Taking its title from the village of the same name on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, owned by King Charles III, the Wolferton Stakes is a fairly recent addition to the Royal Ascot programme, having been run for the first time in 2020. Currently scheduled as the penultimate race on the opening day of the … Read more
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
