Run over the Straight Mile at Ascot and open to horses aged three years and upwards, the Royal Hunt Cup is a ‘Heritage’ handicap, currently worth £175,000 in total prize and scheduled as the fourth race on the second day of Royal Ascot. The race was inaugurated, over a slightly shorter distance, in 1843, during … Read more
Taking its name from the historic royal residence in the West End of London, the Kensington Palace Stakes is a recent addition to the Royal Ascot programme, having been run for the first time. Currently scheduled as the seventh and final race on the second day, the Kensington Palace Stakes is a 0-105 handicap, nowadays … Read more
Currently scheduled as the fifth race on the opening day of Royal Ascot, the Ascot Stakes is a handicap, run over the marathon distance of two-and-a-half miles and open to horses aged four years and upwards. With an emphasis on stamina, it is not altogether surprising that the race tends to attract high-class entries from … Read more
Currently scheduled as the second race on the second day of Royal Ascot, the Queen’s Vase has existed in various guises since its inauguration in 1838, but is, nowadays, a Group 2 contest, run over a mile-and-three-quarters and open to three-year-old colts and fillies, with the latter receiving a 3lb weight-for-sex allowance. From a punting … Read more
