The 5-day Royal Ascot festival begins on Tuesday with live coverage in Ireland on Virgin Media and Sky Sports Racing.
There are a number of small changes from this year’s meeting, starting with the fact that the Windsor Castle Stakes is now a six-furlong contest with restrictions on sires.
The Norfolk Stakes and Chesham Stakes swapped positions, with the former now being the first race on Saturday in order to maximize that race’s television exposure in the United States.
On Thursday, the Gold Cup and Britannia Stakes will run a little earlier to avoid a clash with the FIFA World Cup, while the upper handicap limit for the Copper Horse has been reduced from 105 to 100, to support the Listed Grand Cup at York Racecourse.
FIRST DAY TUESDAY JUNE 16 TOTAL PRICE £2,765,000
2:30 p.m. The Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) 4+ £800,000 Straight mile
3:05 p.m. The Coventry Stakes (Group 2) £2,200,000 Six furlongs
3.40pm The King Charles III Stakes (Group 1) 3+ £700,000 Five furlongs
4.20 p.m. The St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1) 3 colts £700,000 Round (old) mile
5:00 p.m. The Ascot Stakes (Handicap) 4+ £120,000 Two miles four furlongs
5.35pm The Wolferton Stakes (listed) 4+ £125,000 One mile, two furlongs
6.10pm The Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap) 4+ £120,000 One mile, six furlongs
SECOND DAY WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 TOTAL PRICE £2,110,000
2:30 p.m. The Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2) 2 fillies £175,000 5 furlongs
3.05pm The Queen’s Vase (Group 2) £3,265,000 One mile six furlongs
3:40 p.m. The Duke of Cambridge Stakes (Group 2) 4+ fillies and mares £250,000 Round (old) mile
4:20 p.m. The Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Group 1) 4+ £1,000,000 One mile, two furlongs
5:00 p.m. The Royal Hunt Cup (Handicap) 3+ £175,000 Straight Mile
5:35 p.m. The Kensington Palace Stakes (Handicap) 4+ fillies and mares £120,000 Straight mile
6.10pm The Windsor Castle Stakes (Rated) £2,125,000 Six furlongs
DAY THREE THURSDAY JUNE 18 TOTAL PRIZES £1,620,000
2:30 p.m. The Chesham Stakes (Rated) £2,125,000 Seven furlongs
3:05 p.m. The King George V Stakes (Handicap) £3,120,000 One mile four furlongs
3:40 p.m. The Ribblesdale Stakes (Group 2) 3 fillies £250,000 One mile four furlongs
4.15pm The Gold Cup (Group 1) 4+ £700,000 Two miles four furlongs
4:50 p.m. The Britannia Stakes (Handicap) 3 colts and geldings £130,000 Straight mile
5.35pm The Hampton Court Stakes (Group 3) £3,175,000 One mile, two furlongs
6.10pm The Buckingham Palace Stakes (Handicap) 3+ £120,000 Seven furlongs
FOUR DAY FRIDAY JUNE 19 TOTAL PRIZES £2,135,000
2:30 p.m. The Albany Stakes (Group 3) 2 fillies £125,000 6 furlongs
3:05 p.m. Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) 3 colts and fillies £700,000 6 furlongs
3.40pm The Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap) 3+ £120,000 One mile four furlongs
4:20 p.m. The Coronation Stakes (Group 1) 3 fillies £700,000 Round (old) mile
5:00 p.m. The Sandringham Stakes (Handicap) 3 fillies £120,000 Straight mile
5.35pm The King Edward VII Stakes (Group 2) 3 colts and geldings £250,000 One mile, four furlongs
6.10pm The Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes (Handicap) £3,120,000 Five furlongs
DAY FIFTH SATURDAY JUNE 20 TOTAL PRIZES £2,015,000
2.30pm The Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) £2,175,000 Five furlongs
3.05pm The Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2) 4+ £250,000 One mile four furlongs
3:40 p.m. The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (Group 1) 4+ £1,000,000 6 furlongs
4:20 p.m. The Jersey Stakes (Group 3) £3,175,000 Seven furlongs
5:00 p.m. The Wokingham Stakes (Handicap) 3+ £175,000 Six furlongs
5.35pm The Golden Gates Stakes (Handicap) £3,120,000 One mile, two furlongs
6.10pm The Queen Alexandra Stakes (Conditions) 4+ £120,000 Two miles and six furlongs
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