens. Check out today’s Royal Ascot race card when it’s available.
Ascot Races Today Tips
As it’s such a busy track, there are plenty of Ascot horse racing tips on offer throughout the year. Our experts look at everything going on in Berkshire in a wide variety of ways. Their Ascot races tips today include each way bets so you know the horses fancied to go well at bigger prices. The daily NAP may be running here too.
Other Ascot tips today on offer here at SportsLens include a Placepot bet for the Tote, featuring picks for the first six races on the card. Lucky 15s where four fancies go onto the same betslip are another way to ramp up the value. Our tips for Ascot races today even consider horse racing spread betting as some punters approach the sport like financial trading.
We also call on the big guns. Industry insiders and big names from the horse racing world don’t mind giving Ascot betting tips on the royal meeting, British Champions Day or another important race at the track. Their opinions carry weight that can influence the market. Check out their Ascot races tips for today in amongst our own experts’ fancies.
There is wider public interest on one event in particular. We are of course talking about Ascot races today tips for the premier Flat festival in the UK. When June rolls around, this is a big deal. You can pick up Royal Ascot tips for all the action across every day. The royal meeting really is the centrepiece in more ways than one. It’s only logical that tips for Ascot today focus on this. See the latest on offer below:
Valiant Stakes Tips
An 8lb weight for age allowance from their elders means the three-year-old contingent in the Group 3 Valiant Stakes on the Round Mile during King George day at Ascot have race terms in their favour. Selecting a standout candidate is difficult, but Devoted Queen commands respect after being saved for this.
Trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin, this unbeaten Kingman filly is three from three and landed a Listed race at York last time out. The runner-up, Spiritual, franked the form when coming out and beating Indelible and Soprano in the Coral Distaff on Sandown’s Eclipse card.
Devoted Queen thus heads the betting on a marker through that one. She hasn’t gone to any of the big early summer race days or festivals with connections preferring patience. That approach could well pay off with a first Group success for her here. Devoted Queen looks open to the most progress in the line-up, so deserves to be favourite. The only real reason to oppose her is price.
Sirona Best of Older Generation
This is competitive but; if one of the non-three-year-olds entered can have a say in the finish, then Sirona is the most solid option. Trained by David Menuisier, the four-year-old daughter of Solider Hollow should stay a lot further than this yet has run a string of fine races at 7f and a mile this term. Sirona first caught the eye when third and nearest at the finish in this grade in the Chartwell at Lingfield.
She was only beaten by half-a-length conceding 12lb to the winner. Sirona then chased home Tiber Flow in the John Of Gaunt around Haydock. As she wasn’t disgraced in Group 1 company when fifth in the Falmouth Stakes earlier this month and only missed second by a couple of heads, her strong finishing efforts give her claims down in grade.
Sirona now has stable ally Oisin Murphy, the jockey the yard turns to in big races when available and not riding for a retainer, in the saddle. A mark of 107 puts her as the best of the older fillies and mares in the line-up. Sirona should be staying on when others have cried enough and is thus one to consider backing each way.
Friendly Soul Could Bounce Back
With her Newmarket Pretty Polly form franked, another Listed winner Friendly Soul shouldn’t be ruled out down in trip despite a disappointing display during the Dante Festival last time out. Trained by John & Thady Gosden for George Strawbridge, this is another three-year-old filly by Kingman with claims.
Friendly Soul didn’t handle running on the left-handed Knavesmire when a beaten favourite and trailing in last in the Musidora Stakes. She had only gone clockwise before around Kempton and at Headquarters. The runner-up from the latter, Kalpana, came out and landed a Listed race up in Scotland last week.
Back in fourth was stable companion Strutting, who split Soprano and Indelible in the Sandringham Stakes. Friendly Soul has form that puts her very much in the mix here, then, and a line is best put through the York effort. Now going back right-handed, she should be a strong stayer on this uphill mile and is another each way contender.
2024 King George Tips
Due to a lack of three-year-olds in this edition, the 1m 4f Group 1 King George at Ascot looks all about the older generation. Godolphin’s globetrotting gelding Rebel’s Romance looks value to add to big money wins in America, the Middle East and Hong Kong with success in the Berkshire track’s midsummer feature.
