Ascot Racecourse

The #styledwiththanks charity appeal campaign, in recognition of those working on the frontline of the global COVID-19 crisis, was launched by Ascot Racecourse on Monday. The racecourse donated £100,000 to be split between four frontline charities: The NationalEmergencies Trust Relief Fund, NHS Charities Together, The Care Workers Charity and the Berkshire Community Foundation Coronavirus Fund. As Royal Ascot on June 16-20 will be held behind closed doors, fans across the globe are invited to dress up as part of 'Royal Ascot at Home' campaign and wear racing hats, take a...

Royal Ascot has confirmed prizemoney for its behind-closed-doors 2020 meeting, with a total pot of £3,680,000 to be handed out. All eight Group 1 races will be run for £250,000, and no race will be worth less than £35,000. All races will close at the six-day stage. It was announced in December that this year's Royal meeting was to be worth £8,095,000-the richest ever-with no race to be worth less than £95,000 and the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. and G1 Prince of Wales's S. set to be the meeting's first-ever...

Ascot Racecourse revealed in a statement on Tuesday that it still hopes to proceed with Royal Ascot on its originally planned dates of June 16 to 20, but that the event will be closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement from Ascot Racecourse Chief Executive Guy Henderson read, "For public health and safety reasons we have reached the difficult but unavoidable conclusion that Royal Ascot 2020 (June 16 to 20) will not be able to take place as an event open to the public. This will...

Royal Ascot is the focus of a new cinematic, Netflix-style brand campaign (click here to view) to promote the iconic racemeeting, held at Ascot Racecourse from June 16-20, 2020. Created by independent creative agency isobel, the campaign invites us all to 'Be Part of the Drama.' Ascot and isobel partnered with production company Chief and director Yoni Weisberg to develop the concept-two racegoers meet at one of the highlight events on the annual social calendar. Jockey Hayley Turner, who became the second female ever to ride a Royal Ascot winner,...

A filly by Dark Angel (Ire) Lot 91 is one of the stars on paper of the Tattersalls Ascot Yearling Sale catalogue, which is now available online. One of 167 slated to sell at Ascot Racecourse on Sept. 10, the Plantation Stud-consigned bay is out of the SP Loaves And Fishes (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Some of the other sires with yearlings on offer are Holy Roman Emperor (Ire), Showcasing (GB) and Starspangledbanner (Aus). Graduates of last year's edition have already left their mark and include £250,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint...