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t is so exciting to have a full-scale Royal Ascot in operation for the ﬁrst time since 2019 – even more so in this very special Platinum Jubilee year. The ﬁve days of Royal Ascot 2022 will be a fabulous display of elite Thoroughbred racing as we celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s extraordinary achievement. We all hope that another winner in the Royal colours will be added to The Queen’s current tally of 24 winners at the Royal Meeting since 1952. All of the racecourse enclosures are open again and we are thrilled

to be welcoming back everyone who wishes to attend, following a year behind closed doors and then a year with restricted crowds in 2021. We have made some reductions to the capacities across the three main enclosures this year, ensuring that all of our guests will be able to enjoy a little bit more space. Of course, much has changed throughout the last couple of years, and on the track the emergence of Hollie Doyle, Cieren Fallon and Marco Ghiani represents a talented new generation of jockeys. Much

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remains familiar though, and I am sure that many of you will be hoping that Frankie Dettori can add to his already astonishing tally of 76 Royal Ascot winners throughout the week. Ever the showman, at the age of 51 he remains at the top of his game, and who would bet against him eventually getting close to Lester Piggott’s all-time record of 116 winners at the Royal Meeting. We are hugely grateful to QIPCO, Longines and Howden, our three Official Partners, as well as to all our Official Sponsors and Suppliers. This year we welcome Peroni Italia for the first time as the Official Beer of Ascot Racecourse. We also welcome Slingsby as our Official Gin Supplier. We are committed to playing our part in ensuring British racing maintains its position as a worldleading industry. In 2022, we are providing record prize money of £8.65 million across the 35 races – an increase of 18% on 2019 values. Two of the feature events, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday and the renamed Platinum Jubilee Stakes on Saturday, become the first £1 million races at Royal Ascot. Our eight Group 1 races and a total of 19 Pattern or Listed level contests attract the greatest concentration of equine talent at a single race meeting

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anywhere in the world. This year we are expecting competitors from Japan, America, Australia, Ireland, France and Germany, all aiming to take on the leading British hopes. Each of the five days of Royal Ascot are World Pool events, meaning that people betting into the pool benefit from increased liquidity and better value. Hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, with whom we launched the venture in 2019, many countries around the world are expected to bet into the Ascot pool. We look forward to welcoming visitors from across the globe and it will be particularly enjoyable for many friends in the racing world to see each other for the first time in three years. We hope that the millions watching on ITV, Sky Sports Racing, NBC in the USA and Green Channel Japan, as well as many other global networks, enjoy it just as much as those of us lucky enough to be present. I hope that you have a wonderful week. Yours sincerely

Sir Francis Brooke Bt. Her Majesty’s Representative & Chairman

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features Welcome from Sir Francis Brooke Bt Contents Ascot History Ascot Remembers Lester Piggott Royal Ascot Racing Club From Golden to Platinum Miracle Mare Object d’art All the Queens horses ROA Meets Any Excuse For A Holiday Looking Ahead World Pool Leading Jockeys Race Histories Leading Trainers Breeders' Cup Your Royal Ascot Race Guide

Contributors Royal Ascot Oﬃcial Magazine, Julian Muscat, Terry Redhead, Mike Waters

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BELOW LEFT: A PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ANNE, WHO CAN BE THANKED FOR ASCOT’S EXISTENCE

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ew sporting venues can match the rich heritage and history of Ascot Racecourse. Over the past 300 years, Ascot has established itself as a national institution, with Royal Ascot becoming the centrepiece of the British social calendar and the ultimate stage for the best racehorses in the world.

It was Queen Anne who, in 1711, ﬁrst saw the potential for a racecourse at Ascot (in those days called East Cote). Whilst out riding near Windsor Castle she came upon an area of open heath that looked, in her words, “ideal for horses to gallop at full stretch”. 6

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THE FIRST RACE MEETING The first race meeting ever held at Ascot took place later that year, on Saturday 11th August. The inaugural event was Her Majesty’s Plate, worth 100 guineas and open to any horse, mare or gelding over six years of age. Each horse was required to carry a weight of 12 stone and the seven runners were all English hunters – rather different to the speedy thoroughbreds that race on the Flat today. The nature of the contest also bore little resemblance to modern-day racing at Ascot. That race consisted of three separate heats, each four miles long – about the length of today’s Grand National course. The winning horse would have required tremendous stamina, but sadly there is no record of who claimed that first plate. Queen Anne’s gift to racing, founding the Royal Racecourse, is marked by the tradition of opening Royal Ascot with the Queen Anne Stakes. THE FIRST RACECOURSE The racecourse was laid out by William Lowen, assisted by a team including a carpenter, a painter and a racing administrator. The first permanent building was erected around 1794 by a local Windsor builder. Holding 1,650 people, it was used for almost 50 years. In 1813, Parliament passed an Act of Enclosure, which ensured that the Ascot Heath would be kept and used as a racecourse for the public in the future. Racing at Ascot was now secure.

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BELOW: THE ASCOT GOLD CUP 1834 BY JAMES POLLARD

ROYAL ASCOT The precise origins of the Royal Meeting are unclear, as the event evolved from the ﬁrst four-day meeting that took place in 1768. The meeting as it’s known today only really started to take shape with the introduction of the Gold Cup in 1807. Royal Ascot was the only race meeting held at Ascot until 1939. The Gold Cup remains the feature race of the third day of Royal Ascot, traditionally the busiest day of the week, when high fashion and exquisite millinery take centre stage alongside Flat racing’s most elite stayers. In 2009, Yeats, ridden by Johnny Murtagh and trained by Aidan O’Brien, won his fourth consecutive Gold Cup – a magniﬁcent achievement, and one that Stradivarius just failed to emulate in 2021 having won the previous three renewals. 8

MANAGING ASCOT Although founded by a Queen and located on Crown property, the administration of Ascot is handled on behalf of the Crown by a representative appointed by the monarch. Up until 1901, the racecourse was managed on the sovereign’s behalf by the Master of the Royal Buckhounds. In 1901, Lord Churchill was appointed as His Majesty’s Representative, responsible for running the course and determining entrance to the Royal Enclosure. The Ascot Authority was established in 1913 by an Act of Parliament, with His Majesty’s Representative becoming Senior Trustee. Today,

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RECENT HIGHLIGHTS There have been several landmark occasions since Ascot Racecourse reopened in 2006, and none more memorable than two special Gold Cup days – when Yeats completed his four-timer of Gold Cup wins in 2009 and when The Queen herself won the stayers’ championship with Estimate in 2013. In 2011, Ascot celebrated its tercentenary and staged the inaugural QIPCO British Champions Day, now the culmination of the European elite Flat-racing season. The great Frankel won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Champions Day in 2011, and the curtain came down on the career of oﬃcially the best horse of all time when he won the Champion Stakes a year later.

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In 2012, Ascot Racecourse was at the very heart of the country’s celebrations to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, with the Golden Jubilee Stakes renamed the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and won by the great Australian mare Black Caviar. Ascot has continued to cement its reputation as Europe’s premier destination for the best horses in the world. In recent years it has been the Americans who have had most success, with Tepin’s win in the 2016 Queen Anne Stakes and Lady Aurelia’s King’s Stand Stakes victory the following year being two notable highlights. The latter ﬁlly was trained by Wesley Ward, who has now saddled an impressive 12 winners at the Royal Meeting. While the grandeur of the Royal Meeting takes centre stage each June, Ascot is also renowned for hosting Europe’s premier midsummer middle-distance contest the following month. The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes has been won by many of racing’s most distinguished champions, including Nijinsky, Mill Reef, Dancing Brave, Nashwan, Galileo and – more recently – the remarkable mare Enable, who in July 2020 made history by becoming the ﬁrst horse to win three renewals of this prestigious prize. #RoyalAscot

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Lester Piggott Lester Piggott passed away in May this year at the age of 86. In Ascot’s three-hundred-plus-year history no jockey has dominated the Royal Meeting like him. His tally of 116 Royal Ascot winners stands alone in the modern era, a total that is unlikely to be surpassed and one that came at a time when the meeting was just four days long. 10

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iggott’s ﬁrst Royal Ascot victory came in 1952 on Malka’s Boy for trainer Walter Nightingall in the Wokingham Stakes. ‘The Long Fellow’ went on to be associated with some of the greatest horses to have graced Royal Ascot.

He won the Gold Cup a record 11 times, including a then-record threetimes on Sagaro in 1975, 1976 and 1977, one on board Le Moss and a brace with Ardross in 1981 and 1982. In modern history, he also remains the most successful jockey in the King’s Stand Stakes, Royal Hunt Cup, Norfolk Stakes, Coronation Stakes and Platinum Jubilee Stakes (formerly the Cork and Orrery Stakes). His seven winners in the King’s Stand Stakes included three for Vincent O’Brien in the 1970s as well as one of the leading post-war sprinters, Right Boy, in 1957 who he subsequently partnered to victory in the 1958 and 1959 Cork and Orrery Stakes. Of those 116 winners, he rode 18 apiece for trainers Noel Murless and Vincent O’Brien. Twice he rode eight winners at a single meeting, in 1965 and 1975. Success at Royal Ascot wasn’t limited to the saddle either as when he brieﬂy turned his hand to training in the mid1980s he sent out Cutting Blade to win the Coventry Stakes in 1986. After famously returning to the saddle, his ﬁnal winner at the Royal Meeting was College Chapel in the 1993 Cork and Orrery Stakes, at the age of 57.

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Piggott went on to enjoy success as a breeder being the joint ownerbreeder of Superstar Leo who won the Norfolk Stakes in 2000. He also part-owned Mont Etoile, trained by his son-in-law William Haggas, who won the Ribblesdale Stakes in 2006. He is therefore the only known person to have ridden, trained, owned and bred a winner at Royal Ascot. A statue of Lester Piggott sculpted by William Newton was unveiled at Ascot Racecourse in 2019 and stands on the Brigadier Gerard Lawn. Speaking during the unveiling, Piggott said, “I have enjoyed some great days at Royal Ascot. Everybody looked forward to this meeting. To win the Gold Cup once is special and I was very lucky to win the race on 11 occasions. "I rode some brilliant horses in the race including Sagaro, but probably the best was a ﬁlly called Gladness. It has been a very lucky course for me." ROYAL ASCOT HIGHLIGHTS • Total Royal Ascot winners - 116 • First Royal Ascot winner – Malka’s Boy in the 1952 Wokingham Stakes • Last Royal Ascot winner – College Chapel in the 1993 Cork and Orrery Stakes • Gold Cup wins – 11 including three on Sagaro in 1975, 1976 and 1977 • Eight winners in a single Royal Ascot twice in 1965 and 1975

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“If you have tasted being part of a horse that’s run at that level, then you really have sipped from the golden chalice” THE HON. HARRY HERBERT, RACING MANAGER, ROYAL ASCOT RACING CLUB

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A bastion of sociability and style, with superb benefits, wonderful facilities and a devotion to the exceptional. Exclusive, extraordinary and endless fun, the Royal Ascot Racing Club invites you to explore a truly unparalleled experience. Offering exemplary style and comfort at one of the world’s premier racecourses, this is much more than a racing club – it is a topflight ownership experience providing unprecedented access to the very heart of world-class Flat racing. As well as some of the world’s finest racing at Ascot’s twenty six racedays, including Royal Ascot, Members also benefit from the Club’s ownership of meticulously selected thoroughbred racehorses and enjoy stable visits to some of the best trainers in the country, all racing luminaries of extraordinary expertise. Other highlights include an annual Newmarket visit with dinner & overnight stay, regular bloodstock updates, viewing of new yearlings at Ascot and owners’ badge privileges at other racecourses. Within the magnificent Grandstand, Members have access to two beautiful Club Rooms, the first overlooking the unsaddling enclosure and the second the winning line. Dining at the Club is an impeccable experience courtesy of exquisite food by Rhubarb Food and Design, matched with the highest levels of hospitality and service.

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Royal Ascot Local Schools Art Competition 2022 Our annual Local Schools Art Competition took place for the fifth year in 2022 with children aged between 4-14 years invited to enter one of six different age categories. This year, the theme focused on imagery to represent Her Majesty The Queen and the Platinum Jubilee. Winning schools received £1,000 with the individual winners and runners-up receiving Amazon vouchers. The students were also invited to attend a celebratory tea on Victoria Cup Day at Ascot which took place on 9th May 2022. Sian Bell, who created the overall favourite, as chosen by Ascot Racecourse Supports’ Racing Ambassador, Ryan Moore, was also given the honour of presenting trophies to winning connections.

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The 2022 winning entries by age group were as follows :

ISABELLE LILLIE / AGE 5 / ST FRANCIS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

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TOM SANFORD / AGE 7 / ST FRANCIS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

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ALEXANDRA BARNETT / AGE 11 / ASCOT HEATH PRIMARY SCHOOL

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CLARA TONEY / AGE 11 / CHARTERS SCHOOL

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LOTTIE FURST / AGE 14 / CHARTERS SCHOOL

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RYAN MOORE’S FAVOURITE

SIAN BELL / AGE 12 / CHARTERS SCHOOL

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From Golden To Platinum Julian Muscat looks at how changes made for the Golden Jubilee have shaped the Royal Meeting today…

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n this day 20 years ago the Ascot executive will have donned their finest with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. A fifth day had been added to Royal Ascot for the first time in 2002, when the royal racecourse joined in celebrations commemorating Her Majesty The Queen’s Golden Jubilee. In previous years the four-day Royal Meeting was followed on Saturday by what was known as Heath Day. This was

a routine Ascot fixture governed by the regular dress code, a relaxed affair after the social whirl that went before it. The quality of racing was also less select: there was no Group race – the highest standard of racing – on the seven-race card. That would change in the blink of an eye. In January 2002 Ascot Racecourse announced a series of sweeping changes that would see the Royal Meeting extend to five days, provisionally on a one-off basis as part of the Jubilee festivities. The prospect of adding a fifth day to Britain’s most successful race meeting had been discussed informally for many years. The Golden Jubilee provided the perfect opportunity for a trial run, with no obligation to persist should it not have been successful. There was never much danger of that. With The Queen’s consent, the Ascot Authority responded to the challenge of an extra day by boosting prizemoney significantly. Nearly £500,000 was added to the pot, taking the total purse beyond £3 million for the first time. However, there was another important strand to this expansion. After lobbying the relevant European authorities, Ascot was able to upgrade the Group 2 Cork and Orrery Stakes to championship status. The six-furlong sprint, previously run on Thursday, would become a Group 1 race and feature as the highlight of the new Saturday card.

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without overtly disrupting the existing daily schedule. Moreover, the Cork and Orrery would be recast as the Golden Jubilee Stakes in keeping with the occasion. “Changing the Cork and Orrery to the Golden Jubilee Stakes was a very big deal at the time,” recalled Nick Smith, Director of Racing and Public Affairs at Ascot who was then Head of Public Relations. “It happened in tandem with the race being promoted to Group 1 status, and the first time a five-day Royal Meeting was staged.

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“There were conversations with Buckingham Palace involving Her Majesty’s Representative at Ascot (the Marquis of Hartington),” Smith continued. “All such decisions are made subject to the ﬁnal approval of The Queen.” One can well imagine The Queen’s delight at this extension to what was already her favourite race meeting of the year. Nevertheless, the Ascot Authority had to tread carefully. Royal Enclosure habitues are wary of change, especially to a winning formula, but the redistribution of races across the ﬁve days was completed without undue disruption to the existing format. 18

The running order over the first three days was barely disturbed. The first five races on the opening day remained intact; the only change saw the introduction of the Balmoral Stakes Handicap, a race requisitioned from Heath Day, in place of the Queen’s Vase, which moved to Friday. Day two was a carbon copy of what went before, while Thursday’s card, showcased around the Gold Cup, saw the aforementioned Cork and Orrery Stakes (now the Golden Jubilee) relocated to Saturday. It was replaced by the Hampton Court Stakes, which used to be run on Heath Day. The biggest changes came on Friday. The Hardwicke Stakes, Wokingham Stakes Handicap and Queen Alexandra Stakes moved to Saturday, to be replaced by the Queen’s Vase and two newly-minted races: the Wolferton Stakes and Buckingham Palace Stakes. And for Saturday’s integration into the royal fold, the Golden Jubilee Stakes was augmented by the aforementioned races from Thursday and Friday, together with two races from the old Heath Day. This recasting of races from Heath Day gave Ascot the opportunity to reinforce its royal links in the changing of race-names. Out went the Brunswick Fillies Stakes, the Fern Hill Stakes, the New Stakes and the Palan Stakes; in their place came races commemorating royal residences: the Sandringham Stakes, the Hampton Court Stakes, the Balmoral Stakes and the Buckingham Palace Stakes.

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“I think all of The Queen’s residences are now commemorated,” Smith noted, “so much so that it is getting harder and harder to come up with new names. There are major historical races at Royal Ascot like the Gold Cup, which stands alone, but most of the others now have a royal connection.” As for that inaugural “royal” Saturday back in 2002, it was an instant hit with the public. Attendance more than doubled, from 25,741 on the previous year’s Heath Day to 57,700. And with the racing programme also deemed a success, there was no turning back. A ﬁve-day Royal meeting was here to stay. Indeed, Saturday went from strength to strength, largely because so many more racegoers were able to attend. Within eight years it had relegated Thursday – historically the busiest day, into second place. In 2009 the Saturday crowd swelled to 78,790, almost 10,000 more than had congregated two days earlier for the meeting’s highlight, the Gold Cup. It has been that way ever since. Two decades on and it is hard to believe there were genuine concerns over the introduction of a ﬁfth day at Royal Ascot. But the public voted with their feet, and the reprogrammed races are making their mark by the quality of horses they attract. In this respect the Golden Jubilee Stakes speaks for

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HAWKBILL WINNING THE HAMPTON COURT STAKES

itself. Ten years after its inauguration the race was recast as the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, in tandem with The Queen’s Jubilee, as it will be today, when it is run as the Platinum Jubilee Stakes. A number of its winners since 2002 have earned Champion Sprinter status, among them the Australian ﬁreball Choisir and the majestic Black Caviar, another Aussie rocket who won all 25 of her starts to become an international icon. But that’s not all. The Hampton Court Stakes, formerly the New Stakes on Heath Day, has been won by subsequent Group 1 winners Benbatl and Hawkbill, the latter triumphant in the Eclipse Stakes. It has since been promoted to Group 3 status. And the Wolferton Stakes’ roll of honour includes the 2019 winner Addeybb, who advanced to three topﬂight triumphs in Australia before he returned to Ascot in October 2020 to plunder the Group 1 QIPCO Champion Stakes on QIPCO British Champions Day. A fair bit of history has been crafted in just 20 years.

