The great thing about Royal Ascot day 4 in 2025 is there are two Group 1s on the card. Supporting the Commonwealth Cup and Coronation Stakes on Friday, 20 June are the usual mix of other pattern races and fiendishly tricky handicaps. It all starts with the Group 3 Albany Stakes for juvenile fillies. After …
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As the curtain comes down on another Royal Ascot, the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes of 2025 is the last Group 1 of the meeting. This sprint race over six furlongs and open to older horses attracts runners from as far away as Japan for a tilt at the big prize money. Some 16 runners …
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Thursday, 19 June is Royal Ascot day 3 this year and the Gold Cup headlines another competitive card of first-class Flat racing from Berkshire. It marks the midway point of this iconic meeting with the long-distance Group 1 on top. Besides the Ascot Gold Cup of 2025, there are two Group 2s supporting it and …
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The Hardwicke Stakes of 2025 is the last Group 2 contest at Royal Ascot on Saturday, 21 June. A historic mile-and-a-half race for older horses, it provides pointers towards the King George held here over the same course and distance the following month. A field of 12 run with Newmarket trainer William Haggas saddling Candleford …
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One of the great things about Royal Ascot day 2 in 2025, is there’s something for everyone. The card on Wednesday, 18 June starts and end with five-furlong sprints for two-year-old, but the action in the middle is really substantial. Headlining the second day of this five-day fixture is the Group 1 Prince Of Wales …
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Given it follows just 13 days after The Oaks at Epsom this year, the Ribblesdale Stakes of 2025 on the middle day of Royal Ascot perhaps doesn’t have the talent running it otherwise might have in other seasons. Nonetheless, this Group 2 mile-and-a-half race for three-year-olds fillies acts as a chief supporting race on Gold …
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A stellar Royal Ascot day 1 in 2025 ensures Britain’s major summer Flat racing festival begins with a great day of action in Berkshire. The card on Tuesday, 17 June contains three Group 1s and some hot staying handicaps. One of the best races of the Royal meeting goes on first. That’s the Queen Anne …
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Group 1 action at Royal Ascot continues on Friday, 20 June with the Coronation Stakes of 2025 for three-year-old fillies on the Round Mile. A field off 11 run after two supplementary entries at the penultimate declaration stage. Added in to the race at this relatively late stage are Shadwell Estates’ Falakeyah, dropping in trip …
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The Ascot Gold Cup of 2025 took on a very different shape once dual winner Kyprios saw injury force him into retirement. Now, this 2m 4f Group 1 stamina test on Thursday, 19 June that marks the halfway stage of Royal Ascot crowns a new champion. A field of eight runners remain at the penultimate …
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As one of the chief supporting races on the Wednesday of Royal Ascot, the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes in 2025 has fillies and mares ready run in this Group 2 on the Round Mile. Following final declarations, a field of eight run. Heading those is Godolphin runner Cinderella’s Dream, who has wins in Group races …
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