Trained by Charlie Appleby, the six-year-old son of Dubawi is the same age as recent winners Enable and Hukum. Rebel’s Romance is set for his first appearance on turf in the UK since Glorious Goodwood 2022. With almost £7,000,000 in career prize money under his belt, it’s just a matter of translating his international exploits to a big stage in Britain.
Auguste Rodin Tries Again
Last year’s beaten favourite Auguste Rodin heads the market once again despite blowing out 12 months ago. One of five left in the race by trainer Aidan O’Brien at the penultimate declaration stage, this four-year-old Deep Impact colt is back up in trip after landing the Prince Of Wales during the Royal meeting.
Auguste Rodin seems to have two ways of running. There are going days when he’s on-song like when landing both the Epsom and Irish Derbies over this trip, or disappointing displays like in this race and on reappearance in the Sheema Classic. Both those runs are arguably too bad to be true, but Rebel’s Romance took full advantage of the latest Auguste Rodin flop in March.
Punters have to decide whether to keep faith with him and take a very skinny price or oppose him on that mixed record and the fact that he’s plenty short enough. Auguste Rodin is clearly the Ballydoyle stable’s first string as Continuous looks more of a Cup horse and Luxembourg still needs to prove he stays this far, while Point Lonsdale and Hans Andersen are big outsiders in the betting.
Bluestocking a Solid Each Way Bet if Running
Ralph Beckett and powerful owner-breeders Juddmonte, who won a record this three times with wonder-mare Enable, went close with Westover in this last season. They combine with improving four-year-old filly Bluestocking, who would be better suited by going up in trip based on how she shaped last time out.
This daughter of Camelot has two placed efforts over course and distance from last term. She has definitely progressed from then, however, with victories in the Middleton at York on reappearance when most impressive and a more battling success in the Group 1 Pretty Polly during the Irish Derby Festival.
Bluestocking led close home when last in action and, although she has the option of the Nassau Stakes against fellow females during Glorious Goodwood the week after the King George, this mile-and-a-half would be better than an easy mile-and-a-quarter. If in amongst final declarations here, then she’s got solid claims in receipt of weight from all bar one rival.
Goliath Overpriced on Hardwicke Run
Winners of the Hardwicke Stakes for older horses during Royal Ascot often bid to follow-up in this, but Isle Of Jura isn’t among the remaining entries. Representing the best of that form, then, is the runner-up Goliath. Trained in France by Francis-Henri Graffard, the four-year-old Adlerflug gelding finished ahead of Middle Earth and Continuous on that occasion.
For some reason, however, bookmakers have Goliath at twice and three times the price of those potentially re-opposing rivals. It doesn’t make sense as he handled fast conditions just fine on the final day of the Royal meeting over course and distance. Goliath, by a German sire, won’t lack stamina, so he should be staying on when others have had enough. After just eight starts, there could still be more improvement in him and he’s each way value.
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Ascot Races Today Results
If you want to view Ascot racing results today, then you can do that without leaving this page. We designed our racecards to automatically update once an event is over to show full race results when you click through. This happens once the jockeys have weight in and results of Ascot races today become official. It tells you the complete finishing order of every runner.
There’s more to this service than just Ascot races results today, though. We do this for every track in the UK and Ireland. On top of that, we let you look back on Ascot horse racing results from the day before. This is because there are so many meetings across multiple days at the course that yesterday’s racing results remain of interest.
Quick Results on Royal Ascot
Taken with results from Ascot races today, these may help you to decide on your next bet. This recent data is an up-to-date picture of which stables are in-form. Racing results at Ascot across the royal meeting are something you should check out too. These are big races with the best horses taking part in them. We have a separate Royal Ascot results page regularly updated throughout the festival.
All the Ascot races today results could be worth keeping in mind for the future. There is even more on offer, though. Besides the full Ascot results today and from yesterday, we provide a fast results service with a top level view of what happened on the track. This tell you which horse won the race, their odds and the same for the placed runners. Quick Ascot race results for today let you easily identify if you’ve backed the winner.
We’re sure you’ll agree that is a very comprehensive package. Both fast and full results for Ascot races today and yesterday’s to look back over as well. Everything automatically updates inside the racecard when you click through to race. You’ll be glad you chose SportsLends for all the Ascot races results today.
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