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Miracle mare In 2012, the ﬁrst running of the renamed Diamond Jubilee Stakes saw Australian wonder horse Black Caviar triumph in a dramatic race. Ten years on, what are the memories of that day, and where is she now? Terry Redhead talks to BBC commentator of the time, Jim A McGrath 20

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BLACK CAVIAR AND LUKE NOLEN TRIUMPH IN THE DIAMOND JUBILEE STAKES

his year marks a special anniversary in Royal Ascot history. It’s exactly 10 years since the Diamond Jubilee Stakes went ‘Down Under’, thanks to the phenomenal success of unbeaten Australian sprinter, Black Caviar. Born in August 2006 at Gilgai Farm in Nagambie, Victoria, Black Caviar grew up on the Goulburn River property and moved to Swettenham Stud in December 2007 for a 10-week yearling preparation. She went on to be sold to a syndicate that included Neil Werrett, Pam Hawkes, Gary and Kerryn Wilkie, Colin and Jannene Madden, and David and Jill Taylor. Trained by Peter Moody, the ﬁlly was considered untouchable in Australia… and the Ascot authorities were keen to see her in action in Berkshire. Nick Smith, the international recruiter for the racecourse, visited Moody to enquire about her, and then went to see connections during the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November in 2011. “By this stage [Black Caviar] the Royal Ascot Insider

had superstar status,” he recalled in an interview for the Racing Post. “I went back when she won the Lightning Stakes in February 2012, and the buildup couldn’t have gone better.” Preparations complete, Ascot geared up for its red carpet arrival – and excitement grew on both sides of the globe. “Black Caviar’s Royal Ascot adventure certainly caught the imagination of the Australian public. She had a huge following and great fan club – and there is always the thing about the Aussies trying to beat the BLACK CAVIAR AND LUKE NOLEN TRIUMPH IN THE DIAMOND JUBILEE STAKES

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Poms!” chuckles Jim McGrath, the BBC’s Senior Racing Commentator from 1997 to 2012, before the television rights to racing in Great Britain transferred to Channel 4. “There was huge conﬁdence in the horse, and why not? She was unbeaten in 21 starts.”

“There was huge conﬁdence in the horse, and why not? She was unbeaten in 21 starts.”

the closing day, Saturday,” McGrath recalls. “Frankel produced a stunning show to take the Queen Anne Stakes by 11 lengths. It was like watching a world heavyweight boxing contest in terms of Frankel and Black Caviar, and in the first round Frankel had landed a knockout blow and earned the respect of all Aussie fans.” On the day of the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, Australians were there with their flags and many more held up salmon and black paddles, the mare’s owners’ colours. “Even before the race it was truly amazing – everyone wanted to see her,” McGrath continues. “All were mesmerised by the appearance of this wonder mare from Down Under.” The race itself was pure drama. Charging across a straight six furlongs, Black Caviar won by a head from the French-trained filly Moonlight Cloud, with another French raider, Restiadargent, a neck away in third. But that was only half the story. Jockey Luke Nolen sent Black Caviar past the Frankie Dettori ridden Soul inside the final two furlongs, but after establishing a lead, he began to ease

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his mount. Moonlight Cloud moved up to draw almost level beforeNolen began driving again in the final strides. “In the final 50 yards I was gobsmacked; I couldn’t believe my eyes when the jockey dropped his hands. I think he mistook the position of the winning post. But once he realised his mistake he reacted and furiously got to work and managed to get her home,” says McGrath. “Afterwards there was just relief in the camp. The 30-hour flight had taken a lot out of her, but that made her win more special. Everyone knew she had class, and this proved she had guts and a big heart.” After the race, Her Majesty The Queen came to stroke the victorious mare. “Her Majesty was very appreciative of being able to pat this horse she’d heard so much about,” recalled Moody in his autobiography, A Long Way From Wyandra. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT Black Caviar ran and won three more races after her Royal Ascot triumph, taking her career total to 25 races and 25 victories. Then, in April 2013, it was announced that she had been officially retired from racing. “The connections of the horse and I decided 25 was a great number and she did us proud,” said Moody at the time. Now 15 years old, Black Caviar is at home in the paddocks of New South Wales’s Hunter Valley, where she has had seven foals – five fillies and two colts. The first was born in 2014 and the Royal Ascot Insider

was a bay ﬁlly by Exceed And Excel, and the most recent addition to the family arrived just last year. Four of her oﬀspring have raced so far, and three – Oscientra, Prince Of Caviar and Invincible Caviar – have won. “I believe she is a good mother, but nothing she has produced so far looks like coming close to emulating her achievements on the track,” says McGrath, mentioning Black Caviar in the same breath as mares like Winx and Enable who followed her as multiple winners. “In the early races in her career she found it all easy; no one had really threatened to beat her. She’s a true great, one of the best.” A journalist of 50 years, Terry Redhead is the former racing editor of the Eastern Daily Press, and now works as a freelance racing writer.

Choisir was the ﬁrst Australian-trained horse to win at Royal Ascot, landing both the King’s Stand Stakes and the Golden Jubilee Stakes for a superb 2003 double.

Takeover Target won the King’s Stand Stakes in 2006, Miss Andretti won the same race the following year and in 2009 Scenic Blast made it three wins in four years in that contest.

Out of a total of 37 runners to date, Australia has had six victories at the Royal Meeting.

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Royal Ascot turns to longest-serving jeweller and bespoke trophy-maker Garrard to make sure those who have had their mettle put to the test are recognised with metal that has passed every test. Mike Waters ﬁnds out more

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he challenge of making a trophy is about more than producing an object; it’s about creating a timeless symbol of an iconic event, and recognising all the time, effort, skill and even blood, sweat and tears expended by each competitor. Taking on this responsibility is Garrard. The creator of royal crowns and jewels, the America’s Cup and the ICC Cricket World Cup – among many other famous items – Garrard is the Official Trophy, Silverware and Glassware supplier of Royal Ascot. It’s also a key name in this year’s Ascot Style Guide, thanks to its impeccably crafted luxury fine jewellery. The relationship between Garrard and Royal Ascot is a long-standing one, with Garrard creating the very first Gold Cup all the way back in 1842. Today, designing and creating a trophy fit for Royal Ascot is entrusted to Design and Development Director Claire Scott. “The process of designing and creating the Royal Ascot trophies takes almost a year from design ideas to the finished pieces,” Claire explains. “The manufacturing stage takes approximately six months and involves many skilled craftspeople, each one highly accomplished in his or her specific craft. The processes include spinning, shaping the flat metal into a ‘cup’ shape on the lathe, the hand-engraving of race names,

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THE VERY FIRST ASCOT GOLD CUP TROPHY, CREATED BY THE HOUSE OF GARRARD IN 1842

hallmarking the piece at Goldsmiths’ Hall, polishing and, of course, the many silversmithing techniques used to create and apply the details. “Technology has been embraced in the silversmithing craft, and computer-aided design helps to add accuracy to the finer details such as the lid finials. But these advances complement the age-old techniques still used by silversmiths, and much of the work is still carried out using traditional methods. I believe this is what makes a trophy such an appropriate symbol – the skill required to forge such a magnificent piece mirrors that of the race winners.”

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It’s clear that this is an art form in itself, which takes as much thought as it does ﬁnesse. “As with all types of design, you need to have a very good understanding of the production process – in this case, the skills of the craftspeople who create the trophies act as a starting point for our design vision,” Claire says. “The combined heritage of Garrard and Royal Ascot provides endless sources of inspiration, and there is a huge sense of responsibility to capture the importance and glory of winning such a historic race as the Gold Cup in a trophy that the winner will treasure forever.”

Crucially, this enduring heritage is still very much an active part of the work Garrard carries out today. “I feel in an extremely privileged position to have access to the Garrard archives, housed in the vault at the Albemarle Street flagship store, to feed the design process,” Claire enthuses. “The archives are a real treasure trove and the historic commissions are a rich source of inspiration. I can’t imagine finding this feeling anywhere else.” In light of this, seeing the winners finally lifting lifting the trophy must be quite something. “The entire team at Garrard feel an immense pride, having worked

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so hard to bring the design to life,” Claire agrees. “The atmosphere is truly wonderful at Royal Ascot and it is so exciting to be there and share in the joy and celebration of the winners.” The irony of the trophy-maker’s life is that they do not receive that which they create. With everyone focusing on the person winning the trophy, its creator can be somewhat forgotten. At ﬁrst this seems unfair, but then, on closer examination, you realise that it is the ultimate compliment. If they have done their job so perfectly that no one can imagine an alternative, this is an insideout accolade.

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All The Queen’s horses Nothing receives a bigger cheer at Royal Ascot than when Her Majesty The Queen’s famous silks are ﬁrst past the post. Over the years many horses have carried those royal colours to victory – Terry Redhead looks back at some of them 28

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hen Tactical, trained by Andrew Balding and ridden by James Doyle, won the Windsor Castle Stakes in 2020, it was Her Majesty The Queen’s 24th Royal Ascot winner. That victory came 67 years after her ﬁrst success: Choir Boy’s win in the Royal Hunt Cup in 1953, just 15 days after the country had enjoyed the pomp and ceremony of The Queen’s Coronation. In October 2021, The Queen’s contribution to racing was marked when she became the ﬁrst entry into the QIPCO British Champions Series Racing Hall of Fame in the Special Contributor category, in recognition of her unwavering commitment to and long-standing patronage of the sport.

ﬁrst victory with Monaveen at Fontwell in 1949, those silks have recorded more than 1,800 winners for The Queen, who has twice been champion owner, in 1954 and 1957. Over the years, Royal Ascot has been a highlight of the racing calendar for The Queen, and she has graced the Berkshire course with plenty of success. Here are ﬁve of Her Majesty The Queen’s most notable victories…

The Queen’s father, King George VI, and great-grandfather, King Edward VII, also used the famous royal colours of purple, gold braid and scarlet. Since her AUREOLE | 1954 winner A year after Choir Boy’s victory, Aureole struck gold in the 1954 Hardwicke Stakes. Sired by top-performing stallion Hyperion, Aureole had been bred by King George VI and was the ﬁrst horse The Queen inherited from her father. As a three-year-old, the colt had become a favourite of The Queen, ﬁnishing second in the Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. In the 1954 Hardwicke Stakes, trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort and ridden by Eph Smith, the Royal Ascot Insider

Aureole found trouble in running before eventually getting the better of French raider Janitor, giving The Queen her second Royal Ascot win. This success, on the last day of the Royal Meeting, was part of a double for The Queen, with Landau taking the Rous Memorial Stakes under Sir Gordon Richards. After his victory, Aureole went on to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the race named after The Queen’s parents, helping Her Majesty The Queen to become the country’s leading owner that year. #RoyalAscot

COLOUR SERGEANT | 1992 winner The 1992 Royal Hunt Cup held success for the Lord Huntingdon-trained Colour Sergeant, who held on by a neck to defeat northern raider Gymcrak Premiere and end a 13-year wait for another royal success at the meeting.

Thirty-one runners lined up, but it was The Queen’s horse that prevailed to provide a shock 20/1 success. It was Her Majesty The Queen’s ﬁrst Royal Ascot win since those of Expansive and Buttress in 1979.

David Harrison, an apprentice jockey, rode one of the biggest victories of his career in what was Colour Sergeant’s ﬁrst run of the 1992 racing season.

Harrison became Champion Apprentice jockey in 1992, with 56 winners, and also claimed the Lester Award for ‘Apprentice Jockey of the Year’

PHANTOM GOLD | 1995 winner A bay mare by Machiavellian, out of Trying For Gold, Phantom Gold, the great-granddaughter of The Queen’s broodmare Amicable, was trained traine at West Ilsley by Lord Huntingdon. In 1995, she won w the Ribblesdale Stakes, to give jockey Frankie Franki Dettori his only royal winner at Royal Ascot to date. There was a select field of seven fillies in i the Ribblesdale that day. Drawn one, Phantom Phanto Gold chased the leaders for the first two furlongs furlong and remained prominent throughout. Dettori took it up more than a furlong out and she ran on well w to beat Irish raider Tillandsia, under Mick Kinane for trainer David Loder, by one and a quarter lengths. length Phantom Gold went on to end her racing raci career in perfect style by winning the Geoff Geoffrey rey Freer Fre Stakes in the following year, at the age of four.

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1958

HARDWICKE STAKES Horse: Aureole Jockey: E Smith

ROYAL WINNERS

ROUS MEMORIAL STAKES

Horse: Landau Jockey: Sir Gordon Richards

1953

ROYAL HUNT CUP Horse: Choir Boy Jockey: D Smith

ROUS MEMORIAL STAKES

1956

ROYAL HUNT CUP

Horse: Alexander Jockey: W H Carr

1955

KING GEORGE V STAKES Horse: Jardiniere Jockey: D Smith

Horse: Snow Cat Jockey: E Smith

KING EDWARD VII STAKES Horse: Restoration Jockey: W H Carr

1957

RIBBLESDALE STAKES Horse: Almeria Jockey: W H Carr

NEW STAKES

Horse: Pall Mall Jockey: W H Carr

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1961

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CORONATION STAKES

1959

ST JAMES’S PALACE STAKES Horse: Above Suspicion Jockey: W H Carr

KING EDWARD VII STAKES

Horse: Magna Carta Jockey: G Lewis

Horse: Aiming High Jockey: L Piggott

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1968

QUEEN’S VASE

HARDWICKE STAKES

Horse: Hopeful Venture Jockey: A Barclay

Horse: Buttress Jockey: W Carson

RIBBLESDALE STAKES Horse: Expansive Jockey: W Carson

Horse: Pindari Jockey: L Piggott

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ESTIMATE | 2012 and 2013 winner Perhaps the most famous of all of The Queen’s Royal Ascot winners is Estimate, the first horse to give a reigning monarch victory in the Gold Cup. In 2012, the filly had taken the Queen’s Vase. Then, the following year, again ridden by Ryan Moore and trained by Sir Michael Stoute, this daughter of Monsun spiritedly fought off her competitors in the most prestigious race of the week. Turning into the final straight, Moore pushed Estimate to the front and despite being challenged by Simenon and Top Trip, the mare, foaled in 2009, held on by a neck to land the blue riband event in a near- photo finish.

FREE AGENT |2008 winner Free Agent, trained by Richard Hannon Snr and ridden by Richard Hughes, ended a nine-year Royal Ascot drought for The Queen that stretched back to the 1999 victory of Blueprint in the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes. The 2008 Chesham Stakes winner triumphed in what was only his second career start, taking The Queen’s Royal Ascot winners tally to 20. Free Agent produced a battling success in the seven-furlong contest. Held up in the rear in the early stages, the 7/2 joint favourite stormed from last to ﬁrst to win by two and a quarter lengths from his fellow market leader, Seaway.

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1992

DUKE OF EDINBURGH STAKES

ROYAL HUNT CUP Horse: Colour Sergeant Jockey: D Harrison

Horse: Blueprint Jockey: G Stevens

1995

RIBBLESDALE STAKES Horse: Phantom Gold Jockey: F Dettori

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2020

2013

CHESHAM STAKES

WINDSOR CASTLE STAKES

GOLD CUP

Horse: Free Agent Jockey: R Hughes

Horse: Estimate Jockey: R Moore

2012

QUEEN’S VASE Horse: Estimate Jockey: R Moore

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Horse: Tactical Jockey: J Doyle

2016

HARDWICKE STAKES Horse: Dartmouth Jockey: O Peslier

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As the voice of Owners, the ROA are consistently promoting the impact and beneﬁts of ownership whilst working to make ownership more rewarding. Once again we will be hailing our popular “ROA Owner of the Day” for Royal Ascot, which showcases an owner with a runner at the meeting.

oday’s (Saturday 18 June) ROA Owner of the Day is Any Excuse For A Holiday, who own Asgoodassobergets, a runner in the Golden Gates Stakes (5.35pm). It will have been a long wait for a couple of the British yards involved in the 34th race of Royal Ascot 2022, as they are having their first runner of the week. One of the trainers is Lambournbased Tom Ward, who has been climbing the ladder since his first runners in 2019 and is represented by the interestingly-named Asgoodassobergets, owned by the equally eye-catching Any Excuse For A Holiday. Ward says: “The horse’s name is self-explanatory I suppose, but I’ve never really delved into it. There must have been a story behind it I’m sure. It’s a good name and something a bit different. It takes a bit of reading but you get it eventually! He’s called Jim in the yard.” Asgoodassobergets, or Jim, looks far more than a social runner on the final day of the Royal meeting in the Golden Gates Stakes, given he has won two of his three starts, though much socialising will be undertaken around the Royal Ascot Insider

his appearance. Asked about Any Excuse For A Holiday, Ward says: “They’re a bunch of Australian guys who were keen to come over for Royal Ascot, and they’re pretty much all here, which is great. “They’ve been locked down for the last two or three years, as we all have. The name correlates with the fact they can get themselves over here and be able to watch their horse at Royal Ascot. “There are about 15 I know of, but it’s a big syndicate. The guys have had horses in Ireland as well. Saturday should be fun.” While the three-year-old will be providing ongoing fun for his owners, the trainer and his team will have only a limited amount of time to make the most of his talents. Ward explains: “The horse is going to go down to Annabel Neasham’s at the end of the year. She originally bought the horse out of France, sent him to me for this season, and once he has had his campaign here as a three-year-old, he’ll go down there for the spring in Australia.” Whether Asgoodassobergets, who was bred by Dermot Cantillon out of #RoyalAscot

Haafhd’s daughter Little Alice, goes to Australia as a Royal Ascot winner will be known soon enough. The mile and a quarter handicap he contests is typically competitive, with a maximum field declared and the vast majority of the runners on the up. Ward’s colt is one such, having won at Lyon Parilly on his second start in France for previous trainer Edouard Monfort, and then justifying favouritism on the all-weather at Wolverhampton in April over a mile and a half. He won there by half a length under Richard Kingscote. “There are a lot of unexposed types in the race,” says Ward. “Our horse has been showing all the right signs at home. Although it might have looked fairly hard work, he actually won quite nicely at Wolverhampton, it was easier than it looked. “He was still hard on the bridle at the furlong pole, hence why we’re dropping him back to a mile and a quarter, which we think is more his trip. “After he won at Wolverhampton we thought he should be able to get in a race at Royal Ascot off a mark of 88, near the bottom of one of the handicaps. I had him in the King George V but prefer the mile-and-a-quarter option. It’s always a bit of a risk, not knowing whether for sure you’ll get in, but I thought it was pretty much guaranteed for both races off 88. “That’s why he has not run since. He’s been working well at home, he had 34

a nice away day last week and he’s in great shape.” Royal Ascot week has been warm and dry to date, and while the temperatures are set to remain high on Saturday, it is the one day of the ﬁve where there is the potential for a bit of rain, which Ward for one would welcome. “The ground is on the quick side but I’m hoping there’s a bit of rain about on Saturday to take a little bit of the sting out of the ground,” he says. He continues: “He had some solid form in France and the form has worked out okay from his Wolverhampton run. Hopefully he’s a nice horse going forward. He’s still learning his trade and should give the owners a lot of fun. “We’ll see how he jumps out and we’ll leave it to Jim [Crowley], he knows his way around. It’s just about being uncomplicated, getting into a rhythm, hopefully there’s a bit of pace on, we’ll ride him for a bit of luck and away we go.” The Ward stable has had a quiet week all round, having not had a runner since Monday, but June has certainly been kind. “We’ve had a good month, they’ve all been running well,” says the trainer. “We’ve had three winners and beyond that they’ve all been competitive, so that’s good.” #RoyalAscot

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Looking ahead

The excitement at Royal Ascot needn’t fade when the gates close – there are plenty more race meetings to look forward to this year at Ascot Racecourse 8th-9th July

Summer Mile Racing Weekend The Summer Mile Racing Weekend presents two days of thrilling racing action at the world’s most famous racecourse,where the pristine lawns are in full midsummer bloom and the grounds are alive with atmosphere. 22nd-23rd July

QIPCO King George Diamond Weekend The first day of the QIPCO King George Diamond Weekend offers a relaxed afternoon of racing where racegoers can wander across the racecourse's luscious lawns and sample the many Champagne and cocktail bars on offer under the glorious English sunshine. The Saturday is QIPCO King George Diamond Day – a sparkling cocktail of summer style, socialising and exceptional racing, where the headline act, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes, is Europe’s indisputable midsummer middle-distance showpiece, attracting the best horses from across the continent. 6th August

Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup A unique ﬁxture in the global racing calendar, the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup is one of Ascot Racecourse’s most popular events, and sees the world’s top jockeys compete in a competition format as they join forces to try and lift racing’s ultimate team prize. To round oﬀ the day, this year’s concert will be headlined by Grammy Award-winning Clean Bandit, with multi-platinum-selling The Hoosiers also performing, and more artists still to be announced! 2nd-3rd September

September Racing Weekend

The September Racing Weekend presents two days of fantastic Flat racing. The action gets underway with two potentially informative two-year-old races that have produced Group-level performers in recent years. Then, the second day features seven competitive contests with the racing highlight being the Lavazza Stakes, a valuable Heritage Handicap run over a mile-and-a-half. 36

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30th September-1st October

Peroni Italia Autumn Racing Weekend This quality two-day Flat meeting begins with a competitive six-race card. The feature race of the ﬁrst day is the Noel Murless Stakes, a Listed contest designed as a stepping stone to the following season’s Group contests over staying trips. Saturday’s racing highlights include two Group 3 contests and the big betting contest of the day, the Challenge Cup. 15th October

QIPCO British Champions Day Don’t miss the thrilling ﬁnale to the British Flat season as the leading horses and jockeys from Europe and beyond descend on Ascot Racecourse in their quest to be crowned the champions of 2022. 29th October

Fireworks Spectacular Family Raceday The Jumps season returns to Ascot with a bang at the annual fireworks spectacular. A high-quality card featuring the Bateaux London Grade 3 Gold Cup Handicap Chase is followed by one of the region’s largest fireworks displays. A breathtaking pyro-musical show will launch more than 20,000 fireworks from the centre of the racecourse. 18th-19th November

November Racing Weekend This meeting provides the perfect opportunity to see some of the Jump stars of the future, as a collection of promising novice hurdlers and chasers traditionally line up on the opening day of the weekend. The second day is headlined by a brace of Grade 2 contests over mid-range trips, attracting some of the biggest names in the sport. 16th-17th December

Howden Christmas Racing Weekend

Celebrate the festive season in style at Ascot’s ﬁnal meeting of the year. The racing is set to be thrilling, with a quality Jumps card featuring a pair of Grade 2 races – the Kennel Gate Novices’ Hurdle and the Howden Noel Novices’ Chase – on the Friday, and the Grade 1 Howden Long Walk Hurdle the following day. An abundance of seasonal fun can also be enjoyed on the Saturday, with fairground rides, candle-lit carol singing with the Ascot Brass Band and a special appearance by Father Christmas and his reindeer. the Royal Ascot Insider

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Bet with Ascot – World Pool In 2019, Ascot Racecourse worked in partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Tote to commingle betting pools at Royal Ascot to increase UK liquidity.

nown as World Pool, this global first was designed to improve value for customers and make pool betting more attractive as a result. World Pool has been in operation for each subsequent Royal Ascot and is also now a feature of other major racedays in Britain, including QIPCO King George Diamond Day and QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot. The World Pool will once again be in operation on all five days of Royal Ascot, allowing racegoers to bet into a global pool consisting of over 20 countries, increasing liquidity and the potential for better value. All 35 races will this be included in the World Pool for the first time.

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Last year was the fourth year of World Pool which saw 20 leading racing nations involved (including UK, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, South Africa and the USA) and 2021 generated turnover of £129m worldwide across the Royal Meeting helping to create greater value for customers betting into the World Pool either via Bet With Ascot on course or remotely. The First Two (Exacta) and the Bet with Ascot treble, covering the last three races of each day, will be included for the ﬁrst time this year. The bet types included in World Pool therefore are: •

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Place (each way)

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First two (Exacta)

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The place terms for all races are determined by the number of declared runners and are as follows: •

4 declared runners: No place pool

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5 or 6 declared runners: 1st or 2nd (void if less than 4 actual runners)

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7-20 declared runners: 1st, 2nd or 3rd (3 places remain if 5 or 6 runners, void if less than 5 actual runners)

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21 – 34 declared runners: 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th (4 places remain for 20 or less runners)

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Leading Jockey Proﬁles

76 1990 990

NUMBER OF ROYAL ASCOT WINS:

FIRST ROYAL ASCOT WINNER:

L E A D I N G J O C K E Y A T R O Y A L A S C O T: 7 T I M E S

GOLD CUP

WINNERS AT

BEST EVER ROYAL ASCOT: 7 WINNERS IN 1998/2019

66 2008 2008

FIRST ROYAL ASCOT WINNER:

NUMBER OF ROYAL ASCOT WINS:

L E A D I N G J O C K E Y A T R O Y A L A S C O T: 8 T I M E S

GOLD CUP

WINNERS AT

MOORE NUMBER OF ROYAL ASCOT WINS:

BEST EVER ROYAL ASCOT: 9 WINNERS IN 2015

28 2007 2007 07

FIRST ROYAL ASCOT WINNER:

L E A D I N G J O C K E Y A T R O Y A L A S C O T: N O T Y E T

GROUP 1

WINNERS AT

BUICK 26 2001 2 001

BEST EVER ROYAL ASCOT: 5 WINNERS IN 2012

NUMBER OF ROYAL ASCOT WINS:

FIRST ROYAL ASCOT WINNER:

L E A D I N G J O C K E Y A T R O Y A L A S C O T: O N C E

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WINNERS AT

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RACE HISTORIES

Saturday The Chesham Stakes (Listed)

Seven furlongs, Two Year Olds Named after the third Baron Chesham, who was the last Master of the Buckhounds from 1900 to 1901. First run in 1919, the Chesham Stakes replaced the ﬁrst leg of the Triennial Stakes, which had been run over ﬁve furlongs for two-year-olds. Now a Listed contest, the race takes place over the longer distance of seven furlongs and is restricted to youngsters whose sire or dam won at ten furlongs or more. It was won in 2019 by the Champion two-year-old that year, Pinatubo, in a track record time.

The Jersey Stakes (Group 3)

Seven furlongs, Three Year Olds The Jersey Stakes replaced the second leg of the Triennial Stakes in 1919. Named after the fourth Earl of Jersey, who was the Master of the Buckhounds between 1782 and 1783, this specialist seven-furlong contest is framed for three-year-olds who have yet to win a Group 1 or Group 2 race, but have often competed at that level, including in the Guineas.

The Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2)

One mile, four furlongs, Four Year Olds & Upwards Named after the ﬁfth Earl of Hardwicke, Master of the Buckhounds between 1874 and 1879, the race was ﬁrst run in 1879. The Group 2 contest continues to attract the best older middle distance horses and is often an informative guide to the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes in July. It is run with no Group 1 or 2 winners’ penalties as a quasi-Group 1 race with top level horses regularly competing.

The Platinum Jubilee Stakes (Group 1)

Six furlongs, Four Year Olds & Upwards First run in 1868, this six-furlong contest was originally named after Lord Cork, another Master of the Buckhounds, and known as the Cork and Orrery Stakes. 42

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Royal Ascot’s most prestigious sprint was given a new name – the Golden Jubilee Stakes - and elevated to Group 1 status to celebrate The Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2002. Ten years later, it assumed the mantle of the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and now it will be run as the Platinum Jubilee Stakes. In 2015, it became a race for four-year-olds and upwards, as the three-year-olds have the Commonwealth Cup option. It is routinely won by some of the best sprinters in the world, including Black Caviar, Undrafted and Blue Point in recent years.

The Wokingham Stakes (Heritage Handicap)

Six furlongs, Three Year Olds & Upwards The inaugural running of the Wokingham Stakes took place in 1813, making this race the oldest handicap at Royal Ascot. This famous sprint is named after the market town seven miles from Ascot Racecourse, and the ﬁrst dual winner was appropriately also named Wokingham (1881 and 1882). Over the years, the race has developed a reputation as a ﬁercely competitive handicap and one of the major betting heats of the season.

The Golden Gates Stakes (Handicap)

One mile, two furlongs, Three Year Olds The penultimate contest at Royal Ascot was among the six prizes added to the race programme in 2020 and one of three newly named contests to be staged. The Golden Gates are the ceremonial entrance point as the Royal Procession arrives at the top of Ascot’s famous Straight Mile. Her Majesty The Queen graciously consented to the race title which is run over a mile and a quarter for three-year-olds only. The inaugural running proved a high-class contest with the winner, Highland Chief, subsequently being placed at Group 2 level.

The Queen Alexandra Stakes (Conditions)

Two miles, six furlongs, Four Year Olds & Upwards Run over the marathon trip of two-and-three-quarter miles, the Queen Alexandra Stakes is not only the longest race of the meeting, but also the longest contest run under Flat racing rules. Named after the consort of King Edward VII, the race was ﬁrst run in 1864 as the Alexandra Plate over three miles. It will always be associated with Brown Jack, arguably Royal Ascot’s greatest equine legend, who won the race on six consecutive occasions between 1929 and 1934. The Queen Alexandra Stakes always closes the meeting and, perhaps because of its extreme distance in a time when so much emphasis is on speed, it has become a national institution and is aﬀectionately supported by regulars. the Royal Ascot Insider

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82 1977 197 977

FIRST ROYAL ASCOT WINNER:

NUMBER OF ROYAL ASCOT WINS:

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: ESTIMATE WINNING THE GOLD CUP IN 2013

GROUP 1

WINNERS AT

BEST EVER ROYAL ASCOT: 4 WINNERS IN 2018, 2014, 2005, 1998, 1991

NUMBER OF ROYAL ASCOT WINS:

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76 1997 1 997 97

FIRST ROYAL ASCOT WINNER:

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: YEATS WINNING HIS FOURTH GOLD CUP IN 2009

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WINNERS AT BEST EVER ROYAL ASCOT: 7 WINNERS IN 2016

59 1990 990

NUMBER OF ROYAL ASCOT WINS:

(including four in partnership with Thady Gosden)

FIRST ROYAL ASCOT WINNER:

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: STRADIVARIUS WINNING HIS THIRD GOLD CUP IN 2020

GROUP 1

WINNERS AT

BEST EVER ROYAL ASCOT: 6 WINNERS IN 2020

NUMBER OF ROYAL ASCOT WINS:

GOSDEN

47 1995 1 995 95

FIRST ROYAL ASCOT WINNER:

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: ROYAL REBEL WINNING HIS SECOND GOLD CUP IN 2002

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WINNERS AT BEST EVER ROYAL ASCOT: 5 WINNERS IN 2003 ALL INFORMATION PRIOR TO 2022.

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Breeders' Cup Winners of the following races will earn automatic berths, travel and paid entry fees into the equivalent races at the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland:

winners Barathea and Goldikova have gone on to win the Breeders’ Cup Mile while Prince of Wales’s Stakes winners Fantastic Light and Highland Reel went on to be successful in the Breeders’ Cup Turf.

• The Queen Anne Stakes • The King’s Stand Stakes • The Prince of Wales’s Stakes • The Norfolk Stakes All four races will be televised live and streamed in the U.S. as part of NBC Sports Group’s live coverage of Royal Ascot. The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series presented by America’s Best Racing consists of the best races from around the world and awards each winner an automatic and free entry into the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. It’s simple, they win and they’re in.

The winner of the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes, for two-year-olds over ﬁve furlongs, will receive a free berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint while the King’s Stand Stakes victor gains an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, which will be run at 5 1/2 furlongs.

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David Howden reflects on the start of Howden’s Partnership with Ascot Racecourse What a pleasure it is that we can all once again enjoy a proper British summer to the full. Royal Ascot is undoubtedly the highlight of both the social and racing calendars, and this year, ar as we ar, celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubil Ju ee, it is a particularl special week. particularly Man of us here at Ascot share Her Majesty’s Many passion for horses and her love lo of watchi wa ng them compete on this historic racecourse. I initially learnt to ride when I was nearly fifty as I wanted to have ha a common interest with my daughters as they grew older. Their love lo of horses has clearly clearl rubbed off on me and it’s hard to believe that less than a decade later, here I am an owner and breeder, eeder inve eeder, in sting in what has become one of my greatest passions. My own interest in horses, coupled with the Howden group’s long history in equine insurance as part of our sports & entertainment team, meant becoming an official off partner of Ascot Racecourse in 2021 was a perfect fit - two proudly oudl British businesses, both with a global outlook. oudly Such a global outlook has led to the expansion of the Howden group into 45 countries, with our reach stretching across racing world hot spots such as Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. That expansion has also been reflected closer to home. This past year we have ha welcomed both Aston Lark and A-Plan into their new home here with Howden, making us the largest insurance broker in the UK with 6,500 colleagues, more than 1.5million clients and 160 offices off across the country. country As well as our partnership with Ascot, our interest across the equine world continues with our in lvement with Cornbury House Horse Trials and the introduction of a new programme with British invo Eventing – ‘The Howden Way’ Wa – which supports young horses and riders on their journey to be the best. A real highlight in this first year of Howden’s partnership with Ascot was the Christmas Racing Weekend we supported in December. Many Man of our clients, staff and friends joined us to enjoy a love lo ly family famil day da out to start the festive ti season, and I am particularly tive particularl looking forward to it again this Christmas. That’s what really all makes these events so special - not just welcoming guests but seeing how much care, ally at attention and hard work goes in to each and every race day da here at Ascot, from all the behind the scenes staff to the jockeys and horses. So with a great day da out promised here at Royal Ascot, I’d like to say sa a big thank you to all invo in lved and hope everyone picks a winner or two. 48

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Fifth Day | June 18th 2022

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2.30 First Race

Ascot Racecourse is giving gi a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the best turned out horse, and a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the winning horse.

The Chesham Stakes Stak 1

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Seven Furlongs (7f ) (1,400 metres) For Two Yrs Old

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Trainer

1 ALFRED MUNNINGS (IRE) (36) 1

B c Dubawi Duba (IRE) - Best In The World (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) WESTERBERG/MRS J MAGNIER/M TABOR/D SMITH AIDAN O’BRIEN, Ireland

Groom - Sarmite Loca

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31 31) 9 5 (131) Ry Moore Ryan

(Breeder - Coolmore)

Dra Draw

M OON, ROYA MAR RO L BLUE hoop and sleeves, 2 quartered cap cap. Foaled 13.5.2020. HHHH Well-bred colt who created a highly favo fa urable impression with his emphatic success in Leopardstown to maiden (7f, good) last month and looks a smart prospect; trainer has won this race six times, including in four town of the last six years; strong credentials. Official BHA Rating -

2 ALZAHIR (FR) (23)

Groom - Manohar Parmar BF

9 5 (131)

Ch c Sea The Stars (IRE) - Cup Cake (IRE) (Singspiel (IRE)) AL WASMIYAH SMIY SMIYAH STUD, G BAILEY, ILEY N WRIGLEY Frankie Dettori ILEY, JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket (Breeder - Al Wasmiya smi Stud) smiya

Dra Draw

WHITE, MAROON Q on body. body

Foaled 20.2.2020. HHH Sea The Stars colt who nearly nearl made a winning debut at Yarmouth (7f, good) where he started joint-fa urite and went down joint-favo do by only onl a short head; the Gosden stable has won this contest three times, most recently entl in ently 2014; open to progress and enters calculations. Official BHA Rating -

3 CRYP CR TO FORCE (GB) (17) (17 1

B c Time Test - Luna Mare (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) AMO RACING AND OMNIHORSE RACING M. D. O’CALL O’C AGHAN, Ireland

9 5 (131) Rossa Ryan Ry

(Breeder - Mr W. A. Tinkler)

Dra Draw

PURPLE, WHITE cap, PURPLE stars.

Foaled 18.4.2020. HHHHH Comfortably mfortabl made a successful debut at the Curragh (7f, good) in a maiden that Point Lonsdale mfortably won in 2021 before following follo up in this race; bought by new ne owners ow for a whopping £900,000 at the Goffs Goff London Sale on Monday; nda very interesting prospect. nday; Official BHA Rating -

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Owner

4 DARK THIRTY (IRE) (36) 1

Trainer

B c Starspangledbanner (AUS (A ) - Beach Wedding (IRE) (Footstepsinthesand) MAR MARTIN HUGHES & MICHAEL KERR-DINEEN RICHARD HANNON, Marlborough

st lb

(lbs)

9 5 (131) Sean Levey e ey

(Breeder - Lynn Lodge Stud)

Dra Draw

PURPLE and WHITE diamonds, PURPLE sleeves.

Foaled 7.2.2020. HHH Had very little lit to spare in Newbur Newbury wbury maiden (6f, good) last month but prove pro d game and had several ra ral subsequent winners behind him; could go well. Official BHA Rating -

5 FAISAL ROAD RO (IRE) (31) 1

Gr c Kodiac - Harrana (IRE) (New Approach (IRE)) SHEIKH ABDULLAH ALMALEK ALSABAH JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket

Groom - Shanava Shana z Hussain

9 5 (131) Jack Mitchell

(Breeder - Tallyll Ho Stud) lly-

Dra Draw

WHITE, GOLD braid, GREEN sleeves, 1 GREEN cap with GOLD tassel. Foaled 13.4.2020. HHH Debut winner at Yarmouth (6f, good to ﬁrm) one month ago, leading inside the ﬁnal 1f and holding on to beat a couple of subsequent scorers, including Finn’s nn’ Charm; should be capable of progress; not dismissed. nn’s Official BHA Rating -

6 FINN’S CHARM (GB) (13)

B c Kingman - Annabelle’s Charm (IRE) (Indian Ridge) DR J. WALKER CHARLIE & MARK JOHNSTON, Middleham

Groom - Paddy Trainor D

9 5 (131) Joe Fanning

(Breeder - Merry Fox Stud Limited)

Dra Draw

LIME GREEN, ROYA RO L BLUE epaulets and cap.

Foaled 28.3.2020. HHH Close third to Faisal Road at Yarmouth then had a straightforwa ightfor rd task at Musselburgh (7f, good) ightforwa where he made all for an easy success in weak race; goes into a much stronger ﬁeld this time but may ma improve impro further. further Official BHA Rating -

7 HOLLOWA HOLLOWAY WAY BOY BO (GB) (-)

9 5 (131)

Ch c Ulysses Ul (IRE) - Sultry (Pivo (Pi tal) MR NICK WHITE & MRS E BURKE Daniel Tudhope K. R. BURKE, Leyburn (Breeder - Cheveley Park Stud Limited)

Dra Draw

WHITE and RED (quartered), WHITE sleeves, 12 RED stars,, WHITE cap cap,, RED star. ar ar. Foaled 3.3.2020. H 60,000gns foal, 60,000gns yearling; by Ulys Ul ses out of unraced sister to useful 6f-8.6f winner Supersta; sole newc ne omer in the ﬁeld and this looks a tough introduction; best watched wa unless the market mark speaks positive positi ly. ly Official BHA Rating -

8 LEGEND OF XANADU (GB) (15)

23211

Ch c Sixties Six Icon - Tanojin (IRE) (Thousand Words) BOX 41 MICK CHANNON, West Ilsley

Groom - Nasar Haya Hayat yat

9 5 (131) William Buick

(Breeder - Stoneham Park Stud)

Dra Draw

BLACK, WHITE hollow hollo box, bo diabolo on sleeves.

Foaled 27.4 27 .2020. HHH The runner with the most experienc ex e, having ha raced ﬁve ﬁv times; therefore possibly possibl vulnerable to big r improve bigge impro rs but has a solid record and won the Woodcote at Epsom (6f, good) most recently; entl 2-2 under William Buick. ently; Official BHA Rating -

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Owner

Trainer

9 ONE WORLD (GB) (10) 1

B c Sea The Stars (IRE) - Time Chaser (Dubawi (Duba (IRE)) JUDDMONTE JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket

Groom - Devi Singh D

st lb

(lbs)

9 5 (131) Colin Keane

(Breeder - Juddmonte Farms (East) Ltd)

Dra Draw

GREEN, PINK sash and cap, WHITE sleeve slee s.

Foaled 5.3.2020. HHH Won by only a whisker whisk at Hayd Ha ock (7f, soft) ten days da ago but he’s he’ from a typically smart Juddmonte famil and has plenty of potential judged on that pedigree; one of three once-raced contenders for the Gosden yard. family Official BHA Rating -

10 PEARLING PATH PA (FR) (22) 51

B c Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) - Sacriﬁce My Soul (IRE) (Nayef (USA)) SA SA)) MR FAWZ FA I ABDULLA NASS JOHN STEPHEN O’DONOGHUE, Ireland

9 5 (131) Da Egan David

(Breeder - Fair Salinia Ltd)

Dra Draw

DARK BLUE, YELLOW YELLO star, ar striped sleeves and cap. ar,

Foaled 28.2.2020. HH Justiﬁed favo fa uritism at Fairyhous ir iryhous e (6f, good) last time, building on his Curragh debut effort; howe ho ver, he’ well down he’s do this pack on bare form and needs to improve impro a good deal further. further Official BHA Rating -

11 SHAHBAZ (IRE) (23) 4

B c Free Eagle (IRE) - Middle Persia (Dalakhani (IRE)) THE WOLFPAC LFP K AND PARTNERS FIVE LFPAC CHARLIE FELLOWES, Newmarket

Groom - Matteo Mat Pinna

9 5 (131) Jamie Spencer

(Breeder - Skymarc Farm)

Dra Draw

PINK, DARK BLUE star, ar DARK BLUE cap. ar,

Foaled 2.5.2020. H Showe Sho d some promise at Yarmouth but is held by Alzahir on that form and, judged on breeding, should be more interesting when sent over ov 1m+ later on. Official BHA Rating -

12 SUNNINGDALE NNINGD NNINGDALE (IRE) (75) 4

Ch c Gleneagles (IRE) - Fashion Statement (Rainbow Quest (USA)) SA SA)) VALMONT, LMONT MAGNIER & P F I COLE LTD LMONT, PA PAUL & OLIVER COLE, Whatcombe

Groom - Irineau Goncalves

9 5 (131) Jim Crowle Crowley wley

(Breeder - Oak Hill Stud)

Dra Draw

WHITE, PINK diamond, ROYA RO L BLUE sleeves and cap.

Foaled 2.4.2020. H Absent since his front-running fourth over 5f at Windsor in early April; returns in much deeper waters wa and holds weak claims on bare form. Official BHA Rating -

13 THE FOXES (IRE) (36) 4

B c Churchill (IRE) - Tanaghum (Darshaan) KING POWER PO RACING CO LTD ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Reece Senior

9 5 (131) Da Probert David

(Breeder - Barronstown Stud)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE hoop, striped sleeves, ROYA 3 WHITE cap cap,, ROYA RO L BLUE star. ar ar. Foaled 27.3 27 .2020. HHHH Churchill colt who is related to numerous winners and cost 440,000gns as a yearling; ﬁnished 2l fourth to Dark Thirty at Newbur Newbury wbury (6ff ) and should build on that promise; one to consider. nsider nsider. Official BHA Rating -

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Owner

Trainer

14 LAKOTA SIOUX (IRE) (19) (19 31

B f Sioux Nation Na (USA) SA - Shemiyla SA) Shemi (FR) (Dalakhani (IRE)) GALLOP RACING CHARLIE & MARK JOHNSTON, Middleham

Groom -Nain Singh

st lb

(lbs)

9 0 (126) James Doyle Do

(Breeder - Fethard Bloodstock Ltd)

Dra Draw

EMERALD GREEN, WHITE hoops, WHITE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN diamonds, 9 WHITE cap cap,, EMERALD GREEN diamond. Foaled 15.3.2020. HH Stablemate of Finn’s nn’ Charm; justified favo nn’s fa uritism at Lingfield (7f, good) on second start, easily sil beating sily a subsequent winner; howe ho ver, the suspicion is that others have ha greater potential; flashed her tail in both runs. Official BHA Rating D

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 14 Standard Time: 1 min 27.50 27 secs Record Time: 1 min 25.73 secs by Pinatubo age 2 wt 9-3 good, 22/06/19 2021: POINT LONSDALE (IRE) 2 9 3 Ryan Moore 10-11 (Aidan O’Brien) 10 ran

Race Summary: Summar Alfred Munnings holds obvious claims, being a smart prospect from a yard that has an excellent record in this contest. However, there are several plausible alternative alternati s at bigger odds, notably tabl CRYP tably CR TO FORCE whose Curragh debut race threw up the winner of this contest last year and who was bought by new owners for a princely princel sum on Monday. nda He looks very nday. interesting. From a punting perspective perspecti , second choice is The Foxes whose yearling price and pedigree suggest he’ll improve a good deal on his Newbury effort behind Dark Thirty. Thirty The three runners from the Gosden stable are all open to progress. Race Predictor: HOLLOWAY WA BOY WAY SHAHBAZ LAKOTA SIOUX Please check Bet With Ascot screens for most up to date Race Predictor Forecast: 10-11 Alfred Munnings (IRE), 10-1 Alzahir (FR), Crypto Force (GB), Faisal Road (IRE), Legend of Xanadu (GB), 12-1 Finn’s Charm (GB), 14-1 Dark Thirty (IRE), One World (GB), The Foxes (IRE), 25-1 Pearling Path Pa (FR), Lakota Sioux (IRE), 40-1 Shahbaz (IRE), 50-1 Holloway wa Boy (GB), Sunningdale (IRE) way

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3.05 Second Race

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The Jersey Stakes Stak (Group 3)

Seven Furlongs (7f ) (1,400 metres) For Three Yrs Old

Stalls - Centre

(Class 1) Total race value va £110000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 86)

Owners Prize Money. ne Winner £51304; Second £20966; Third £10483; Fourth £5247. ney. 47 47. (Penalty Value Va £65120) A SS

Form

Owner

110-62

B c Time Test - Ronja (USA) SA (El Corredor (USA)) SA) SA SA)) Bauyrzhan Murzabayev aye ayev ST STALL DOMSTADT P. SCHIERGEN, Germany German

1 ROCCHIGIANI (GB) (27) (27

Grooms - Mariusz Sadowski & Christian Möde

Trainer

st lb

(lbs)

9 6 (132)

(Breeder - Dr T. Grewe)

Dra Draw

DARK RED, WHITE hoop and armlets, 11 DARK BLUE cap cap. HHHH Won 7f Group 3 at Baden-Baden as a 2yo; 2y much improve impro d when second in German 2,000 Guineas at Cologne (1m; made running) running last month and that form was boosted when the winner Maljoom was an unlucky unluck fourth in Tuesday’ day’s day’ y’s St James’s mes’ Pala mes’s Pa ce Stakes; ak has raced thus far on good ground or softer; may akes; ma well be suited by returning to 7f and commands respect despite a 3lb penalty. penalty Official BHA Rating 110

2 HELLO YOU (IRE) (48)

6415-30

B f Invincible In Spirit (IRE) - Lucrece (Pivo (Pi tal) AMO RACING LIMITED DA DAVID LOUGHNANE, Tern Hill

Groom - Michelle Mullineaux D

9 5 (131) Rossa Ryan Ry

(Breeder - Serge Boucheron)

Dra Draw

VIOLET, WHITE quartered cap.

HH Clearly arl best effort arly eff when winning Group 2 Rockfel Stakes Stak at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (7f, good to ﬁrm) last autumn, but soundly undl undly beaten in the 1000 Guineas there seven weeks ago and has a bit to ﬁnd at today’ today’s y’s weights. STEWARD EW EWARD S NOTE: Following llo llowing its run on 1/5/2022 it was reported that the horse ran too free. Official BHA Rating 107

3 ALFLAILA (GB) (43)

42246-1

B c Dark Angel (IRE) - Adhwa Adh a (Oasis Dream) SHADWELL ESTATE TA TATE COMP COMPANY LTD OWEN BURROWS, Lambourn

9 3 (129) Dane O’Neill

(Breeder - Shadwell Estate Company Compan Limited)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE epaulets, BLACK cap. ROYA

HHHH Just useful form as 2yo 2y but took a big step forwa for rd when winning handicap over C&D (good ground) on his reappearance in convincing fashion, surging clear ﬁnal 1f; now no looks well worth his place in this higher grade and he’s he’ a leading contender with his suitability for the track ﬁrmly rml established. rmly Official BHA Rating 109

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Owner

4 AUDIENCE (GB) (17) (17

1-22

Trainer

B c Iffraaj - Ladyship (Oasis Dream) CHEVELEY PARK STUD JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket

st lb

Ry Moore Ryan

(Breeder - Cheveley Park Stud Limited)

D BF

(lbs)

9 3 (129)

Dra Draw

RED, WHITE sash, ROYA RO L BLUE cap.

HH Bred to be smart and made a promising start when scoring decisive decisi ly at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (7f, good) on sole outing last year; beaten at odds-on twice since, free to post and slowly slo away aw on reappearance; lowlo mileage and may ma have ha more in the tank but this steep rise in class demands plenty of improve impro ment. Official BHA Rating 101

5 DUBAI POET (GB) (44)

4135-24

B c Lope de Vega (IRE) - Hundi (IRE) (Fastnet Rock (AUS (A )) SHEIKH MOHAMMED OBAID AL MAKTOU MAK M ROGER VARIAN, Newmarket

9 3 (129) Andrea Atzeni

Groom - Sheriff Mohammed (Breeder - New England Stud & Sir Peter Vela) D

Dra Draw

YELLO large BLACK spots and spots on cap. YELLOW,

HH Best effor eff t when keeping-on third to Coroebus in Group 3 at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (1m) last October; respectable efforts this year in Listed races at Newc Ne astle (1m) and Chester (10.3f .3f ); yet to race on ground firmer than good; needs to improve impro significantly significantl for today’ today’s y’s big drop back in trip. Official BHA Rating 104

6 DUBAWI BA BAWI LEGEND (IRE) (49) (49

1320-0

B c Dubawi Duba (IRE) - Love Lo ly Pass (IRE) (Rave (Ra n’s Pass (USA)) SA SA)) DR ALI RIDHA HUGO PALMER, Malpas

9 3 (129) James Doyle Do

(Breeder - Rabbah Bloodstock Limited)

Dra Draw

MAROON and ROYA RO L BLUE (quartered), MAROON sleeves, 6 RO L BLUE armlets,, ROYA ROYA RO L BLUE cap cap,, MAROON star. ar ar. HHH Down Do the ﬁeld at the Breeders’ Cup and in the 2,000 Guineas on his last two tw starts but he had a possible excuse on each occasion, seeing plenty of daylight da and racing freely in latter; lat comes into the reckoning reck on his second in the Group 1 Dewhurs De t Stakes Stak at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (7f, good) last October and returning to this distance ought to be in his favo fa ur; tongue-strap remove remo d after just one go; dangerous to dismiss. Official BHA Rating 113

7 FIND (GB) (28)

00-3302

B g Frankel - Spring In The Air (CAN) (C (Spring At Last (USA)) SA SA)) PRINCE A. A. FAISAL JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket

Groom - Richard Wilkinson D

9 3 (129) Da Egan David

(Breeder - Nawa Na ra Stud Limited)

Dra Draw

MAROON, GREY epaulets.

HH Just one success from ten attemp at ts; some improve impro ment when second in handicap at Goodwood Goodw (7f, good to soft) last month but faces a much stiffer task here and he’d he’ be a surprise winner; one of three runners for the Gosdens. STEWARD EW EWARD S NOTE: Following llo llowing its run on 21/5/2 /5 022 it was reported that the horse suffered interference in running. /5/2 Official BHA Rating 93

8 MONAADAH MONAAD (USA) SA (17) SA) (17

111

Ch c Giant’s Causeway wa (USA) way SA - Almusafa (USA) SA) SA (Haafhd) SA) SHADWELL ESTATE TA TATE COMP COMPANY LTD SAEED BIN SUROOR, Newmarket

Groom - Michael Greig D

9 3 (129) Jim Crowle Crowley wley

(Breeder - Shadwell Farm LLC)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE epaulets, striped cap. ROYA

HHHH Unbe Un aten son of Giant’s Giant’ Causeway ew ; took a big leap forwa eway for rd when making all in 12-runner novic no e at Kempton (7f, AW; AW sole turf run came on good ground in Dubai) 17 days da ago; still more required in this higher grade but it’s it’ unlikel unlikely ely he’s he’ reached his limit and he needs taking seriously. riousl riously. Official BHA Rating 103

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Owner

9 NOBLE TRUTH (FR) (50)

4124-01

B g Kingman - Speralita (FR) (Frankel) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

Groom - Russell Archer D

Trainer

st lb

(lbs)

9 3 (129) William Buick

(Breeder - Mr Jean-Pierre Dubois)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE. ROYA

HHHH Listed winner at Doncaster (7f, good to ﬁrm) as a 2yo, 2y when also runner-up in a French Group 1 (7f, heavy); av avy); tailed off in Saudi Arabia on reappearance but he posted a personal best when making all in another Listed race at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (7f, good; by 6l) in April; gelded and off seven weeks since; strong form chance, prove pro n under the conditions and high on the list for last year’s winning stable. Official BHA Rating 112

10 SAMBURU (GB) (38) 1-11

9 3 (129)

B c Kingman - Tempera (Dansili) Frankie Dettori JUDDMONTE JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket (Breeder - Juddmonte Farms Ltd)

Dra Draw

GREEN, PINK sash and cap, WHITE sleeve slee s.

HHHH Kingman colt who has won all three of his races, showing sho further improve impro ment when landing the odds in 11-runner handicap at York (7f, good; also handles good to ﬁrm) in May Ma from a subsequent Listed winner; hard to pin down do and may ma take tak another step forwa for rd today toda in ﬁrst-time cheekpieces. Official BHA Rating 97

11 TACARIB BAY BA (GB) (49) (49

13-20

B c Night of Thunder (IRE) - Bassmah (Harbour Watch Wa (IRE)) MR J. R. SHANNON RICHARD HANNON, Marlborough

9 3 (129) Sean Levey e ey

(Breeder - J. R. Shannon)

Dra Draw

YELLO RED epaulets, quartered cap. YELLOW,

HH Useful form last three starts, runner-up in the European Free Handicap at Newmark Newmarket wmarket before facing a stiff task when down do the ﬁeld in the 2,000 Guineas on the same course; in at the deep end again here and will need a personal best by some way. wa Official BHA Rating 103

12 TOIMY SON (FR) (48)

5025-21

Groom - Coralie Beel D

9 3 (129)

B c Twilight Son - Miss Pimpernel (IRE) (Clodovil (Clodo (IRE)) MR G. AUGUSTIN-NORMAND Gregory Benoist Y. BARBEROT, OT France OT, (Breeder - Guillaume Vitse & Camille Laignel Porin)

Dra Draw

WHITE, PURPLE cap.

HHHH Interesting contender from France; held his form well as a 2yo 2y and found a surge of improve impro ment when winning 7f Listed race at Longchamp seven weeks ago, leading late on; the runner-up has since won the German 1,000 Guineas and the third another French Listed event; ev should give gi a good account of himself if handling today’ today’s y’s quicker quick ground (has raced only on softer sof than good). Official BHA Rating 109

13 TUSCAN SC SCAN (IRE) (50)

0126-12

B c Churchill (IRE) - Orcia (IRE) (Shamardal (USA)) SA SA)) JOHN AND JESS DANCE CHARLES HILLS, Lambourn

Groom - Milly Mill Rooker

9 3 (129) P. J. McDonald

(Breeder - Kildaragh Stud)

Dra Draw

GOLD, ONYX ONY stripes on sleeves, GOLD cap with 10 ONY button ONYX but HH Improve Impro d on 2yo 2y form when winning a conditions stakes ak at Newmark akes Newmarket wmarket (7f, good) in April and 1m possibly possibl stretched his stamina in similar event ev at Goodwood Goodw tw weeks later; back down two do in trip but has plenty more to ﬁnd. Official BHA Rating 103

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Owner

14 MISE LE MEAS (IRE) (47)

3153-24

Trainer

B f New Bay Ba - Mise (IRE) (Indian Ridge) MED MEDALLION RACING 2020/S 2020 YNDICAT YNDIC ES.RACING J. P. MURTA MUR GH, Ireland

Groom - Valerie Keatley

st lb

(lbs)

9 0 (126) Colin Keane

(Breeder - Ballylinch Ball Stud)

Dra Draw

MAROON, BEIGE chevron, DARK BLUE sleeves, 1 BEIGE armlets,, DARK BLUE cap cap. HH One win from six attemp at ts; best effort when narrowl narrowly wly denied in 7f Gowr Go an handicap (good) on her reappearance, but she came up short in Group 3 at the Curragh next ne time and faces another tough assignment. Official BHA Rating 97

ST GIRLS AALMAL (IRE) (27) (27 15 STAR

61-14

B f Elzaam (AUS (A ) - Girl of The Hour (Makﬁ) JOHN J. PHELAN/J AN/JARR AN/J /JARROD LIPPIATT LIPPIATT/S TT/SYED MOMI HENR DE BROMHEAD, Ireland HENRY

9 0 (126) W. J. Lee

(Breeder - Laurence Kennedy)

Dra Draw

EMERALD GREEN, RED disc, hooped sleeves and spots 13 on cap cap. HHHHH Unexpos ex ed ﬁlly; expos ﬁll easy winner of maiden at Dundalk (AW) (A and conditions race at Gowr Go an, both over 7f; ran a cracker when fourth of 14 in Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh (1m, good to yielding; 9-1) four weeks ago, no extr ex a late on after catching a couple of bumps; today’ today’s y’s drop back in distance should suit and she still has untapped potential; big chance. Official BHA Rating 108

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 15

Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn first time by No. 10. Hood worn by No. 2. Hood, Tongue Strap worn by No. 9. Running for the first time since Gelding No. 9. Standard Time: 1 min 27.50 27 secs Record Time: 1 min 24.28 secs by Galician age 4 wt 8-11 good to firm, 27/0 27 7/13 2021: CREATIVE CREA FORCE (IRE) 3 9 1 James Doyle 5-1 (Charlie Appleby) 18 ran

Race Summary: Summar It’s ten years since a filly fill won the Jersey Stakes but STAR ST GIRLS AALMAL (nap) has excellent credentials. Lightly Lightl raced and progressive ssi , she shaped better than the bare result when fourth in the Irish ssive 1,000 Guineas last month and that form has been boosted several times, notably tabl when runner-up Tuesday tably esda esday went one better in the Oaks. Today’ da s drop back to 7f is the icing on the cake. C&D winner Alflaila is day’ feared most, just ahead of Noble Truth who represents last year’s winning connections. European raiders Rocchigiani and Toimy im Son command respect as well, as do the unbeaten pair Monaadah and Samburu. imy Race Predictor: HELLO YOU DUBAWI BA BAWI LEGEND TACARIB BAY BA Please check Bet With Ascot screens for most up to date Race Predictor Forecast: 4-1 Noble Truth (FR), 13-2 Alflaila (GB), Monaadah (USA), SA Star Girls Aalmal (IRE), 7-1 Samburu (GB), SA), 10-1 Dubawi Duba Legend (IRE), 11-1 Rocchigiani (GB), 12-1 Toimy im Son (FR), 14-1 Audience (GB), 18-1 Hello You (IRE), imy 20-1 Tacarib Bay Ba (GB), Tuscan (IRE), 25-1 Dubai Poet (GB), Mise Le Meas (IRE), 33-1 Find (GB)

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3.40 Third Race

Ascot Racecourse is giving gi a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the best turned out horse, and a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the winning horse.

