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Royal Ascot Racing Schedule & Times
Tuesday, June 20th
| RACE | POST TIME (BST) / (EST) | GRADE | DISTANCE / RESTRICTIONS |
|---|
2:30p / 9:30a | I | 1m / 4yo+ | |
Coventry Stakes | 3:05p / 10:05a | II | 6f / 2yo |
King's Stand Stakes | 3:40p / 10:40a | I | 5f / 3yo+ |
St James's Palace Stakes | 4:20p / 11:20a | I | 1m / 3yo colts |
Ascot Stakes | 5:00p / 12:00p | Handicap | 2m4f / 4yo+ |
Wolferton Stakes | 5:35p / 12:35p | Listed | 1m2f / 4yo+ |
Copper Horse Stakes | 6:10p / 1:10p | Handicap | 1m6f / 4yo+ |
Wednesday, June 21st
| RACE | POST TIME (BST) / (EST) | GRADE | DISTANCE / RESTRICTIONS |
|---|
Queen Mary Stakes | 2:30p / 9:30aa | II | 5f / 2yo fillies |
Queen's Vase | 3:05p / 10:05a | II | 1m6f / 3yo |
3:40p / 10:40a | II | 1m2f / 4yo+ | |
Duke of Cambridge Stakes | 4:20p / 11:20a | II | 1m / 4yo+ fillies and mares |
Royal Hunt Cup | 5:00p / 12:00p | Heritage Handicap | 1m / 3yo+ |
Windsor Castle Stakes | 5:35p / 12:35p | Listed | 5f / 2yo |
Kensington Palace Stakes | 6:10p / 1:10p | Handicap | 1m / 4yo+fillies and mares |
Thursday, June 22nd
| RACE | POST TIME (BST) / (EST) | GRADE | DISTANCE / RESTRICTIONS |
|---|
2:30p / 9:30a | II | 5f / 2yo | |
King George V Stakes | 3:05p / 10:05p | Handicap | 1m4f / 3yo |
Ribblesdale Stakes | 3:40p / 10:40a | II | 1m4f / 3yo fillies |
4:20p / 11:20a | I | 2m4f / 4yo+ | |
Britannia Stakes | 5:00p / 12:00p | Heritage Handicap | 1m / 3yo colts and geldings |
Hampton Court Stakes | 5:35p / 12:35p | III | 1m2f / 3yo |
Buckingham Palace Stakes | 6:10p / 1:10p | Handicap | 7f / 3yo+ |
Friday, June 23rd
| RACE | POST TIME (BST) / (EST) | GRADE | DISTANCE / RESTRICTIONS |
|---|
Albany Stakes | 2:30p / 9:30a | III | 6f / 2yo fillies |
Commonwealth Cup | 3:05p / 10:05a | I | 6f / 3yo colts and fillies |
Duke of Edinburgh Stakes | 3:40p / 10:40a | Handicap | 1m4f / 3yo+ |
Coronation Stakes | 4:20p / 11:20a | I | 1m / 3yo fillies |
Sandringham Stakes | 5:00p / 12:00p | Handicap | 1m / 3yo fillies |
King Edward VII Stakes | 5:35p / 12:35p | II | 1m4f / 3yo colts and geldings |
Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes | 6:10p / 1:10p | Handicap | 5f / 3yo |
Saturday, June 24th
| RACE | POST TIME (BST) / (EST) | GRADE | DISTANCE / RESTRICTIONS |
|---|
Chesham Stakes | 2:30p / 9:30a | Listed | 7f / 2yo |
Jersey Stakes | 3:05p / 10:05a | III | 7f / 3yo |
Hardwicke Stakes | 3:40p / 10:40a | II | 1m4f / 4yo+ |
4:20p / 11:20a | I | 6f / 4yo+ | |
Wokingham Stakes | 5:00p / 12:00p | Heritage Handicap | 6f / 3yo+ |
Golden Gates Stakes | 5:35p / 12:35p | Handicap | 1m2f / 3yo |
Queen Alexandra Stakes | 6:10p / 1:10p | Conditions | 2m6f / 4yo+ |
Watch the Best of the 2022 Royal Ascot
Relive the best of the Royal Ascot 2022! Baaeed, Nature Strip, and Inspiral added wins to their resume across a wonderful week of racing!
Watch the Best of the 2021 Royal Ascot
Relive the best of the Royal Ascot 2021! Palace Pier, Poetic Flare, Love, Subjectivist and many others starred in their respective races, alongside the likes of Oisin Murphy and Frankie Dettori guiding in the winners.
Watch the Best of the 2020 Royal Ascot
Relive the best of the Royal Ascot 2020! Despite the lack of fans due to the global pandemic, the event delivered multiple epic moments. From Battaash's blistering performance in the King's Stand, to Frankie Dettori's seven wins including a third Gold Cup with Stradivarius, it was a week to remember.
Royal Ascot History
Royal Ascot is many things: a fashion event, a society gathering, and so important in royal circles that it’s been suggested as one of the reasons the Queen’s speech to the newly-elected British Parliament may be delayed, as her attendance is well and truly penciled in. That’s probably only half-true, but the royal parade in horse-drawn carriages before the first race each day is always a highlight.
More than anything, however, Royal Ascot is five consecutive days of the best thoroughbred racing in the world – and of fantastic wagering opportunities.
Over five days there are 34 races: eight group 1 races, seven group 2 races, three group 3's, three listed, one conditions race, nine handicaps, and three heritage handicaps. The whole meet oozes with quality.
In recent years, it has become a more international event. It always attracted the best Europeans, but horses from Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan have added interest this century.
Just as importantly, it’s also become a target for North Americans. Wesley Ward has blazed a path that has since been taken up by others, highlighted by Tepin’s great Queen Anne Stakes victory for trainer Mark Casse.
If favorites aren’t your thing, have a look at the handicap races. Races like the Royal Hunt Cup tend to have very large fields (up to 30 horses sometimes), and the favorites can be at odds as large as 10-1. If you can figure out these, especially with multiples, then you’re likely to do very well indeed.
So study the form carefully, check for weather and track conditions, and if there’s a bias on any part of the track, which is particularly important for the straight course races. It will be a fantastic five days and worth a bet.