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Currently scheduled as the fourth race, and the third of three Group 1 races, on the opening day of Royal Ascot, the St. James’s Palace Stakes is run over a mile, open to three-year-old colts only and currently worth £650,000 in prize money. Consequently, it is often contested by horses that previously ran in the … Read more

Nowadays a Group 1 contest, worth £1 million in prize money, open to horses aged four years and upwards and run over a mile and quarter, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes is currrently scheduled as the fourth race of the second day of Royal Ascot. The race was established in 1862, in honour of Albert … Read more

The King Charles III Stakes, formerly the King’s Stand Stakes, is a Group 1 contest, open to horses aged three years and upwards and run over five furlongs at Ascot, where it is currently scheduled as the third race on the opening day of Royal Ascot in June. One of three Group 1 sprints run … Read more

A Group 2 contest, run over six furlongs and worth £175,000, the Coventry Stakes currently has the distinction of being the first two-year-old race at Royal Ascot, scheduled, as it is, as the second event on the opening day. The race was established in 1890 and takes its name from that of George William Coventry, … Read more