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Ascot Racecourse is a dual-purpose British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, England, about 25 miles west of London. Ascot is used for thoroughbred horse racing, and it hosts 13 of Britain's 36 annual Flat Group 1 horse races and three Grade 1 Jumps races. The current racetrack's grandstand was completed in 2006.
Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England: Inaugurated: 1834: ... Leading owner (9 wins): ... The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. pp. 68–71.
The event was first held in 1999 at Goodwood Racecourse, but has been held at Ascot since 2000 (except in 2005, when Ascot was closed so the grandstand could be redeveloped). Unusually, for a horse racing event, it is a team competition, with jockeys invited to join the teams (two teams from 1999 to 2004; four teams from 2006) divided by their ...
He had a talent for communicating with owners and was a great stable jockey, but I am not surprised. He has had a basinful of falls". [ 4 ] Falls were not the only hazard Osborne faced on the racecourse: in 1990 he was slapped in the face by trainer Jenny Pitman at Ayr on Scottish Grand National day and after a race at Newbury in 1992 he was ...
Noel Murless commenced training in 1935, when his first winner was Rubin Wood in the Lee Plate at Lanark Racecourse. He first made his mark as a trainer after the Second World War in 1947 by winning two famous handicaps, the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot with Oros and the Steward's Cup at Glorious Goodwood with Closeburn. Oros was a "top ...
It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards (2,406 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. The event was established in 1834, and it was originally known as the Ascot Derby. In the early part of its history it was also open to fillies. The race was renamed in memory of King Edward VII in 1926.
The Railway Stakes is an Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race under handicap race conditions over a distance of 1600 metres at Ascot Racecourse in Perth in late November. [1] Prizemoney is A$ 1,500,000.
Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England: Inaugurated: 1951: Race type: Flat / Thoroughbred: Sponsor: Peroni Nastro Azzurro: Website: Ascot: Race information; Distance: 1m 3f 211y (2,406 metres) Surface: Turf: Track: Right-handed: Qualification: Three-years-old and up: Weight: 8 st 10 lb (3yo); 9 st 2 lb (4yo+) Allowances 3 lb for fillies and mares ...