Nowadays, the Norfok Stakes is a Group 2 contest, run over the minimum distance of five furlongs, open to two-year-olds and worth £15,000 in prize money. It is currently scheduled as the opening race on the fourth day of Royal Ascot, Gold Cup Day. The race was inaugurated, as the New Stakes, in 1843, 70 … Read more

Currently scheduled as the second race on the third day of Royal Ascot, the King George V Stakes is a 0-105 ‘Heritage’ handicap, run over a mile and a half, restricted to three-year-olds and worth £110,000 in prize money. The race was inaugurated in 1946, but did not become part of the Royal Ascot programme … Read more

Run over the Straight Mile at Ascot, open to three-year-old colts and geldings and currently worth £120,000 in prize money, the Britannia Stakes is a ‘Heritage’ handicap currently scheduled as the fifth race on the third day of Royal Ascot, immediately after the feature race, the Gold Cup. Like the Royal Hunt Cup, which is … Read more

Nowadays, the Hampton Court Stakes is a Group 3 contest run over a mile and a quarter and open to three-year-olds of both sexes. The race was originally part of the ‘Ascot Heath’ meeting on the Saturday following Royal Ascot, which, until 2002, was held over four days rather than five. Variously known as the … Read more