The Hardwicke Hardwick Stakes Stak (Group 2)

One Mile About Four Furlongs (2,300 metres) SWINLEY (11f abt 211 yds) For Four Yrs Old And Upwards

Stalls - ›ns&*e

(Class 1) Total race value va £237750 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 86)

Owners Prize Money. ne Winner £105941; Second £43484; Third £21754; Fourth £10865; ney. Fifth £5444; Sixth Six £2710. (Penalty Value Va £134828.02) A SS

Form

Owner

Trainer Age

1 AWAY AW HE GOES (IRE) (301)

253520-

st lb

B g Farhh - Island Babe (USA) SA (Kingmambo (USA)) SA) SA SA)) MR KHALIFA KHALIF SAEED SULAIMAN ISMAIL MOHAMMED, Newmarket

Sean Levey e ey

(Breeder - Rabbah Bloodstock Limited)

(lbs)

6 9 3 (129)

Dra Draw

GREY WHITE seams, ROYA GREY, RO L BLUE sleeves and cap.

HH Has won at 1m4f but may ma need further now, no havi ha ng shown ow his peak form when placed over 2m in last year’s Dubai Gold Cup (good) own and Goodwood Goodw Cup (soft); ﬁnished seventh in the Ebor on ﬁnal start in August; opposed on seasonal debut. Official BHA Rating 112

2 BROOME (IRE) (27) (27

42020-5

Groom - David Da Hickey D

6 9 3 (129)

B h Australia - Sweepstake (IRE) (Acclamation) M MATS MA USHIMA/MRS MAGNIER/M TABOR/D SMITH AIDAN O’BRIEN, Ireland

Ry Moore Ryan

(Breeder - Epona Bloodstock Ltd)

Dra Draw

GREY and WHITE check, striped sleeves, WHITE cap.

HHHH Sometimes slowl slowly wly away aw ; solid second in this race (on soft ground) 12 months ago, splitting split Wonderful Tonight and Huk who both give Hukum giv the form a very strong look; landed the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud next ne time and went close in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (ﬁrm) later in the campaign; smart horse who looks a likel likely ely playe pla r with Curragh reappearance under his belt. Official BHA Rating 117

HURRIC LANE (IRE) (258) 4 9 3 (129) 3 HURRICANE

131113-

Ch c Frankel - Gale Force (Shirocco (GER)) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

Groom -Shane Fetherstonhaugh D

William Buick

(Breeder - Normandie Stud Ltd)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE. ROYA

HHHHH Has raced only onl on good/softer; completed a prestigious Group 1 hat-trick last season, winning the Irish Derby, Grand Prix de Paris and the St Leger; close third when favo fa urite for the Arc on final outing; his only onl other defeat came when running creditably creditabl in the Derby (finished third); top rated ra in this field and should be difficult to beat, provided pro he returns from 258-da absence in good form. 258-day Official BHA Rating 123

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The Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

4 LAYF LAYFAY YFAYETTE (IRE) (47)

363-111

(lbs)

5 9 3 (129)

Br g French Navy Na - Scala Romana (IRE) (Holy ol Roman Emperor (IRE)) oly MRS PATRICIA HUNT NOEL MEADE, Ireland

(Breeder - Matthe Mat w Duffy) Duff

st lb

Colin Keane Dra Draw

CERISE.

HH In cracking form this term and won Group 2 at the Curragh (yielding (yielding) ielding ) most recently, entl completing a 1m2f hat-trick; has ently, won over ov 1m4f; better than ever ev but faces a stiffer iff task in this stronger race for the grade. iffer Official BHA Rating 109

5 LIVING LEGEND (IRE) (15)

331116

Groom - Nellie Trott ot ott D

6 9 3 (129)

B g Camelot - Jazz Girl (IRE) (Johar (USA)) SA SA)) BARBARA & ALICK RICHMOND CHARLIE & MARK JOHNSTON, Middleham

Joe Fanning

(Breeder - A. Olive Oli r)

Dra Draw

PINK, RED disc, quartered cap.

HH Defeated long odds-on Yibir in the Jockey ck Club Stakes ckey Stak at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (1m4f, good) in April, completing a hat-trick after tw AW wins; slowly two slo aw and well held in the Coronation Cup last time; needs to resume progress. STEWARD away EW EWARD S NOTE: Following llo llowing its run on 3/6/2022 it was reported that the horse was slowl slowly wly away away. ay. Official BHA Rating 112

6 MOSTAHD STAHDAF STAHD AHDAF (IRE) (23)

1011-12

4 9 3 (129)

Br c Frankel - Handassa (Dubawi (Duba (IRE)) SHADWELL ESTATE TA TATE COMP COMPANY LTD JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket

Jim Crowle Crowley wley

Compan Limited) Groom - Viktor Konya (Breeder - Shadwell Estate Company BF

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE epaulets, striped cap. ROYA

HHH Badly hampered in the 2021 St James’s mes’ Pala mes’s Pa ce Stakes ak here, unbeaten otherwis akes her e (at 7f-1m1f) herwis 1m1f last term; respected form over 1m2f 1m1f) at Sandown Sando (good) this season, winning the Gordon Richards Stakes Stak then second in the Brigadier Gerard; not a certain stayer upped to 1m4f but he’s he’ largely progressive gressi and has possibilities provided gressive pro he sees it out; wears ﬁrst-time headgear. ar ar. Official BHA Rating 117

7 SOLID STONE (IRE) (43)

3411-01

6 9 3 (129)

Br g Shamardal (USA) SA - Landmark (USA) SA) SA (Arch (USA)) SA) SA SA)) Richard Kingscote MR SAEED SUHAIL SIR MICHAEL STOUTE, Newmarket

Groom - Gary Corney

(Breeder - Epona Bloodstock Ltd)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, YELLOW ROYA YELLO chevron, YELLOW YELLO cap, 3 RO L BLUE spo ROYA spots. HHH Productive oducti gelding who has an overall oductive ra strike-r rall rik ate of 8-24 and a record of 3-4 since wearing cheekpieces, most recently rike-r winning the Huxley Huxle Stakes Stak at Chester (about 1m2f, good) where he bounced back from a belowbelo par effort eff at Riya Ri dh; has won over 1m3f; likel likely ely to stay this new ne trip (ﬁrst attemp at t at 1m4f) 1m4f and looks interesting in the retained headgear. Official BHA Rating 112

8 THIRD REALM (GB) (28)

5304-31

Groom - Tony Nelson D

4 9 3 (129)

B c Sea The Stars (IRE) - Reem Three (Mark of Esteem (IRE)) SHEIKH MOHAMMED OBAID AL MAKTOU MAK M ROGER VARIAN, Newmarket

Andrea Atzeni

(Breeder - Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum) Mak

Dra Draw

YELLO large BLACK spots and spots on cap. YELLOW,

HHHH Finished just over 3l behind Hurricane Lane in last year’s Derby but recorded an emphatic 6l success at Goodwood Goodw (1m4f, good to soft; Listed) four weeks ago and may ma well improve impro further; looks set for an intriguing rematch with the Godolphin colt who lacks a recent run; seems ideally all suited by slow ally slo ground. Official BHA Rating 110

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2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 8 Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn ﬁrst time by No. 6. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 7. Standard Time: 2 mins 32.60 secs Record Time: 2 mins 24.60 secs by Nove No llist age 4 wt 9-7 good to ﬁrm, 27/0 27 7/13 2021: WONDERFUL TONIGHT (FR) 4 8 12 William Buick 5-1 (David (Da Menuisier) 10 ran

Race Summary: Summar This year’s Hardwicke largely el revolves around whether HURRICANE ely HURRIC LANE, who won two Classics last term and ﬁnished third in the Arc, returns from his layo la ff in top form. He’ll be hard to beat provided he runs to somewhere near his rating. Second choice is Broome who has plenty of smart form, including a solid effort in this contest last year. Third Realm would be interesting if the ground happens to turn softer than good, while Mostahdaf and Solid Stone are likely el to ely perform well provided they stay the distance. Race Predictor: BROOME THIRD REALM SOLID STONE Please check Bet With Ascot screens for most up to date Race Predictor Forecast: 8-11 Hurricane Lane (IRE), 9-2 Broome (IRE), 8-1 Solid Stone (IRE), Third Realm (GB), 10-1 Mostahdaf (IRE), 16-1 Layfa Layfayett yfayette (IRE), 25-1 Living Li Legend (IRE), 40-1 Away He Goes (IRE)

This symbol denotes the horse is entered in The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes at Ascot on Saturday 23rd July.

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The Platinum Jubilee Stakes

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Feature Race Analysis It looks to be a fascinating renewal of this year’s Coronation Stakes, with John and Thady Gosden finally giving the unbeaten Inspiral the greenlight after her impressive juvenile campaign. The smart filly had Cachet three lengths behind in the Fillies Mile at Newmarket, but she has race fitness on her side following an impressive victory in the 1000 Guineas, with Prosperous Voyage just a neck behind. The trio of Sandrine, Discoveries and Guineas favourite Tenebrism were all behind George Boughey’s filly at Newmarket so will have a bit to find, while Mangoustine got the better of Cachet in a Group 1 in France. With no Godolphin horse in the race, William Buick gets the leg up on the in-form Spendarella who has been on a roll on home soil in America and Jose Ortiz will be hoping to land the spoils with Pizza Bianca, the other American-trained horse in the 12-strong field. Rolling The Dice, Honey Girl and the very lightly-raced Grande Dame all have a bit to find on the official figures but all could be in with an each-way chance.

Last year’s winner Alcohol Free Year

Form

Trainer

Last Race

2021

121-15 Alcohol Free

Winner

11/2

A Balding

5th 1000 Guineas

2020

311-

Alpine Star

9/2

Mrs J Harrington (Ire) 1st Debutante Stakes Sta

2019

31-16

Wa Me Watch

20/1

F-H Graffard aff affard (Fr) r 6th French 1,000 Guineas r)

2018

125-01 Alpha Centaur nta i ntaur

11/4F

Mrs J Harrington (Ire) 1st Irish 1,000 Guineas

2017

31-211 Winter

4/9F

A P O’Brien (Ire)

1st Irish 1,000 Guineas

2016

213-13 Qemah

6/1

J-C Rouget (Fr)

3rd French 1,000 Guineas

2015

132-11 Ervedya

3/1

J-C Rouget (Fr)

1st French 1,000 Guineas

2014

312-7

Rizeena

11/2

C Brittain

7th 1000 Guineas

2013

18-21

Sky Lantern Lan

9/2J

R Hannon

1st 1000 Guineas

2012

125-16 Fallen For You

12/1

J H M Gosden

6th Chartwel art l Fillies’ Stakes artwel Sta

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4.20 Fourth Race

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The Platinum Jubilee Ju Stak Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series)

Stalls - Centre

Six Furlongs (6f ) (1,200 metres) For Four Yrs Old And Upwards (Class 1) Total race value a alue £1000000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 86)

Owners Prize Money. ne Winner £445600; Second £182900; Third £91500; Fourth £45700; ney. Fifth £22900; Sixth Six £11400. (Penalty Value Va £567100) A SS Form

Owner

Trainer Age

1 A CASE OF YOU (IRE) (28)

15-1213

B c Hot Streak (IRE) - Karjera (IRE) (Key of Luck (USA)) SA SA)) GARY DEVLIN ADRIAN MCGUINNESS, Ireland

Groom -Michael O’Dwyer D BF

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 5 (131) R. P. Whelan

(Breeder - Limestone and Tara Studs)

Dra Draw

GREY ORANGE disc. GREY,

HHH Won the Prix de l’Ab l’ baye ba at Longchamp (5f, heavy) av last October and added another Group 1 in the Al Quoz Sprint avy) at Meydan (6f, good) in March; below belo best in Curragh Group 2 last month, after a short break, but he could improve impro for that run and is not ruled out each-way; wa unprove way; unpro n on fast ground. Official BHA Rating 117

2 ARTORIUS (AUS (A ) (98)

2433-66

4 9 5 (131)

Br c Flying Fl Artie (AUS (A ) - Gracie’s Lass (AUS (A ) (Redoute’s Choice (AUS (A )) NEWGAT WG E, CHINA HORSE CLUB & PARTNERS WGAT ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN, Australia

Jamie Spencer

(Breeder - Mr G. J. Perry)

Dra Draw

RED, YELLOW YELLO stars, halve hal d sleeve slee s, RED cap with 2 WHITE Newg Newgate logo go. HHHH Australian ra ralian challenger who can be slowl slowly wly away aw and has been beaten eight times since winning a 6f Group 1 at Caulﬁeld in February bruar 2021; howe bruary ho ver, he ran a highly highl creditable race in a 6f Group 1 at Flemington in March last time out, where he co red extr cove ex a ground to switch sw to the near-side group and ﬁnished second among those runners; this hold-up horse should relish today’ today’s y’s stiff 6f and Jamie Spencer is the ideal jockey jock for his running style. st Official BHA Rating 112

3 CREATIVE CREA FORCE (IRE) (84) 4 9 5 (131)

15261-0

Ch g Dubawi Duba (IRE) - Choose Me (IRE) (Choisir (AUS (A )) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

Groom - John Cahill CD

William Buick

(Breeder - Owenstown Bloodstock Ltd)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE. ROYA

HHH Down Do the ﬁeld at Meydan on sole run this year, ar when found to be lame in his right-fore leg; may ar, ma be vulnerable to speedier types over 6f on fast ground but the stiff track is in his favo fa ur and he won the Group 1 Champions Sprint over C&D (good to soft) last October; respected. Official BHA Rating 118

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Owner

Trainer Age

4 DILIGENT HARRY HARR (GB) (84)

21320-2

D BF

(lbs)

4 9 5 (131)

B c Due Diligence (USA) SA - Harryana To (Compton Place) SA) THE DILINQUENTS CLIVE COX, Hungerford

Groom - Pasha Fairooz

st lb

Adam Kirby

(Breeder - Whitsbury Manor Stud)

Dra Draw

RED, EMERALD GREEN stars, sleeves and star on cap.

HH Went close in a Group 3 at Newbur Newbury wbury (6f, good to ﬁrm) last July and that form has been boosted by the subsequent exploits ex of the winner Happy Romance; could improve impro for his reappearance run in March (Listed runner-up) and he’s he’ lightly lightl raced for his age, but he has quite a bit to ﬁnd. Official BHA Rating 109

5 DRAGON SYMBOL (GB) (21)

2340-02

4 9 5 (131)

Gr c Cable Bay Ba (IRE) - Arcamist (Arcano (IRE)) MR YOSHIRO KUBOTA ROGER VARIAN, Newmarket

Groom - Rebecca Edman

Da Egan David

(Breeder - Whitsbury Manor Stud)

Dra Draw

TURQUOISE, YELLOW YELLO sharks tooth shoulders, ROYA RO L BLUE sleeves, 19 TURQU QUOISE and ROYA RO L BLUE segmented gmented cap cap,, YELLOW YELLO star. ar ar. HH First past the post in the Commonwe mmon alth Cup over C&D (heavy) mmonwe ea at last year’s Roya eavy) Royal yal Ascot (demoted due to interference) and runner-up in the July Cup (6f, good to ﬁrm) next ne time; of interest on those Group 1 runs but hasn’t been at the same leve le l on either start this year; needs to raise his game. Official BHA Rating 110 D BF

6 EMARAATY EMARAA ANA (GB) (84)

1214-00

6 9 5 (131)

B g Shamardal (USA) SA - Spirit of Dubai (IRE) (Cape Cross (IRE)) SA) SHEIKH MOHAMMED OBAID AL MAKTOU MAK M KEVIN RYAN Y , Hambleton YAN

Andrea Atzeni

Groom - Umar Mohammad (Breeder - Rabbah Bloodstock Limited) D

Dra Draw

YELLO large BLACK spots and spots on cap. YELLOW,

HHH Arrives Arriv with something to prove pro having ha been well beaten at Meydan in March on his two tw runs this year; howe ho ver, perhaps he’ll return to form now no back on home soil and could be an each-way wa playe way pla r at a forecast big price having ha won the Group 1 Sprint Cup at Hayd Ha ock (6f, good to ﬁrm) last September. ember ember. Official BHA Rating 116

7 GARRUS (IRE) (38)

106-424

Groom - Sharon Ferneyhough D

6 9 5 (131)

Gr g Acclamation - Queen of Power (IRE) (Medicean) MRS SUSAN ROY RO CHARLES HILLS, Lambourn

(Breeder - Mrs Max Morris)

Ry Moore Ryan Dra Draw

MA MAUVE.

HH Fifth in this last year and won a Group 3 at Deauville in August; went close in the Abernant at Newmark Newmarket wmarket in April but soundly undl beaten behind Highﬁeld Princess at York last time and his limitations are likel undly likely ely to be expos ex ed. STEWARD EW EWARD S NOTE: Following llo llowing its run on 11/5/2 /5 022 it was reported that the horse was found to have /5/2 ha bled. Official BHA Rating 110

8 GLEN SHIEL (GB) (28)

0052-24

Groom - Steph Joannides CD

8 9 5 (131)

Ch g Pivo Pi tal - Gonﬁlia (GER) (Big Shuffle (USA)) SA SA)) HAMBLETON RACING XXXVI & PARTNER ARCHIE WATS WA ON, Upper Lambourn

Hollie Doyle Do

(Breeder - Darley)

Dra Draw

BEIGE, DARK BLUE armlets, DARK BLUE cap.

HH Front-runner who won the Group 1 Champions Sprint over C&D (soft) in 2020 and was second in this race last year (soft); creditable sixth six on good to ﬁrm going in last year’s July Cup but slow slo ground is preferable and it’s it’ probably abl best to look ably elsewhere ew ewhere unless conditions turn in his favo fa ur. ur Official BHA Rating 114

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Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

9 GREAT GREA AMBASSADOR (GB) (273) 5 9 5 (131)

133112-

Ch g Exceed And Excel (AUS (A ) - Snoqualmie Girl (IRE) (Montjeu (IRE)) EBUR RACING 6 EBURY Richard Kingscote ED WALKER, Upper Lambourn

Groom - Wieslaw esla Filipowicz eslaw

(Breeder - Little Lit ton Stud)

Dra Draw

PURPLE, PINK epaulets, PINK and PURPLE 26 quartered cap cap. HHH Highly progressive gressi last year and was clear in the far-side group when runner-up in the Ayr gressive Ay Gold Cup (6f, good) in September; he’s he’ been absent since and this tough comeback assignment demands further improve impro ment, but his Ayr Ay performance was impressive impressi and he could still have ha more to offer. offer Official BHA Rating 108

GU S (JPN) (83) 4 9 5 (131) 10 GRENADIER GUARD

23301-0

B c Frankel - Wave Wa ll Avenue (CAN) (C (Harlington (USA)) SA SA)) Cristian Demuro SUNDAY ND RACING CO LTD NDAY MITSUMASA NAKAUC NAKA HIDA, Japan

Groom - Yoshihiko Yasui

(Breeder - NORTHERN NOR RACING)

Dra Draw

BLACK, RED cross belts, BLACK and YELLOW YELLO striped 4 sleeves, s, RED cap cap. HHH His wins in Japan Ja (including Group 1 and Group 2) have ha come over 7f/1m 7f and he made no impact in March on his ﬁrst crack at 6f; a leap of faith is needed to back him but the widest draw on that turning track was against him last time, and maybe ma the rain-softened ground too; Japanes Ja e-trained horses having ha been excelling in top races around the globe and this stiff, straight 6f may ma prove pro to be right up his street; not ruled out. Official BHA Rating 116

STAVUS STAV AVUS WESTON (IRE) (10) 6 9 5 (131) 11 GUSTAV

160-654

Br g Equiano (FR) - Chrissycross (IRE) (Cape Cross (IRE)) MR ALFRED SWEETNAM JOSEPH G. MURPHY, MURPHY Ireland

Groom - Olive Oli Murphy Murph

G. F. Carroll

(Breeder - M. Orlandi & J. Harrod)

Dra Draw

RED, WHITE sash, ROYA RO L BLUE sleeves, WHITE stars, 23 RED cap cap,, ROYA RO L BLUE star. ar ar. H Made all with something to spare in a 6f Group 3 at the Curragh last August but came up short in two tw Group 1s subsequently equentl equently and he hasn’t been at the top of his game on his three outings this season. Official BHA Rating 106

12 HAPPY POWER PO (IRE) (21)

60-6216

6 9 5 (131)

Gr h Dark Angel (IRE) - Tamarisk (GER) (Selkirk (USA)) SA SA)) KING POWER PO RACING CO LTD ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Charlie Richards

P. J. McDonald

(Breeder - Yeomanstown Stud)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE hoop, striped sleeves, ROYA 22 WHITE cap cap,, ROYA RO L BLUE star. ar ar. HH Two Tw sound efforts in Group 1s over this C&D last term when fourth in this (soft) and eighth of 20 in the Champions Sprint (good to soft); 7f Listed winner at Leicester in April (good to ﬁrm) but a career best is needed. Official BHA Rating 110

13 HOME AFFAIR AFF S (AUS (A ) (98)

0101-10

Groom -Sinéad Earle D

4 9 5 (131)

B c I Am Invincible In (A ) - Miss Interiors (AUS (AUS (A ) (Flying (Fl Spur (AUS (A )) COOLMORE, COOLMORE,WES TERBERG,POULIN & WALLER SYN James McDonald CHRIS WALLER, Australia (Breeder - Torryburn Stud)

Dra Draw

DARK BLUE.

