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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.
From this point it was staged during the venue's Champions' Meeting in mid-October. The title "Princess Royal Stakes" was assigned to a different race at Ascot, an event previously called the Harvest Stakes. The Pride Stakes had a purse of £100,000 in 2010. [4] The race returned to Ascot and was given its present name in 2011.
Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England: Inaugurated: 1834: ... Trainer Owner Time 1900 Bonarose ... The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records.
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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 ...
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.
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England: Inaugurated: 1955: Race type: ... Trainer Owner Time 1970 Welsh Pageant 4
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Ascot Racecourse Ascot, England: Inaugurated: 1840: ... Trainer Owner Time 1951 Belle of All: Gordon Richards: