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Ascot's promised match race failed to materialise on Saturday as Khalid Abdullah's epoch-defining Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) brushed aside the Ballydoyle contingent with an ease rarely seen on this exalted stage. Forcing her way into history as the first to win three renewals of the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco S., the Juddmonte regina was at her exuberant best with Frankie Dettori at pains to contain her from the outset. As she sauntered behind Sovereign (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) with her well-matched rider content to allow last year's...

British Triple Crown hero Nijinsky II (Northern Dancer) won the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. 50 years ago this year, and was awarded the QIPCO Diamonds & Pearls award, Ascot Racecourse and QIPCO announced on Thursday. The award celebrates the winner of a vintage renewal of the King George. Owned by Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. and trained by Vincent O'Brien, the bay delivered as the only 3-year-old in the field, having already claimed victory in the 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby and Irish Derby. After his King George triumph,...

For a long time denied a fair crack in the luck department, Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) made up for much of the lost time when rewarding market confidence in style in Ascot's G2 Betfred Summer Mile on Saturday. Badly hampered and finishing full of running when seventh in the G1 Queen Anne S. on the straight track at the Royal meeting June 16, the 2-1 favourite was a touch free early for Dane O'Neill with his rider at pains to restrain his enthusiasm halfway down the...

Enjoying days in the sun during the last decade with Lethal Force (Ire) and Harry Angel (Ire), it did not take long for Clive Cox to unearth another star sprinter and the former's son Golden Horde (Ire) looks to emulate his achievement in winning the G1 Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Saturday. Dynamic when winning the G1 Commonwealth Cup on similar ground at Royal Ascot on June 19, last year's G2 Richmond S. winner and G1 Middle Park S. runner-up gets six pounds weight-for-age from the older brigade and...

The G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot on July 25 will be worth £400,000. Minimum prize money for a Group 1 in Britain post lockdown has been £250,000. Nick Smith, Director of Racing and Public Affairs at Ascot, said, "With the deeply appreciated support of our Official Partner and race sponsor, QIPCO, we will be running this year's King George at £400,000. In doing so, we are maintaining our policy of contributing significant executive contribution to our flagship races which began with £1.7-million being added across...

Royal Ascot, which will feature 36 races for the first time as the coronavirus results in a spectatorless meeting, will reach over 120 countries via television broadcasts, Ascot Racecourse announced on Monday. ITV1 in the UK will display the iconic, five-day meeting, while the royal meeting will also be available in America, Australia, the Middle East, India, the Caribbean and Europe. ITV will cover 30 races on their main channel. Sky Sports Racing, reaching 14 million homes in the UK and Ireland, will broadcast all 36 races, and the Royal...

Ascot Racecourse has unveiled details of its virtual owner experience for next week's Royal Ascot meeting behind closed doors. The racecourse has launched a Racing Hub that will house the Turftrax live feed to real time weather data and going stick readings, access to a 360 degree parade ring camera feed and full sectionals from each race. Ascot's official photographer will photograph every horse in the parade ring. Owners will receive a pair of traditional printed Royal Ascot racecards in advance of racedays, personalised with the name of their horse....

As the 2020 Royal Ascot meeting will take place behind closed doors due to the coronavirus from June 16-20, the plan for the Royal Ascot at Home initiative was revealed by Ascot Racecourse on Tuesday. All 36 races will be able to be viewed on ITV Racing and Sky Sports Racing by racing fans, with competitions and Royal Ascot-themed challenges occurring throughout the week. In addition to the many competitions, celebrity chefs will share recipes and jockey workouts will also be posted. Sing-along celebrations will also still continue alongside the...

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,...