HHHHH Australian ra ralian challenger who races up with the pace; better could have ha been expected ex at Flemington last time out, ev allowing even allo for him racing in the disadva ad ntaged near-side group, but his trainer reported afterwa adva after rds he had a “ver “very ery tight back”; he’d he’ previously viousl won two viously tw Group 1s at Flemington (6f/5f 5f ), on the second occasion beating his stablemate Nature Na Strip Official BHA Rating 120 who was ultra impressive impressi in the King’s Stand here on Tuesday; da leading claims if at his best. day;

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Owner

Trainer Age

14 KING’S LYNN (GB) (4)

521-210

(lbs)

5 9 5 (131)

B g Cable Bay Ba (IRE) - Kinematic (Kyllach (Kyllachy) yllachy) THE QUEEN ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Agnes Teglas

st lb

Da Probert David

(Breeder - The Queen)

Dra Draw

PURPLE, GOLD braid, SCARLE SC T sleeves, 21 BLACK velvet lv cap lvet cap,, GOLD fring fringe. HH 5f/6 5f f Listed winner who landed a 5f Group 2 at Hayd Ha ock last month; respectable effort in mid-division mid-di in the King’s Stand over 5f here on Tuesday da but he needs to produce something new day ne if he’s he’ to threaten in this. Official BHA Rating 111

15 KINROSS (GB) (21)

11540-3

5 9 5 (131)

B g Kingman - Ceilidh House (Selkirk (USA)) SA SA)) Frankie Dettori MR MARC CHAN RALPH BECKETT, TT Kimpton Down TT,

Groom - David Da Proctor

(Breeder - Lawn La Stud)

Dra Draw

MA MAUVE, GOLD chevron hoop, WHITE sleeve slee s, 6 PURPLE stars,, WHITE cap cap,, PURPLE star. ar ar. HH Two Tw 7f Group wins (soft/go oft/ od to soft) last term and it would have oft/go ha been interesting to see how ho he’d he’ have ha fared granted a clear run in the Group 1 Champions Sprint over C&D (good to soft) in October; returned with close third in Group 3 at Hayd Ha ock (7f, good); may ma lack the necessary ar speed for 6f on forecast fast ground. ary Official BHA Rating 112

16 MINZAAL (IRE) (38)

113 3-3 113/2

Groom - Shaun Muscroft D BF

4 9 5 (131)

B c Mehmas (IRE) - Pardoven (IRE) (Clodovil (Clodo (IRE)) SHADWELL ESTATE TA TATE COMP COMPANY LTD OWEN BURROWS, Lambourn

Jim Crowle Crowley wley

(Breeder - Ringfort Stud)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE epaulets, striped cap. ROYA

HHH Won the Gimcrack in 2020 and ran just twice last year, ar including a third in the Group 1 Champions Sprint over C&D ar, (good to soft); could improve impro for comeback third behind Highfield Princess at York and this lightly lightl raced 4yo 4y is an each-way wa way possible in first-time cheekpieces; has won on good to firm. Official BHA Rating 113

17 NAVA NA L CROWN (GB) (84)

420-104

4 9 5 (131)

B c Dubawi Duba (IRE) - Come Alive Ali (Dansili) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

Groom - Ariel De Sousa

James Doyle Do

(Breeder - Godolphin)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE cap. ROYA

HH Fourth in last year’s 2000 Guineas (1m, good to firm) then runner-up to Creative Creati Force in 7f Jersey Stakes Stak here; creditable fourth of 16 behind A Case Of You in Dubai Group 1 (6f, good) in March on his first crack at sprinting and this stiff track is a plus, but he may ma again find a few fe too good. Official BHA Rating 112

18 RUN TO FREEDOM (GB) (33) 4 9 5 (131)

3012-41

B c Muhaarar - Twilight Mistress (Bin Ajwaad (IRE)) MR GODFREY WILSON HENR CANDY, Wantage HENRY

Dane O’Neill

(Breeder - Mrs C. R. D. Wilson)

Dra Draw

WHITE, EMERALD GREEN stars, sleeves and 13 stars on cap cap. HH Has progressed steadily dil and won a Listed race at Windsor (6f, good) last month; he has an excellent sprinting pedigree dily and it’s it’ possible he has more left in the locker locker, er, for a trainer who saddled the King’s Stand runner-up on Tuesday, da but another day, big step forwa for rd is needed in this red-hot race. Official BHA Rating 103

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Owner

Trainer Age

19 ALCOHOL FREE (IRE) (35)

3160-34

B f No Nay Na Never (USA) SA - Plying SA) Pl (USA) SA (Hard Spun (USA)) SA) SA SA)) MR J. C. SMITH ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Rachel Davies Da CD

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 2 (128) Rob Hornby

(Breeder - Churchtown House Stud)

Dra Draw

PURPLE, LIGHT BLUE chevron, LIGHT BLUE cap.

HH Won the Coronation Stakes Stak (1m, heavy) av at last year’s Roya avy) Royal yal meeting and added another 1m Group 1 at Goodwood Goodw last July (Sussex Stakes Stak against males; soft); won the Group 1 Cheve Che ley le Park (6f, good) when a 2yo 2y and she’s she’ an intriguing contender now no back to sprinting, but she’s she’ been below belo her best over ov 1m on her two tw runs this season and others provide pro more solid options. Official BHA Rating 114

20 CAMPANELLE MP MPANELLE (IRE) (63)

14 14/1031

4 9 2 (128)

B f Kodiac - Janina (Namid) STONESTREET STABLES ST LLC WESLEY A. WARD, USA

Groom - Jose Reveles

Irad Ortiz Jr

(Breeder - Tallyll Ho Stud) lly-

Dra Draw

YELLO MAROON chevron, YELLOW YELLOW, YELLO sleeves, 15 MAROON seams. HHHH 2-2 at Roya Royal yal Ascot, winning the Queen Mary Mar (5f, good) in 2020 and awarded aw the Group 1 Commonwe mmon alth Cup mmonwe last year (6f, heavy; av Dragon Symbol demoted); reappeared with a comfortable Listed win at Keeneland in April and this avy; US challenger is in calculations give gi n her record at the meeting. Official BHA Rating 113

21 DOUBLE OR BUBBLE (IRE) (66) 5 9 2 (128)

21220-1

B m Exceed And Excel (AUS (A ) - Mango Lady (Dalakhani (IRE)) MR S FUSTOK CHRIS WALL, Newmarket

Groom - Natalie Holmes CD

Jack Mitchell

(Breeder - Deerﬁeld Farm)

Dra Draw

TERRACOTTA, TT BLACK cap. TTA,

HH Bang there in Group 3 and Listed races last season and reappeared with a career best when winning a Group 3 at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (6f, good), narrowl narrowly wly beating Garrus; further improve impro ment is possible but very much necessary. ar ary. Official BHA Rating 108

22 HAPPY ROMANCE (IRE) (84) 4 9 2 (128)

3140-32

B f Dandy Man (IRE) - Rugged Up (IRE) (Marju (IRE)) THE MCMURRAY MCMURRA FAMILY MIL MILY RICHARD HANNON, Marlborough

Sean Levey ve vey

(Breeder - Redpender Stud Ltd)

Dra Draw

DARK BLUE, RED braces, DARK BLUE and WHITE 12 striped riped sleeves. HH Has run well in Group 1s when getting good/go od/ od to ﬁrm ground, ﬁnishing a close fourth to Emaraaty Ana in last od/go September’s Hayd Ha ock Sprint Cup and second to A Case Of You in the Al Quoz Sprint in March; can give gi another good account but this race is even ev hotter so something extr ex a is needed. Official BHA Rating 110

23 HIGHFIELD PRINCESS (FR) (38) 5 9 2 (128)

6-35211

B m Night of Thunder (IRE) - Pure Illusion (IRE) (Danehill (USA)) SA SA)) TRAINERS HOUSE ENTERPRISES LTD JOHN QUINN, Malton

Groom - Satrajeet Jhingree CD

Jason Hart

(Breeder - Trainers House Enterprises Ltd)

Dra Draw

RED, YELLOW YELLO star. ar ar.

HHH Had a very solid season after winning the Buckingham Pala Pa ce Handicap (7f, good to ﬁrm) at last year’s Roya Royal yal meeting and her form went to the next ne level when she won the Group 2 Duke Duk of York (6f, good) last month in commanding fashion; this prominent-racer takes tak on classier opposition but, such was her dominance at York, she could well produce another bold show. sho Official BHA Rating 113

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The Platinum Jubilee Ju Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Form

Owner

Trainer Age

24 SACRED (GB) (308)

220 1220/10

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 2 (128)

B f Exceed And Excel (AUS (A ) - Sacre Caroline (USA) SA (Blame (USA)) SA) SA SA)) Tom Marquand CHEVELEY PARK STUD WILLIAM HAGGAS, Newmarket

Groom - Jane Flanagan

(Breeder - Cheveley Park Stud Limited)

Dra Draw

RED, WHITE sash, ROYA RO L BLUE cap.

HHHH Reappeared last year with Group 3 win at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (7f, good) and, having ha faded in the 1000 Guineas, she beat males when back over 7f to win a Group 2 at Newbur Newbury wbury (good) last August; absent since and needs to prove pro herself at a Group 1 level, but this unexpos une ed ﬁlly goes well fresh and travelled beautifully autifull last time so has sprinting potential; interesting autifully contender. ntender ntender. Official BHA Rating 113

25 UMM KULTHUM (IRE) (49) (49

313 3-1 313/0

Groom - Shannan Carr D

4 9 2 (128)

B f Kodiac - Queen’s Code (IRE) (Shamardal (USA)) SA SA)) MR SAEED BIN MOHAMMED AL QASSIMI RICHARD FAHEY, HEY Malton HEY,

Colin Keane

(Breeder - Tallyll Ho Stud) lly-

Dra Draw

YELLO BLACK star, YELLOW, ar diabolo on sleeve ar, slee s.

HH Close third in Group 1 Cheveley le Park in 2020 and also showe ley sho d considerable promise in truncated 3yo 3y campaign; back from absence with Listed win at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (6f, good) in April and it’s it’ possible we’re yet to set the best of this lightly raced 4yo, 4y but this is a very tough test of her credentials. Official BHA Rating 108

26 VADREAM (GB) (38)

20415-6

4 9 2 (128)

B f Brazen Beau (AUS (A ) - Her Honour (IRE) (Shamardal (USA)) SA SA)) MR D. R. J. KING Daniel Tudhope CHARLIE FELLOWES, Newmarket

Groom - Harriet Tervit

(Breeder - Crispin Estates Ltd)

Dra Draw

EMERALD GREEN and WHITE (quartered), 25 PURPLE sleeves, s, EMERALD GREEN and WHITE striped riped cap cap. HHH Her three visits to Ascot have ha coincided with three best RPRs, with a third in last year’s Jersey Stakes Stak (7f, soft), a C&D Group 3 win last October (soft), and a good ﬁfth in the Group 1 Champions Sprint (good to soft) two tw weeks later; well below belo best on comeback at York but may ma have ha needed it and she’s she’ no forlorn each-way wa hope now way no back here; signs of promise on fast ground. Official BHA Rating 108

27 VENTURA DIAMOND (IRE) (29) (29 4 9 2 (128)

55300-0

B f Dandy Man (IRE) - Shehila (IRE) (Zamindar (USA)) SA SA)) MIDDLEHAM PARK RACING XXVIII RICHARD FAHEY, HEY Malton HEY,

Groom - Tina Carr D

Joe Fanning

(Breeder - Sandra Russell)

Dra Draw

LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets.

H Better than ever ev when running well in defeat in C&D Group races last October but she was behind a few fe of these and is up against it today; toda slow slo ground seems preferable. Official BHA Rating 105

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NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 27 Hood worn ﬁrst time by No. 10. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn ﬁrst time by No. 16. Hood worn by No. 11. Blinkers worn by No. 2, 8. Tongue Strap worn by No. 1, 13, 24.

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The Platinum Jubilee Ju Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) - continued Standard Time: 1 min 13.70 secs Record Time: 1 min 11.05 secs by Blue Point age 3 wt 9-1 good to ﬁrm, 03/0 03 5/17 2021: DREAM OF DREAMS (IRE) 7 9 3 Ryan Moore 3-1 (Sir Michael Stoute) 12 ran

Race Summary: Summar Australian-based trainer Chris Waller won the King’s Stand on Tuesday esda with the ultra-imesday pressive essi Natur essive Na e Strip, who was beaten by his stablemate HOME AFFAIRS AFF in the Group 1 Black Caviar Ca Lightning at Flemington in February. bruary Home Affairs was not at his best at the same bruary. course subsequently subsequentl but was found to have ha an issue with his back and he’ll be tough to beat if rediscove disco ring his peak form. Fellow Aussie raider Artorius is a strong stayer at this trip and discove should relish the stiff track, but the chief threat may ma come from the classy ﬁlly ﬁll Sacred who is an intriguing contender dropped back to sprinting. US challenger Campanelle is 2-2 at Royal Ascot and can again go well, while Emaraaty Ana and Vadream are interesting among those at much bigger odds. Race Predictor: HIGHFIELD PRINCESS VADREAM DRAGON SYMBOL

Please check Bet With Ascot screens for most up to date Race Predictor Forecast: 15-8 Home Affairs (AUS (A ), 11-2 Campanelle (IRE), 8-1 Creative eati Force (IRE), 10-1 Sacred (GB), eative 11-1 Artorius (AUS (A ), 12-1 Highﬁeld Princess (FR), 14-1 A Case of You (IRE), Minzaal (IRE), 20-1 Great Ambassador (GB), Alcohol Free (IRE), Happy Romance (IRE), 25-1 Kinross (GB), Na l Crown (GB), 33-1 Diligent Harry (GB), Dragon Symbol (GB), Emaraaty Ana (GB), Nava Glen Shiel (GB), Grenadier Guards (JPN), Happy Power (IRE), King’s Lynn (GB), Double Or Bubble (IRE), Umm Kulthum (IRE), 50-1 Garrus (IRE), Vadream (GB), 66-1 Gustavus ta tavus Weston (IRE), Run To Freedom (GB), 100-1 Ventura Diamond (IRE)

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5.00 Fifth Race

Ascot Racecourse is giving gi a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the best turned out horse, and a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the winning horse.

The Wokingham Stakes Stak

(Heritage Handicap) Six Furlongs (6f ) (1,200 metres) For Three Yrs Old And Upwards

Stalls - Centre

(Class 2) Total race value a alue £175000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 87) 87

Owners Prize Money. ne Winner £746 ney. £7 73; Second £37328; Third £18673; Fourth £9328. (Penalty Value Va £94500) Weights raised 1lb and paragraphs 27 to 31 of the Weights and Handicapping Code complied with where applicable. 33 Eliminated Under Rules (I)9 and (I)10. SS Form

Owner

1 ROHAAN (IRE) (38)

050-000

Trainer Age

B g Mayson Ma - Vive Vi Les Rouges (Acclamation) CHRIS KIELY KIEL RACING LTD & MR J TOMKINS DA DAVID EV EVANS , Abergave erga nny ergave nn

Groom -Tara -T Hughes

st lb

(lbs)

4 9 12 (138) Ry Moore Ryan

(Breeder - Liam Phelan)

Dra Draw

MAROON, BLACK stripe, BLACK sleeves, 19 MAROON armlets,, BLACK cap cap. HHH Rags to riches story, or his seven wins starting with a modest one on the AW in late 2020; howe ory, ho ver, he had two tw Group successes (including on good to ﬁrm) under his belt before a mighty performance to win this race last June from Fresh; not in the same form this term but he returns to a handicap off 3lb lowe lo r than 12 months ago and this could have ha been the aim. Official BHA Rating 109

RO L COMMANDO (IRE) (42) 5 9 10 (136) 2 ROYA

00/104-4 B h No Nay Na Never (USA) SA - Online Alexander (IRE) (Acclamation) SA) Kieran Shoemark MR ZIAD A. GALADARI CHARLES HILLS, Lambourn

Groom - Sajjad Khan

(Breeder - Mountarmstrong Stud)

Dra Draw

EMERALD GREEN and WHITE diabolo, 24 WHITE sleeves, s, quartered cap cap. HH Creditable fourth in the Commonwe mmon alth Cup over C&D in 2020; excelled himself when winning a useful Listed event mmonwe ev at Doncaster (good) in March 2021 and his Hayd Ha ock return from a layo la ff was encouraging; outside squeak in his ﬁrst handicap. Official BHA Rating 107

3 URBAN BEAT BEA (IRE) (28)

61330-0

7 9 9 (135)

B g Red Jazz (USA) SA - Closetocrazy (IRE) (Blues Traveller (IRE)) SA) Frankie Dettori FITZWILLIAM RACING J. P. MURTA MUR GH, Ireland

Groom - Eimear Dunne

(Breeder - Mr Shane Quigley)

Dra Draw

DARK BLUE, BEIGE disc, DARK BLUE sleeves, 1 BEIGE stars,, BEIGE cap cap. H Won 6f handicaps at the Curragh in 2018 but best form at 5f, when making most to win on that track last June (good to ﬁrm) then third in a York Listed race; no headgear for his heavy av defeat on reappearance but cheekpieces are reﬁtted; others runners are avy higher up the list but trainer respected. Official BHA Rating 106

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Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

4 VOLATILE LA LATILE ANAL T (USA) ANALYS SA (64) 5 9 8 (134) SA)

55-1010

B g Distorted Humor (USA) SA - Gentle Caroline (USA) SA) SA (Street Sense (USA)) SA) SA SA)) RICHARD GILBERT & KEITH DALGLEISH Callum Rodriguez KEITH DALGLEISH, Carluke

Groom - Jane Milligan

(Breeder - Pollock Farms et al)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE and WHITE (quartered), BLACK and ROYA 4 WHITE striped riped sleeves and cap cap. H Has won on good to firm but very best turf form on good to soft/soft; had a slow slo spell last summer but the first-time hood helped when beating a big field at York in October (6f) f and he was a Listed winner in March (both on good to soft); high in the weights now f) no and has a ground quer too. STEWARD query, EW EWARD S NOTE: Following llo llowing its run on 15/4 15/4/2 /4/2022 it was reported that the horse lost a shoe. Official BHA Rating 105

5 JUMBY (IRE) (49) (49

4 9 8 (134)

0311-36

B c New Bay Ba - Sound of Guns (Acclamation) ANTHONY PYE-JEARY JEAR AND DAVID JEARY DA IAN EVE JOHNSON HOUGHTON, Blewbury

C D BF

MAROON, LIGHT BLUE chevron.

