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Inaugurated, in its current guise, as the Windsor Forest Stakes, in 2004, the Duke of Cambridge Stakes is a Group 2 contest run over a mile at Ascot and open to fillies and mares aged four years and upwards. Currently scheduled as the third race on the second day of Royal Ascot, it was renamed … Read more

The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes has been known by various names, the Cork and Orrery Stakes, Golden Jubilee Stakes, Diamond Jubilee Stakes and Platinum Jubilee Stakes, since it was established, as the All-Aged Stakes, in 1868. Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, the race was renamed in honour of Her … Read more

Currently scheduled as the opening race on the opening day of Royal Ascot, as it has been since 2008, the Queen Anne Stakes is nowadays a Group 1 contest, worth £750,000 in prize money, run over a mile and open to horses aged four year and upwards. The race was inuaugurated, as the Trial Stakes, … Read more

Currently scheduled as the opening race on the second day of Royal Ascot, the Queen Mary Stakes is, nowadays, a Group 2 contest, worth £150,000, run over the minimum distance of five furlongs and open to two-year-old fillies only. As such, it is the first major race of its kind in the British eacing calendar. … Read more