Anglo-Irish representation in the 1,400m Group 1 Prix Jean Prat of 2025 at Deauville on Sunday, 6 July largely surrounds talented three-year-olds trying to get their careers back on track. Coolmore, Godolphin and Juddmonte all have raiders on the Normandy Coast. Charlie Appleby’s Dewhurst Stakes hero Shadow Of Light goes in search of softer ground …
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Another small field for the Sandown Coral Eclipse of 2025 means six runners in the 1m 2f Group 1 highlight on Saturday, 5 July. Ombudsman, an impressive winner of the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes during Royal Ascot aims to double up despite a swift turnaround. The Eclipse, a historic race between different generations, continues to …
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Looking over Royal Ascot day 5 for 2025, the concluding card to this supreme horse racing gala on Saturday, 21 June brings the curtain down on another absorbing edition. There is Group 1 action on the final day, plus other pattern races and tricky handicaps. Headlining proceedings is the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes for …
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On the penultimate day of Royal Ascot, the King Edward VII Stakes of 2025 acts as a chief supporting race. Although there are two Group 1s on the Friday, 20 June card, this Group 2 test over a mile-and-a-half for three-year-old colts and geldings has its own place in history. Known from its early history …
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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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