William Buick

(Breeder - Ballylinch Ball Stud)

Dra Draw

HH Won 7f debut here and heavy av ground was against him in the Commonwe avy mmon alth Cup last June on only subsequent Ascot run; mmonwe has had a few fe goes off similar marks in handicaps and although he took a lesser one at Newmark Newmarket wmarket in September (7f, good to ﬁrm) this asks for so much more. Official BHA Rating 105

6 ASJAD ASJ (GB) (27) (27

120-101

4 9 7 (133)

B g Iffraaj - Riskit Fora Biskit (IRE) (Kodiac) (in 5lb ex) ex P. J. McDonald JOHN AND JESS DANCE JAMES HORTON HOR , Middleham

Groom - Yann Cherubin

(Breeder - Ed’s Stud Ltd)

Dra Draw

GOLD, ONYX ONY stripes on sleeves, GOLD cap with 9 ONY button ONYX but HHHH Up-and-coming 6f sprinter; had excuses for Newmark Newmarket wmarket defeat def in April (unsuited by track; race came too soon after Redcar win) but he was produced late and won quite neatly atl in a big ﬁeld at York in May atly Ma (good); has a penalty to carry carr but is not yet at the top of his curve cur ; unraced on ﬁrmer than good. Official BHA Rating 99 (+4)

7 PRINCE LANCELOT (GB) (46) 4 9 6 (132)

2105-11

B c Sir Prancealot (IRE) - Rainbow Vale (FR) (Moss Vale (IRE)) A. GILIBERT Stephane Pasquier FABRICE CHAPPET, France

Grooms - Rudy Vannier & Jose Serra D

(Breeder - Skymarc Farm)

Dra Draw

DARK GREEN, YELLOW YELLO epaulets, sleeves and cap.

HH Has raised his game at Chantilly in 2022, most recently when winning a Listed event ev in May, Ma but the bigge big st ﬁelds he’ faced have he’s ha been half this size and although he has won on good, his other four wins have ha been on good to soft or slowe slo r; dr drying conditions raise a query. quer Official BHA Rating 103

8 COMMANCHE FALLS (GB) (14) 5 9 6 (132)

1100-20

Br g Lethal Force (IRE) - Joyeaux (Mark of Esteem (IRE)) DOUG GRAHAM, IAN DAVIS DA ON, ALAN DRYS DR DALE MICHAEL DODS, Darlington

Groom - Lauren Mulholland

Da Probert David

(Breeder - Redgate BStock & Peter Bottowley BStock)

Dra Draw

DARK BLUE, YELLOW YELLO seams, chevrons on sleeves, 13 YELLO cap YELLOW cap. HH A dream since switched sw to handicaps, winning six before topping them all with his Stewa Ste rds’ Cup success off 2lb lowe lo r at Goodwood Goodw last July (6f, soft; also acts on good to firm); no impact in double-figure fields since but horses that have ha gone well at this level often do so again. STEWARD EW EWARD S NOTE: Following llo llowing its run on 4/6/2022 it was reported that the horse resented the track’s k’ uniquity. k’s uniquity Official BHA Rating 103

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Owner

Trainer Age

9 TABDEED (GB) (21)

223-533

(lbs)

7 9 5 (131)

Ch g Hava Ha na Gold (IRE) - Puzzled (IRE) (Peintre Celebre (USA)) SA SA)) LONE STAR ST INVESTMENTS ARCHIE WATS WA ON, Upper Lambourn

Groom -Louis Wicks

st lb

Hollie Doyle Do

(Breeder - Red House Stud & Ketton Ashwe Ash ll Ltd)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE seams, sleeves and star on cap. ROYA

HH C&D handicap winner in 2018 whose latest success came in a Group 3 in 2020 (good); has often run well in defeat since but lesser effort back in a handicap (AW) (A on debut for this yard in April and a good recent run came over 5f; needs to prove pro he has the wherewithal where for this test. Official BHA Rating 102

10 WARRIOR BRAVE BRA (GB) (22)

1200-43

Groom - Trudie Smith D

4 9 4 (130)

B g Twilight Son - Gladiatrix (Compton Place) MS ELEANORA KENNEDY KENNED ROSS O’SULLIVAN O’SULLIV , Ireland

Colin Keane

(Breeder - Mr Harry Dutﬁeld)

Dra Draw

RED, BLACK cross belts, hooped cap.

HH His two tw handicap wins for previous trainer came at 6f (AW) (A and 5f (good to ﬁrm); went up the weights for a 5f Listed second last June and unable to make mak his mark in handicaps since, albeit running well in Listed and conditions races for new ne yard of late; this presents a new ne challenge. Official BHA Rating 101

11 SUMMERGHAND (IRE) (38)

0-00006

Groom - Sarah Phillips D

8 9 4 (130)

B g Lope de Vega (IRE) - Kate The Great (Xaar) MR HAMAD RASHED BIN GHEDAY GHED ER DA DAVID O’MEARA, Upper Helmsley

James Doyle Do

(Breeder - Airlie Stud)

Dra Draw

GREY BROWN seams, BROWN cap. GREY,

HH Only Onl just lost out in the 2020 running of this but later won the Stewa Ste rds’ Cup at Goodwood Goodw (6f, good to firm); has since won a Group 3 and a Listed event; ev the Meydan venture didn’t go well this year but the embers stirred at York last month (visor left off, refitted refit here) and he is 7lb lowe lo r than his big Goodwood Goodw win; howe ho ver, regular rider Danny Dann Tudhope prefers Fresh. Official BHA Rating 101

12 BATW BATWAN TWAN (FR) (46)

056-110

7 9 4 (130)

Ch g Kendargent (FR) - Matwan (FR) (Indian Rocket) et et) I.RIGGS/O.LODGE N. CAULLER CAULLERY, ULLERY, France

Andrea Atzeni

(Breeder - Guy Pariente Holding)

Dra Draw

BLACK, YELLOW YELLO seams, BLACK sleeves, 16 YELLO stars,, BLACK cap YELLOW cap,, YELLOW YELLO star. ar ar. H Losing run in France goes back to Group 3 win in May Ma 2020 (5f, very soft) but he found Meydan to his liking when a narrow narro winner of two tw 6f events ev there (good) for new ne yard early rl in 2022; has work to do with Prince Lancelot on Listed form since rly (6f, good to soft) but might have ha needed a sharpener; still has something to prove pro in this type of race. Official BHA Rating 101

13 LAMPANG MP MPANG (IRE) (54)

00000-1

5 9 4 (130)

B g Dandy Man (IRE) - Black Mascara (IRE) (Authorized (A (IRE)) James McDonald KING POWER PO RACING CO LTD TIM EASTERBY, Malton

Groom - Joe Gullon

(Breeder - Rosetown Bloodstock Ltd)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE hoop, striped sleeves, ROYA 20 WHITE cap cap,, ROYA RO L BLUE star. ar ar. HH Useful 6f winner at Hamilton last June (good to firm) but made no impact in this race next ne time and his form in double-figure fields since leave lea s something to be desired (his winning return at Ayr Ay came against four riva rivals). vals). Official BHA Rating 101

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Owner

Trainer Age

14 MR WAGYU GY (IRE) (14) GYU

46-0001

st lb

(lbs)

7 9 4 (130)

Ch g Choisir (AUS (A ) - Lake Louise (IRE) (Haatef (USA)) SA SA)) (in 5lb ex) ex THE NEW CENTURY CENTUR PARTNERSHIP Jason Hart JOHN QUINN, Malton

Groom - Ella Calvert

(Breeder - Danny Dann O’Sulliva O’Sulli n)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, ORANGE seams, ROYA ROYA RO L BLUE sleeves, 28 ORANGE cap cap. HH Four early rl 6f successes in 2021 (good to firm/go rly firm/ od) and just when the handicapper looked look to have ha caught up he won the Stewa Ste rds’ consolation at Goodwood; Goodw slo start to 2022 but he was back on song to win at Epsom recently; has a penalty to carry slow carr on first run here and although flexible fle regarding tracks he needs to have ha another trick up his sleeve off this mark. Official BHA Rating 96 (+3)

QU DREAMS (IRE) (34) 4 9 3 (129) 15 QUARANTINE

1535-54

B g Make Believe - Chiarezza (AUS (A ) (Fantastic Light (USA)) SA SA)) GENESIS THOROUGHBREDS CLUB K. J. CONDON, Ireland

Grooms - Adam Potts & Mark Bourke

W. J. Lee

(Breeder - Airlie Stud)

Dra Draw

PINK, BLACK seams, PINK cap, BLACK star. ar ar.

HH Lightly Lightl raced 4yo 4y whose sole win came in a 5f Cork maiden; campaigned in Listed events ev since and has had some excuses since a very good third at the Curragh last June (6f, good); tough start to handicap career but the return to 6f can suit and the visor (absent this term) is reﬁtted. reﬁt Official BHA Rating 100

16 GULLIVER (GB) (27) (27

24400-3

8 9 3 (129)

B g Sayif Sa (IRE) - Sweet Coincidence (Mujahid (USA)) SA SA)) WITHERNSEA THOROUGHBRED LIMITED DA DAVID O’MEARA, Upper Helmsley

Groom - Natasha Nelson

Adam Kirby

(Breeder - S. A. Douch)

Dra Draw

BLACK, YELLOW, YELLO GREEN & RED dartboard, 6 WHITE sleeves, s, RED darts,, RED cap cap. HHH Beaten less than 2l in the last two tw runnings of this (good/soft) and also went close against Commanche Falls Fa in the Ste rds’ Cup last July; encouraging return behind Asjad at York in May Stewa Ma (minus regular aids, refitted refit here) and he is primed for another stalwa al rt display; alwa displa has won on good to firm but very best form on good or slowe slo r. Official BHA Rating 100 (+1)

17 TIGER CRUSADE (FR) (21)

10201-6

5 9 3 (129)

B g No Nay Na Never (USA) SA - Folle Allure (FR) (Poliglote) SA) KHALIF DASMAL & BRYA KHALIFA BR N PAYNE PA DA DAVID SIMCOCK, Newmarket

Groom - Mudassar Patel

Jamie Spencer

(Breeder - Dominique Ades-Hazan & Lily Lil Ades)

Dra Draw

PINK, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and armlets, 10 hooped cap cap. H Useful 7f form here in 2020; raced over that trip and 1m until successfully reve re rting to 6f on Kempton Polytr ly ack in lytr October; ran as though better for the outing behind Dubai Station on AW last month and, with his prove pro n stamina, he is not dismissed back here. Official BHA Rating 100 (-1)

18 BIELSA (IRE) (38)

100-540

Groom - Louise Akehurst D

7 9 3 (129)

B g Invincible In Spirit (IRE) - Bourbon Ball (USA) SA (Peintre Celebre (USA)) SA) SA SA)) KING POWER PO RACING CO LTD KEVIN RYAN Y , Hambleton YAN

Jim Crowle Crowley wley

(Breeder - Highbank Stud)

RO L BLUE, WHITE hoop, striped sleeves, RED cap. ROYA

Dra Draw

HH Finally nall came up with the goods in the Ayr nally Ay Gold Cup in September (6f, good; has form on good to ﬁrm); only onl 2lb higher here but there’s there’ a suspicion that a lot went his way wa that day; da soundly undl beaten in three starts on this course, including when undly fa urite for this in 2020. favo Official BHA Rating 100

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Owner

Trainer Age

st lb

(lbs)

19 VENTURA TORMENTA RMENT (IRE) (632) 4 9 3 (129) RMENTA

151066 151066/-

B c Acclamation - Midnight Oasis (Oasis Dream) MIDDLEHAM PARK RACING IV RICHARD HANNON, Marlborough

Sean Levey e ey

(Breeder - Kevin Blake)

Dra Draw

LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets.

HH Can lead; Group 2 winner over 6f in France as a juvenile juv (good to soft; has won on good to ﬁrm) but absent since September of that year; has plenty to prove pro in such a strong handicap after his time off. Official BHA Rating 100

20 BLACKROD (GB) (49) (49

02113-1

Groom - Charlene Collingwood D

4 9 3 (129)

B c Mayson Ma - Hilldale (Exceed And Excel (AUS (A )) MR DAVID DA W. ARMSTRONG Connor Beasley le ley MICHAEL DODS, Darlington (Breeder - Highﬁeld Farm LLP)

Dra Draw

RED, RED cap, WHITE spots.

HHHH Won his ﬁrst nice prize over 6f at Newmark Newmarket wmarket last summer (good to ﬁrm) and had no problem with the drop to 5f at York next ne time; has come on over the winter judged on his Newmark Newmarket wmarket win in May Ma (6f, good) and a 5lb rise may ma not be enough to check his progress; holds a July Cup entry. entr Official BHA Rating 100

21 DUBAI STAT ST ION (GB) (21)

2222-61

5 9 3 (129)

B g Brazen Beau (AUS (A ) - Princess Guest (IRE) (Iffraaj) MIDDLEHAM PARK, MICHAEL WATT WA & K DASMAL ROBERT BER COWELL, Newmarket BERT

Groom - Tanbir Alam

(in 5lb ex) ex Rossa Ryan Ry

(Breeder - Hall of Fame Stud)

Dra Draw

PINK, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and armlets, 11 LIGHT BLUE cap cap. HH Sole turf win from 17 runs came in a 2yo 2y novic no e but he won a Group 3 on AW debut as a 3yo 3y and maintained his unbeaten record on sand at Chelmsford recently; entl now ently; no needs to show sho that a stiff 6f on turf is what’s what’ wanted. Official BHA Rating 95 (+3)

22 FIRST FOLIO (GB) (33)

1044-52

4 9 2 (128)

Gr g Dark Angel (IRE) - Lilian Baylis Ba (IRE) (Shamardal (USA)) SA SA)) OWNERS GROUP 083 Daniel Muscutt cut cutt JAMES FERGUSON, Newmarket (Breeder - Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum) Mak

MA MAUVE, BLACK chevrons che on sleeves, BLACK cap.

Dra Draw

HHH Has the beating of Blackrod on York form last June (6f, good to ﬁrm) but their paths have ha diver div ged since and it’s it’ that victim who comes here as the progressive gressi one; howe gressive ho ver, this 4yo 4y did run encouragingly in a Listed race at Windsor last month and fast ground will suit him better than many. man Official BHA Rating 99

23 FIVETHOUSANDTOONE (IRE) (161) 4 9 1 (127)

30303-5

B g Frankel - Promised Money (IRE) (Dark Angel (IRE)) KING POWER PO RACING CO LTD William Carve Car r (3) ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Matti Mat Penrice

(Breeder - Yeomanstown Stud)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE hoop, WHITE sleeve ROYA slee s, 23 RO L BLUE stars,, WHITE cap ROYA cap,, ROYA RO L BLUE star. ar ar. HH Handicap mark took a hammering after his good second in a Group 2 in 2020 and only now no is getting back on an ev keel; howe even howeve wever he may ma need a further drop in the weights as he’s he’ only onl 4lb lowe lo r than when ninth in the Ayr Ay Gold Cup; gelded since last seen. Official BHA Rating 98

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Owner

Trainer Age

24 POPMASTER (IRE) (21)

100-002

(lbs)

4 9 1 (127)

Gr g Gutaifan (IRE) - Best New Show (IRE) (Clodovil (Clodo (IRE)) LA LAURENCE BELLMAN Tom Marquand ED WALKER, Upper Lambourn

Groom -Manser Salauddin CD

st lb

(Breeder - Grangemore Stud)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, YELLOW ROYA YELLO stripe, sleeve slee s and cap.

HHH Just aver av age form in ﬁnal two tw starts of 2021 but he ran respectably respectabl in the 5f handicap at this meeting last June and won with authority over C&D in September (good to ﬁrm); back to form behind Dubai Station on the AW recently and, without being obviously ahead of his mark, he could be competitive. titiv STEWARD titive. EW EWARD S NOTE: Following llo llowing its run on 28/5/2 /5 022 it was reported that the horse hung left. /5/2 Official BHA Rating 98 (+1)

25 FRESH (GB) (42)

0330-24

Groom - Amol Bharati CD

5 9 1 (127)

B g Bated Breath - Kendal Mint (Kyllach (Kyllachy) yllachy) CLIPPER LOGISTICS Daniel Tudhope JAMES FANSHAWE, NSHA NSHAWE, Newmarket (Breeder - Glebe Stud)

Dra Draw

GREY GREY.

HHHH Had a wobble at the end of 2021 but is a very solid marker mark here, winning over C&D last May Ma before only just losing out to Rohaan in this race last June (soft); returned with a useful AW run but was just caught out for stamina in the 7f Victoria Cup here (good) since; that was the ﬁrmest ground he’s he’ raced on, so he’s he’ still to prove pro that drying dr ground can suit. Official BHA Rating 98

26 APOLLO ONE (GB) (21)

24-4003

Groom - Michael Young D

4 9 1 (127)

Ch g Equiano (FR) - Boonga Roogeta (Tobougg (T (IRE)) Benoit de la Saye Sa tte (5) PCRACING.CO.UK P. CHARALAMBOUS & J. CLUTTERBU, UTTERBU Newmarket UTTERBU, (Breeder - Peter Charalambous)

Dra Draw

PINK, BLACK sash, WHITE sleeves.

