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Frankie Dettori: Racing’s great showman produces Royal Ascot fairytale. 17:11, Mike Jones. Royal Ascot is a stage unlike any other in horseracing.It’s a course that mixes royalty with fashion ...
Everything you need to know ahead of the event at Royal Ascot
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. [17] Until 1939, Royal Ascot was the only race meeting held at the racecourse.
Read more:Seventh horse dies at Saratoga Race Course in less than a month Saturday was supposed to be a celebration of the $1.25-million Travers Stakes, considered the summer Kentucky Derby.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period, the St James's Palace Stakes was classed at Group 2 level. It was promoted to Group 1 status in 1988. The St James's Palace Stakes usually features horses which ran previously in the 2,000 Guineas , the Poule d'Essai des Poulains or the Irish 2,000 Guineas .
The Coronation Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 7 furlong and 213 yards (1,603 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
For a period it was a Listed race open to horses aged three or older, and it was contested over 7 furlongs and 140 yards. It was run as a handicap from 1993 to 1998. It was switched to Ascot and extended to a mile in 1999. The Silver Trophy Stakes was promoted to Group 3 level in 2003, and from this point it excluded three-year-olds.
A year after racing was conducted at Saratoga without fans due to the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Racing Association's summer meet at the oldest racetrack in the country begins Thursday ...