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Royal Ascot 2023 started on Tuesday 20 June and runs through to Saturday 24 June at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire. Luckily for racing fans Royal Ascot will be broadcasted on free-to-air ITV1 ...
Frankie Dettori: Racing’s great showman produces Royal Ascot fairytale. Goodbye! Thursday 22 June 2023 18:39, Ben Fleming. Well, what a great day of racing that was at Royal Ascot.
The horse triumphed on Saturday at Ascot racecourse, the home of the famous royal meet, after one boy wrote to racing fan Queen Camilla asking if she could help change the horse’s fortunes.
Ascot Racecourse is visited by approximately 600,000 people a year, accounting for 10% of all UK racegoers. The racecourse covers 179 acres (72 ha) leased from the Crown Estate and enjoys close association with the British Royal Family. Ascot was founded in 1711 by Queen Anne and located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Windsor Castle.
The Ascot Gold Cup, 1834 by James Pollard It is Britain's most prestigious event for "stayers" – horses which specialise in racing over long distances. It is traditionally held on the third day of the Royal Ascot meeting, which is known colloquially (but not officially) as Ladies' Day.
Sky Sports Racing (formerly At The Races) is a British pay television channel devoted primarily to horse racing.A joint venture between Sky Group and Arena Racing Company, it broadcasts coverage of domestic, European and international horse racing events.
British Champions Day is a thoroughbred horse race meeting held at Ascot Racecourse in October each year since 2011, which acts as the end of season highlight fixture of British flat racing. It is the culmination of the British Champions Series and features the finals of the five divisions of the series, together with a valuable one-mile ...
It is a handicap steeplechase and is run at Ascot in late October or early November, over a distance of about 3 miles (2 miles, 7 furlongs and 180 yards, or 4,791 metres). History [ edit ]