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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, a race founded by Queen Anne in 1711, takes place each June at the Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire. Each day, members of the royal family attend, officially opening the event.
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.
June 18, 2024. It was royal blue for Queen Camilla when she accompanied King Charles on the first day of the Royal Ascot in a long-sleeved cerulean dress and matching hat accented by neutral shoes ...
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 ...
Royal Ascot: 2:30pm - The Chesham Stakes. 14:34, Jamie Braidwood. Snellen (12/1) just edges ahead of Pearls And Rubies to get the opening win of the day in the Chesham Stakes! Pearls and Rubies ...
Knatchbull worked as assistant to the fashion director of The Sunday Times Style magazine and as communications director at H. Huntsman & Sons. [2] In 2017, Knatchbull gained press attention for wearing a morning suit in the Royal Enclosure at Royal Ascot.
In 1711, Queen Anne founded Royal Ascot, the annual horse-racing event, and since, it has remained a staple on the British royal family's annual calendar.