The prestigious ROYAL ASCOT meeting begins Tuesday, June 14 at Ascot Racecourse (watch and wager on www.HPIBet.com) bringing together many of the top European horses in the world plus invaders from the U.S. and Japan. Australia and more.
Tuesday – June 14 (times are in UK Time)
2.30pm (9:30 EST) Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) –
BAAEED (Sea the Stars) currently the top-rated horse in the world, is hot favourite for the opening Queen Anne Stakes.
The four-year-old, trained by William Haggas, easily won the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury under Jim Crowley last month in his seasonal return to extend his unbeaten run to seven races.
3.05pm Coventry Stakes (Group 2)
3.40pm King’s Stand Stakes (Group 1) – American sprint star GOLDEN PAL , the “best horse I have ever trained’, according to Wesley Ward Golden Pal, takes on Australian sprinter Nature Strip in Tuesday’s second Group One race, the King’s Stand Stakes.
4.20pm St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1) – Tuesday’s third Group One race sees 2,000 Guineas winner COROEBUS head the field in the St James’s Palace Stakes for Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby.
5.00pm Ascot Stakes
5.35pm Wolferton Stakes (Listed)
6.10pm Copper Horse Stakes
Wednesday – June 15
2.30pm Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2)
3.05pm Queen’s Vase (Group 2)
3.40pm Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Group 1) – Sir Michael Stoute, fresh from his sixth Derby success thanks to Desert Crown, saddles impressive Sandown victor Bay Bridge in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes.
4.20pm Duke of Cambridge (Group 2)
5.00pm Royal Hunt Cup
5.35pm Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed)
6.10pm Kensington Palace Stakes
Thursday – June 16
2.30pm Norfolk Stakes (Group 2)
3.05pm King George V Stakes
3.40pm Ribblesdale Stakes (Group 2)
4.15pm Gold Cup (Group 1) –
Stradivarius, the mount of Frankie Dettori for trainers John and Thady Gosden, will go for a record-equalling fourth Gold Cup but must overcome Aidan O’Brien’s highly-rated Kyprios.
Dettori, the leading current jockey at the meeting with 76 winners, is also set tor ride stablemate Reach For the Moon, owned by the Queen, in the Hampton Court Stakes.
5.00pm Britannia Stakes
5.35pm Hampton Court Stakes (Group 3)
6.10pm Buckingham Palace Stakes
Friday – June 17
2.30pm Albany Stakes (Group 3)
3.05pm Commonwealth Cup (Group 1)
3.40pm Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
4.20pm Coronation Stakes (Group 1) –
Classic winners Homeless Songs, Cachet and Mangoustine are poised to clash in the Coronation Stakes, which will also see the unbeaten Inspiral return, while American challenger Spendarella is an interesting contender.
Homeless Songs was an impressive winner of the Irish 1,000 Guineas, Cachet won the Guineas at Newmarket and a close second to Mangoustine in the French version.
5.00pm Sandringham Stakes
5.35pm King Edward VII Stakes (Group 2)
6.10pm Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes
Saturday – June 18
2.30pm Chesham Stakes (Listed)
3.05pm Jersey Stakes (Group 3)
3.40pm Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2)
4.20pm Platinum Jubilee Stakes (Group 1)
5.00pm Wokingham Stakes
5.35pm Golden Gates Stakes
6.10pm Queen Alexandra Stakes
- with files from BBC
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