Who are the 2023 Royal Ascot top trainers to look out for ahead of this month’s big meeting? Sir Michael Stoute leads the way with 82 wins, but with Aidan O’Brien just one back on 81 can the Irish handler become the stable that’s won the most Royal Ascot races this year?
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2023 Royal Ascot Top Trainers: Sir Michael Stoute Have Sent Out 82 Royal Ascot Winners
77 year-old veteran trainer Sir Michael Stoute will head into Royal Ascot 2023 as the top trainer with 82 winners over the years. Therefore, anything the Newmarket-based hander sends to post should be respected as he tries to inch closer to the 90 winner mark.
Over the years, Stoute has also won the top trainers award at Royal Ascot six times, with the most recent in 2014 when he topped the tree with 4 wins.
You have to go way back to 1977 to find the first Royal Ascot winner for Sir Michael Stoute when Etienne Gerard won the Jersey Stakes at 25/1. While the most recent Stoute win at the Royal Meeting was with Dream Of Dreams in 2021 after winning the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (watch below).
Aidan O’Brien Is Hot On Stoute’s Heels With 81 Royal Ascot Winners
However, despite Stoute’s top Royal Ascot record you feel he’s a sitting duck for the powerful Aidan O’Brien yard as they are just one winner adrift on 81 overall successes.
O’Brien (53) was also the top trainer at the meeting in 2022 with 5 more Royal Ascot wins and that also become the 11th time he’s won the leading trainer award at this fixture.
The first Aidan O’Brien Royal Ascot win came in the 1997 Coventry Stakes with Harbour Master winning at 16/1 and his most recent being Broome, who landed the 2022 Hardwicke Stakes under Ryan Moore (watch below).
In fact, of O’Brien’s 81 Royal Ascot winners, Ryan Moore has ridden 37 of them.
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John Gosden Is Next Best With 60 Royal Ascot Successes
Trainer John Gosden now doubles up with his son Thady but over the years the 72 year-old has a decent Royal Ascot record with 60 winners.
The yard has also come out as top trainer twice in the last three years with 6 winners in 2020 and 4 in 2021 to take the title. Gosden’s only other leading Royal Ascot trainer award came in 2012 (5 wins).
We can expect Frankie Dettori to get the bulk of the best Gosden rides again and he rode their last Royal Ascot winner in Inspiral in the 2022 Coronation Stakes (watch below). While of the 60 Gosden Royal Ascot winners, Frankie has ridden 19 of them.
The first Gosden winner at Royal Ascot came with a hose called Chicarica, who won the 1990 Chesham Stakes when ridden by Pat Eddery.
Godolphin Pair Of Bin Suroor and Appleby Have 53 Royal Ascot Wins Between Them
The ‘Boys In Blue’ of Godolphin’ have also been regulars in the Royal Ascot winners’ enclosure over the years – with their main trainers Saeed Bin Suroor bagging 38 winners and Charlie Appleby 15.
Saeed Bin Suroor has also landed the top trainer award four times, with the most recent being in 2004, while Appleby is yet to take the prize but was runner-up in 2022 to Aidan O’Brien with 4 wins.
It’s also worth noting that Godolphin have been the leading owner at Royal Ascot for the last two years with 3 wins in 2021 and 5 in 2022.
Royal Ascot Top Trainer List (Current Stables)
See below the total Royal Ascot winners from the current trainers with Sir Michael Stoute (82) and Aidan O’Brien (81) out on their own. While John Gosden sits on the 60 mark and US handler Wesley Ward, who loves to target this meeting, has sent out 12 winners.
- Sir Michael Stoute 82
- Aidan O’Brien (IRE) 81
- John Gosden 60
- Saeed bin Suroor 38
- Paul Cole 22
- Dermot Weld (IRE) 17
- Charlie Appleby 15
- William Haggas 14
- Wesley Ward (USA) 12
- Andrew Balding 11
- Roger Charlton 11
- Richard Fahey 10
- James Fanshawe 10
- Roger Varian 10
Royal Ascot Leading Trainer Awards Since 1997
See below the top trainers at each Royal Ascot meeting since 1997. You can see Aidan O’Brien leading the way with an incredible 11 titles over the years – including last year when the Ballydoyle handler fired in 5 more wins.
- 2022 Aidan O’Brien IRE 5 (11 titles in total)
- 2021 John & Thady Gosden 4 (1 title in total)
- 2020 John Gosden 6 (2 titles in total)
- 2019 Aidan O’Brien IRE 5
- 2018 Aidan O’Brien IRE 4
- 2017 Aidan O’Brien IRE 6
- 2016 Aidan O’Brien IRE 7
- 2015 Aidan O’Brien IRE 5
- 2014 Sir Michael Stoute 4 (6 titles in total)
- 2013 Aidan O’Brien IRE 4
- 2012 John Gosden 5
- 2011 Aidan O’Brien IRE 4
- 2010 Richard Hannon snr 3
- 2009 Barry Hills 3
- 2008 Aidan O’Brien IRE 6
- 2007 Aidan O’Brien IRE 4
- 2006 Sir Michael Stoute 3
- 2005 Sir Michael Stoute 4
- 2004 Saeed bin Suroor 6 (4 titles in total)
- 2003 Mark Johnston 5 (2 titles in total)
- 2002 Mark Johnston 4
- 2001 Aidan O’Brien IRE 4
- 2000 Sir Michael Stoute 3
- 1999 Saeed bin Suroor 3
- 1998 Sir Michael Stoute 4
- 1997 Saeed bin Suroor 3
When Is Royal Ascot 2023?
You can see the full 2023 Royal Ascot race times and schedule for the five days here.
📅Time/Date: Tues 20th June to Sat 24th June 2023 (1st race 2:30pm, last race 6:10pm)
🏇Racecourse: Royal Ascot, Berkshire
📺 TV: ITV/ Sky Sports Racing
🎲 Ascot Gold Cup Odds: Coltrane 3/1 | Eldar Eldarov 7/2 | Emily Dickinson 7/1
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