Day one of the 2024 Royal Ascot meeting was filled with stacked fields, impressive performances, the King and Queen, and more.
Royal Ascot
American trainer Wesley Ward is at Royal Ascot this week and so is poplar US sprinter Extravagant Kid, who competes on Day 1.
John Gosden trains 7 Ascot winners, Frankie Dettori now has 73 winners there and a plethora of great races and horses highlighted the 5 days.
A blockbuster card of racing with no spectators completes the 5-day Royal Ascot meeting in England; three Group 1s on tap.
Six-year-old son of Sea the Stars slogged through soft turf under Frankie Dettori in a superb display of speed and stamina.
Trainer John Gosden sends out Lord North to upset Japan in the Prince of Wales's (G1) and Tactical, owned and bred by HRM The Queen, is a winner.
The most popular winner at Royal Ascot on Day 1 was BATTAASH who won the Group 1 King's Stand in his 3rd try for lad Bob who had never won at the meet.
The prestigious British meeting will be held without fans and the stakes race schedule has been altered, but there is no shortage of stars.
On July 17, 2014, the British Horse Racing Authority announced that five horses had tested positive for the banned substance morphine at recent meets. One of the horses is owned by the Queen. Estimate, a five-year-old filly, tested positive after placing second in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, a race she won in 2013. It […]
