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The Ascot Stakes is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 2 miles 3 furlongs and 210 yards (4,014 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June on the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting.
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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.
The 1910 Royal Meeting was the inspiration for Cecil Beaton's Ascot Gavotte scene in My Fair Lady (1964), as, following the death of King Edward VII, Royal Ascot became "Black Ascot" with all occupants of the Royal Enclosure 'dressing in black, save for white flowers or strings of pearls'.
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 ...
Here, we’ve rounded up all the best photos from the 2024 Royal Ascot. June 21. King Charles III. Chris Jackson - Getty Images. Mark Cuthbert - Getty Images. John Walton - PA Images - Getty Images.
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.
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