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
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
