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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.
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 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England: Inaugurated: 1834: ... Trainer Owner Time 1900 Bonarose Lester Reiff:
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 ...
Trainer Owner Time; 1970 Amber Rama 3 Yves Saint-Martin: François Mathet: Arpad Plesch: 0:59.30 1971 Swing Easy 3 Lester Piggott: Jeremy Tree: Jock Whitney: 1:09.20 1972 Sweet Revenge 5 Geoff Lewis: Atty Corbett Mrs B Attenborough 1:01.90 1973 Abergwaun: 5 Lester Piggott: Vincent O'Brien: Charles St George 1:02.70 1974 Bay Express: 3 Brian ...
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England: Inaugurated: 1955: Race type: ... Trainer Owner Time 1970 Welsh Pageant 4
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 race is now contested on the final day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. Prior to 2015 the race was also open to three-year-olds. It was restricted to four-year-olds and up when a new six furlong Group One race, the Commonwealth Cup , was created at the meeting for three-year-olds only in 2015.