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Run over a mile and a half, restricted to three-year-old colts and geldings and worth £250,000 in prize money, the King Edward VII Stakes is a Group 2 contest currently scheduled as the penultimate race on the fourth day of Royal Ascot. The race was inaugurated, as the Ascot Derby, in 1834 and originally open … Read more

Nowadays, the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes is a 0-105 handicap, run over a mile and a half, open to horses aged three years and upwards and worth £110,000 in prize money. It is currently scheduled as the third race on the fourth day of Royal Ascot, between the two Group 1 contests of the day, … Read more

Currently scheduled as the opening race on the fourth day of Royal Ascot, the Albany Stakes is a Group 3 contest, run of six furlongs, restricted to two-year-old fillies and worth £125,000 in prize money. The race was inaugurated, as the Listed Henry Carnarvon Stakes, in 2002, in memory of Henry Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon, … Read more

The Ribblesdale Stakes is named after Thomas Lister, Fourth Baron Ribblesdale, who was Master of the Buckhounds and, hence, Her Majesty’s Representative at Ascot, for three years during the reign of Queen Victoria. Originally run over a mile and open to three- and four-year-old colts and fillies, the Ribblesdale Stakes was inaugurated in 1919, but … Read more