Despite the lack of spectators throughout its five-day run due to the coronavirus, Royal Ascot will still offer awards for the leading jockey, trainer and owner. Last year's champion jockey Frankie Dettori will face fellow past champion Ryan Moore among others, but unique to 2020, there will be no transferable armband for the leading jockey throughout the meeting. Aidan O'Brien, a 10-time winner of the Leading Trainer Award, faces previous winners Sir Michael Stoute, John Gosden, Mark Johnston and Saeed bin Suroor. Created in 2017, the Royal Ascot Leading Owner Award has exclusively been the domain of Coolmore partners Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith for the first three runnings. All three awards will be determined on the number of winners over the five days, with countbacks to places in the event of a tie. The national anthem will also be played 15 minutes before the first race of the day.
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