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Royal Ascot schedule, racecard and all the action after Frankie Dettori’s Gold Cup win. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
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.
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 race was renamed the Norfolk Stakes in 1973. It now honours the 16th Duke of Norfolk , who served as HM's Representative at Ascot from 1945 to 1972. For a period the event held Group 3 status, and it was promoted to Group 2 level in 2006.
The race was now regularly titled the Hampton Court Stakes, named after Hampton Court, a royal residence of the Tudor period. The event was promoted to Group 3 level and renamed the Tercentenary Stakes in 2011. Its new title was introduced to mark the 300th anniversary of Ascot Racecourse, which staged its first race meeting in 1711. [3]
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 King Edward VII Stakes is currently held about two weeks after The Derby, and it usually features horses which were entered for that race. It is contested on the fourth day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting.
The Britannia Stakes is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) on the straight course, and it is scheduled to take place each year in June on the third day of the Royal Ascot meeting.
Take a look back at Royal Ascot with photos of the annual horse racing event from 1935 until now. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...