Run over a mile-and-three-quarters and open to horses aged four years and upwards, the Copper Horse Stakes is a relatively recent addition to the Royal Ascot programme, having been run for the first time in 2020. A handicap, currently scheduled as the final race on the opening day, it is named after the Copper Horse, … Read more
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
