Tag: Royal Ascot

The Commonwealth Cup is a recent, but welcome, addition to the Royal Ascot programme. Once again, the crème de la crème of 3-year-old sprinting talent is set to do battle over the testing 6 furlongs at Ascot, in what promises…

For many racing fans, the Gold Cup is the highlight of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. In 2021, Stradivarius seeks to to emulate Yeats by winning the historic race for the fourth year running but, admirable though he may be,…

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes is the principal middle-distance race of the week for older horses and the undisputed highlight of day two. As is often the case, Aidan O’Brien is well represented but so, too, are a bevy of…

The third and final Group 1 race on the opening day of Royal Ascot, the St. James’s Palace Stakes is often contested by horses that ran with distinction in the English, Irish and French 2,000 Guineas. This year appears no…

The opening race of Royal Ascot, the Queen Anne Stakes, was upgraded to Group 1 status in 2003 and since then has attracted the crème de la crème of older milers from Europe and beyond. Palace Pier, the highest-rated horse…