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With Royal Ascot getting under way on Tuesday, BBC Sport previews the meeting - with details of race times, runners and weather.
The Hardwicke Stakes is now held on the final day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. The leading horses often return to the venue to compete in the following month's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The first to win both races in the same year was Aureole in 1954, and the most recent was Harbinger in 2010.
Royal Ascot evolved from the first four-day race meeting held at Ascot in 1768, although the meeting as it is known today only really started to take shape with the introduction of The Gold Cup in 1807. [16] Until 1939, Royal Ascot was the only race meeting held at the racecourse.
It is run at Ascot over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and is currently scheduled to take place each year in June on the third day of the Royal Ascot meeting. The Buckingham Palace Stakes was established in 2002, when the Royal Ascot meeting was extended to a fifth day to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II [ 1 ] and was named ...
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It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile 1 furlong and 212 yards (2,004 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June on the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting. The race was first run in 2002 [ 1 ] when Royal Ascot was extended to five days to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II .
Prince William and Princess Kate. Tim Rooke/Shutterstock Prince William and Princess Kate are off to the races at the 2023 Royal Ascot. The Prince and Princess of Wales, both 41, made their first ...