H Can lead; Listed AW winner over 7f who showe sho d he can hack it in big-ﬁeld 6f sprints when dividing di Blackrod and Popmaster at Newmark Newmarket wmarket last July (good to ﬁrm; led his group); has a big weights turnaround in his favo fa ur this time but has not done as well in two tw turf handicaps since. Official BHA Rating 98

27 SILVER SIL SAMURAI (GB) (21)

3-20311

5 9 0 (126)

Gr g Cable Bay Ba (IRE) - High Tan (High Chaparral (IRE)) (in 5lb ex) ex Ben Curtis WHA A TIME TO BE ALIVE 1 WHAT MARCO BOTTI, Newmarket

Groom - Gordon Cosburn

(Breeder - Seaton Partnership)

Dra Draw

BLACK and RED (quartered), RED sleeve slee s, 5 BLACK stars,, quartered cap cap. HHHHH Has won over 1m (good to ﬁrm) but is settling in as a sprinter now, no getting his eye ey in when third over C&D in May Ma in his ﬁrst 6f turf handicap but much better form when winning at Newbur Newbury wbury and Hayd Ha ock since; impressive impressi in the latter lat and a repeat would make mak him very interesting despite the penalty and rise in class. Official BHA Rating 92 (+6)

28 CHAIRMANOFTHEBOARD (IRE) (49) (49 6 8 12 (124)

3214-03

B g Slade Power (IRE) - Bound Copy (USA) SA (Street Cry (IRE)) SA) DA DAVID KILBURN, DAVID DA HUDD & CHRIS WRIGHT MICK CHANNON, West Ilsley

Rob Hornby

Groom - Muhammad Noreen (Breeder - Belmont Bloodstock Ltd & Luke Jesse) D

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, YELLOW ROYA YELLO stripe, YELLOW YELLO sleeves, 12 RO L BLUE armlets and star on YELLOW ROYA YELLO cap cap. HH Needs to be at his very best to have ha any an chance but he does have ha form at this level, having ha been beaten under 2l in the 2020 Ste rds’ Cup (good to ﬁrm); closely Stewa el matched with Blackrod on recent Newmark ely Newmarket wmarket form (6f, good) but still looks up against it for win purposes. Official BHA Rating 95

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Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

st lb

(lbs)

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 28 Hood worn by No. 4, 27. 27 Blinkers worn by No. 10. Visor worn by No. 11, 14. Tongue Strap worn by No. 12, 13, 16, 25. Visor, sor Tongue Strap worn by No. 15. sor, Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 3, 8, 16, 21. Running for the ﬁrst time since Gelding No. 23. Standard Time: 1 min 13.70 secs Record Time: 1 min 11.05 secs by Blue Point age 3 wt 9-1 good to ﬁrm, 03/0 03 5/17 2021: ROHAAN (IRE) 3 9 8 Shane Kelly ll 8-1 (David lly (Da Evans) 21 ran

Race Summary: Summar Fresh cannot be faulted on his course form and he was unfortunate to bump into Rohaan in an excellent running of this race 12 months ago. However, if he fails to run up to form it will probably obabl obably be because the ground is faster than ideal as this will be his first attemp at t on ground firmer than good. Blackrod is improving all the time and he rates the main danger to SILVER SIL SAMURAI who has made a big impression as a sprinter of late and it’s rare to see a 6f handicap won in such flamboyant style st as in his recent Hayd Ha ock success. Asjad also enters the reckoning with the return to a stiff 6f likely el to suit, while First Folio will love ely lo the drying ground and is also considered. Race Predictor: ROHAAN GULLIVER SIL SILVER SAMURAI

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5.35 Sixth Six Race

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The Golden Gates Stakes Stak (Handicap) One Mile abt Two Furlongs (9f abt 212yds) (1,900 metres), For Three Yrs Old

Stalls - ›ns&*e

(Class 2) Total race value va £100000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 87) 87

Owners Prize Money. ne Winner £40630; Second £20320; Third £10160; Fourth £5080; Fifth ney. £2540; Sixth Six £1270. (Penalty Value Va £51540) 1 Eliminated Under Rules (I)9 and (I)10. SS

Form

Owner

Trainer

1 ALDOUS HUXLEY HU (IRE) (29) (29

122

(lbs)

9 9 (135)

B c Dubawi Duba (IRE) - Albasharah (USA) SA (Arch (USA)) SA) SA SA)) Benoit de la Saye Sa tte (5) GODOLPHIN JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket

Groom - William Walsh D BF

st lb

(Breeder - Godolphin)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE. ROYA

HHHH Late foal; dominated a novic no e at Kempton (1m2f, AW; AW 10-11) in March on debut; runner-up in a novic no e at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (1m2f, good) and Listed race at Goodwood Goodw (1m3f, soft), in the latter lat leading until ﬁnal strides after seeing off other challengers; he’s he’ come up against highly highl regarded opposition on last two tw starts and looks capable of improve impro ment himself; no surprise if he’s he’ better than this mark and good claimer Benoit De La Saye Sa tte is recruited. Official BHA Rating 101

2 SWEEPING (GB) (14)

5130-20

B g Siyo Si uni (FR) - Sweeping Up (Sea The Stars (IRE)) BEN & SIR MARTYN TYN ARBIB ARCHIE WATS WA ON, Upper Lambourn

Groom - Haji Khan

9 4 (130) Hollie Doyle Do

(Breeder - Arbib Bloodstock Partnership)

Dra Draw

YELLO ROYA YELLOW, RO L BLUE Cross of Lorraine, 18 armlets and cap cap. HH Fourth in the Listed Chesham at Roya Royal yal Ascot (7f, soft) on second start as 2yo; 2y failed to live li up to that form except when front-running second of five fi on handicap debut at Wolverhamp lv lverhamp ton (8.6f, AW) AW on reappearance; 22-1, raced freely freel and reportedly reportedl finished lame when last of 13 at Epsom (good) two tw weeks ago on step up to 1m2f (should stay); ay risky. ay); risk STEWARD EW EWARD S NOTE: Following llo llowing its run on 4/6/2022 it was reported that the horse finished lame. Official BHA Rating 96

3 PHANTOM FLIGHT (GB) (29) (29

211

B c Siyo Si uni (FR) - Qushchi (Encosta de Lago (AUS (A )) JOHN AND JESS DANCE JAMES HORTON HOR , Middleham

9 3 (129) P. J. McDonald

Groom - Octavio Octa de Camargo (Breeder - St Albans Bloodstock LLP)

Dra Draw

GOLD, ONYX ONY stripes on sleeves, GOLD cap with 9 ONY button ONYX but HHH Close second in March on debut before keeping on dourly to win 1m novic no e events ev at Redcar (good to soft) and Hayd Ha ock (good); pedigree backs up the impression that further than 1m will suit him well, so he brings potential to this handicap debut. Official BHA Rating 95

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4 MISSED THE CUT (USA) SA (37) SA)

411

st lb

(lbs)

9 3 (129)

B c Quality Road (USA) SA - Beauly SA) Beaul (Sea The Stars (IRE)) MR ED BABINGTON James McDonald GEORGE BOUGHEY, HEY Newmarket HEY, (Breeder - Framont Ltd)

Dra Draw

MAROON, WHITE chevrons, halve hal d sleeve slee s, 13 MAROON cap cap. HHHH Fourth at Newmark Newmarket wmarket in April on debut; improve impro d when hugely el on top at 4-7 in a maiden at Pontefract (1m, good to ﬁrm) and novic ely no e at Salisbury bur bury (1m2f, good); the form has been boosted and he surely has more to give gi , so he is one of many man who need to be taken tak seriously. riousl riously. Official BHA Rating 95

5 HONITON (IRE) (7) (7

0-3231

Groom - Manohar Parmar D

9 2 (128)

Gr c Dark Angel (IRE) - Lacily Lacil (USA) SA (Elusive SA) (Elusi Quality (USA)) SA SA)) GODOLPHIN Frankie Dettori JOHN & THADY GOSDEN, Newmarket (Breeder - Godolphin)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, BLACK cap. ROYA

HHHH His placed efforts this season were against very talented riva rivals vals and he then won by 9l when 1-2 for 11-runner maiden at Sandown Sando (1m2f, good to ﬁrm) last Saturday; Saturda respected on handicap debut. Official BHA Rating 94

6 BLUE TRAIL (IRE) (57) (57

21143

B c Teoﬁlo (IRE) - Pietraﬁore (IRE) (Dubawi (Duba (IRE)) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

Groom - Lisa Hagan BF

9 1 (127) James Doyle Do

(Breeder - Godolphin)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE cap. ROYA

HHH Late foal; progressive gressi in a hood on AW this year for ﬁrst three starts; no hood for his two gressive tw races since but third of ten on handicap/turf debut at Sandown Sando (good) was improve impro d form, in a manner sugge sug sting (as does pedigree) that going beyo be nd 1m would suit; duly dul completed the course in front when joint-favo joint-fa urite at Epsom (1m2f ) two tw weeks ago but had lost his injured jock in the stalls and was deemed a non-runner; considered. jockey Official BHA Rating 93

7 FALLING SHADOW SHADO (IRE) (36)

0D-1

B g Invincible In Spirit (IRE) - Belonging (Rave (Ra n’s Pass (USA)) SA SA)) GODOLPHIN CHARLIE APPLEBY, Newmarket

Groom -Ursula -U Ransom D

9 0 (126) William Buick

(Breeder - Godolphin)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, RED cap. ROYA

HHHHH First past the post in a novic no e at Wolverhamp lv lverhamp ton (8.6f, AW) AW in December on second start but was disqualified after testing positive positi for a prohibited substance; 11-8 favo fa urite, again looked look green once taking it up but finished very well in charge in maiden at Newbur Newbury wbury (1m2f, good; form boosted) five fiv weeks ago; gelded soon afterwa after rds; makes mak handicap debut in an Official BHA Rating 92 extremely extremel tremely hot race but there could be a lot more ability in him.

8 PERVA PER DE (GB) (42)

06-1132

B c Kingman - Suffused (Champs Elysees) El JUDDMONTE FRANCIS-HENRI GRAFFARD GRAFF , France

Groom - Aurelien Bellei D

8 13 (125) Colin Keane

(Breeder - Juddmonte Farms Ltd)

GREEN, PINK epaulets, WHITE sleeves, PINK cap.

Dra Draw

HH Started this year with AW wins in a 10.5f maiden (made the running) running and 9.5f handicap (alwa (always ways close up); placed on good to soft in two tw conditions events ev since, hanging left in the closing stages on ﬁrst occasion and running on well from off the pace behind a very promising rival riv on latest; this step back up from 1m should suit but he probably abl needs marked ably mark improve impro ment. Official BHA Rating 91

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9 TOLLARD ROYA RO L (IRE) (28)

15-15

st lb

(lbs)

8 12 (124)

B g Ribchester (IRE) - Dew Line (IRE) (Vale (V of York (IRE)) Kieran Shoemark ISA SALMAN AL KHALIFA KHALIF GEORGE BOUGHEY, HEY Newmarket HEY, (Breeder - Thomastown Farm Ltd)

Dra Draw

DARK BLUE, WHITE epaulets.

HH All four starts have ha been at about 1m, with both turf outings on good; clearcut front-running wins at Kempton and Beverley rle in rley tw of his three novic two no e events; ev unable to lead when below belo best but not disgraced in warm 1m handicap at Hayd Ha ock on latest outing; hooded on last two tw starts; worth a go at 1m2f (dam won at up to 1m4f) 1m4f but others are more persuasive. persuasiv Official BHA Rating 90

10 GROUNDBREAKER (GER) (35)

42-14

B c Oasis Dream - Guajara (GER) (Montjeu (IRE)) SHEIKH MOHAMMED OBAID AL MAKTOU MAK M ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Dwayne Pettitt it itt D

8 12 (124) Andrea Atzeni

(Breeder - Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof Fa )

Dra Draw

YELLO large BLACK spots and spots on cap. YELLOW,

HH Third attemp at t at a maiden when he won by 4l at Doncaster (1m2f, good to soft) in March; creditable fourth of six in Listed race at Newmark Newmarket wmarket (1m2f, good to ﬁrm) on latest outing; races freely freel (particularly (particularl last time) and that’s that’ despite a hood on those last two tw starts; it can be argued that a more strongly run race in big ﬁeld will help with that tendency. tendenc STEWARD EW EWARD S NOTE: Official BHA Rating 90 Following llo llowing its run on 14/5 14/5/2 /5/2022 it was reported that the horse was restless in the stalls.

11 CHAIRMAN (FR) (25)

2211

8 12 (124)

B c Almanzor (FR) - Nimbin (Champs Elysees) El AQUIS FARM & MANTON PARK Tom Marquand FREDDIE & MARTYN MAR MEADE, Manton (Breeder - S.C.E.A. Team Hogdala France)

Dra Draw

LIGHT BLUE, BLACK triple diamond, hooped sleeves.

HHHH Improving Impro steadily, dil gamely dily, gamel making all in a maiden at Salisbury bur (1m4f, good to ﬁrm) and alwa bury always ways prominent when follo following up on handicap debut at Bath (1m2f, good to soft); both were in very small sma ﬁelds and he’s he’ been raised 7lb but that was a taking performance last time and he has more to give gi . Official BHA Rating 90

12 SUN KING (IRE) (21)

332-216

B c Galileo (IRE) - Song of My Heart (IRE) (Footstepsinthesand) EX S SIR ROBERT OGDEN/MR EXOR OGDEN SMAGNIER/MTAB GNIER/MT OR GNIER/MTAB AIDAN O’BRIEN, Ireland

Groom - Sumith Pathrannelage

8 11 (123) Ry Moore Ryan

(Breeder - Sir Robert Ogden)

Dra Draw

MA MAUVE and PINK check, WHITE sleeves, PINK cap.

HHH Placed in four maidens before he landed one when evens ev at Bellewst lle own llewst ow (1m, good; unraced on ﬁrmer) in April; fa urite for warm handicap at Nava favo Na n (upped to 1m2f, good) three weeks ago but disappointed in sixth six of 13; needs to bounce back with tongue tied ﬁrst time. Official BHA Rating 89

13 KNIGHTSWOOD (IRE) (8)

3-11

Ch c Decorated Knight - Neuquen (IRE) (Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)) BRIAN YEARDLEY & PARTNER CHARLIE & MARK JOHNSTON, Middleham

Groom - Paddy Trainor

8 10 (122) Jason Hart

(Breeder - Irish National Stud Mare Syndicate)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE hoops and sleeves, ROYA 12 RED and WHITE hooped cap cap. HHHH Made debut in December; won from the front by 5l in a maiden at Redcar (1m2f, good) on recent reappearance and by a neck in novic no e at Chepstow to (1m4f, good) 11 days tow da later; brought out quickly quickl again for this very hot race on handicap debut; did it gamely last time and has more to offer. offer Official BHA Rating 88

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GOOD GOODASS OBERGETS (FR) (67) 14 ASGOODASS

61-1

B c Dariya Dari n (FR) - Little Lit Alice (Haafhd) ANY EXCU EX SE FOR A HOLIDAY HOLID TOM WARD, Upper Lambourn

Groom - Matthe Mat w Birch

st lb

(lbs)

8 10 (122) Jim Crowle Crowley wley

(Breeder - Dermot Cantillon)

Dra Draw

DARK GREEN, YELLOW YELLO seams and sleeves, 19 YELLO and DARK GREEN hooped cap YELLOW cap. HH Ran twice in France in the autumn, readily il winning at Lyon ily Ly Parilly rill (1m2f, soft) on second occasion; 5-4 favo rilly fa urite and travelled smoothly thl when making winning debut for new thly ne connections in eight-runner novic no e at Wolverhamp lv lverhamp ton (1m4f, AW) AW in April, going on to win by only half a length but perhaps better than that result; needs to be, in a big way, wa on this handicap debut. Official BHA Rating 88

15 JIMI HENDRIX (IRE) (2)

51-313

Ch c New Bay Ba - Planchart (USA) SA (Gio Ponti SA) Ponti (USA (USA)) SA CHELSEA THOR THOROU OUGHBRED GHBREDS - PURPLE HAZE GHBREDS RALPH BECKETT BECKETT, BECKE TT, Kimpton Down TT wn

8 9 (121)

N -RU

(Breeder - Ballylinch (Br Ball Stud)

N NO

Draw Draw

LIGHT BLUE, BLUE, ROYA ROYAL BLUE sleeves, WHITE cap.

HH Wo Won two tw from four; upped from 7f to 1m but the ﬁrst under pressure when he came from pretty tt much last place to make tty mak a successful handicap debut in ten-runner race at Hayd Ha ock (1m, good) od) three weeks ago; that may ma have ha pointed to 1m2f but he wa was an excellent front-running third of 30 over ov 1m in the Britannia here (good (g to ﬁrm) rm) on Thursday. day. Official BHA Rating 87 day.

16 TROJAN OJ OJAN HORSE (IRE) (28)

31-135

Ch c Ulysses Ul (IRE) - Guardia (GER) (Monsun (GER)) MR R. W. HUGGINS CHARLIE & MARK JOHNSTON, Middleham

Groom - Nain Singh

8 6 (118) Joe Fanning

(Breeder - Guardia Partnership)

Dra Draw

EMERALD GREEN, RED stripe, halve hal d sleeves, 2 EMERALD GREEN and RED striped riped cap cap. HH Late foal; ended last season and began this one with soft-ground novic no e wins over 1m1f and 1m4f; has run creditably creditabl since in two tw handicaps over about 1m4f, albeit wilting late on at Musselburgh (good; unraced on ﬁrmer) last time which might encourage this drop back in trip. Official BHA Rating 84

17 BUSHFIRE (GB) (239) (239

031-

Ch c Australia - Aﬂame (Shamardal (USA)) SA SA)) MICHAEL KERR-DINEEN & MARTIN HUGHES HUGHIE MORRISON, East Ilsley

Groom - Bhawa Bha ni Singh

8 5 (117) Da Egan David

(Breeder - Kincorth Inve In stments Inc)

Dra Draw

PURPLE, WHITE diamonds on sleeves, check cap.

HHH Slowl Slowly wly away aw ﬁrst two tw starts, with big improve impro ment when third at Salisbury bur (1m, soft); had to batt bury ba le when justifying fa uritism in Newbur favo Newbury wbury novic no e (1m, heavy) av in October when last seen; very different avy) diff ground for this handicap/seasonal debut and he needs further improve impro ment but the extr ex a 2f will help. Official BHA Rating 83

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

Time:Min

4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 17

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Tongue Strap worn first time by No. 12. Hood worn by No. 9, 10. Tongue Strap worn by No. 8. Running for the first time since Gelding No. 7. Standard Time: 2 mins 7.70 secs Record Time: 2 mins 1.90 secs by The Fugue age 5 wt 8-11 good to firm, 18/06/14 2021: FOXES TALES (IRE) 3 8 11 Oisin Murphy Murph 13-2 (Andrew Balding) 14 ran

Race Summary: Summar A large proportion of these have ha potential and some of them, including seasonal debutants, could conceiva conceivabl vably bly take a leap forward. One of the most promising may ma well be FALLING SHADOW whose superiority in a Newbury maiden last time was probably obabl much obably greater than the bare result. A gelding operation may ma help him to prove it, as it has done with man of his stablemates. Blue Trail is the second Charlie Appleby-trained candidate to consider, many consider while Godolphin is also represented by the Gosdens’ Aldous Huxley, Huxley who can play pla a very serious part if negotiating a safe passage from stall 1, and Honiton who stretched out so well in a Sandown maiden last Saturday. da Just ahead of Aldous Huxley as the chief danger, day. er though, may er, ma be Knightswood who looks set to make his mark in middle-distance handicaps for the Johnstons. Like him, Missed The Cut and Chairman come here on a hat-trick. Race Predictor: ALDOUS HUXLEY HONITON SUN KING Please check Bet With Ascot screens for most up to date Race Predictor Forecast: 13-2 Honiton (IRE), 7-1 Aldous Huxley (IRE), 8-1 Missed The Cut (USA), SA SA), Falling Shadow (IRE), 9-1 Blue Trail (IRE), 12-1 Sun King (IRE), Asgoodassobergets (FR), 14-1 Jimi Hendrix (IRE), 16-1 Pervade (GB), Groundbreaker (GER), Chairman (FR), Knightswood (IRE), Bushﬁre (GB), 18-1 Tollard Royal (IRE), 22-1 Sweeping (GB), Phantom Flight (GB), Trojan Horse (IRE)

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6.10 Seventh Race

The Queen Alexandr Ale a Stakes Stak (Conditions Race) ce ce) Two Miles Five Fi Furlongs abt 143 Yards (21f abt 143yds) (4,300 metres) For Four Yrs Old And Upwards

Stalls - ›ns&*e

(Class 2) Total race value va £100000 (FOR CONDITIONS OF THIS RACE SEE PAGE 87) 87

Owners Prize Money. ne Winner £42670; Second £21330; Third £10670; Fourth £5330. ney. (Penalty Value Va £54000) A SS

Form

Owner

1 TRUESHAN (FR) (73)

Trainer Age

26111-1

(lbs)

6 10 0 (140)

B g Planteur (IRE) - Shao Line (FR) (General Holme (USA)) SA SA)) SINGULA PARTNERSHIP ALAN KING, Barbury Castle

Groom - Valentyn Kova o lenko ova

st lb

Hollie Doyle Do

(Breeder - Mr Didier Blot)

Dra Draw

YELLO ROYA YELLOW, RO L BLUE cross belts, ROYA RO L BLUE and 8 YELLO chevrons on sleeves, YELLOW s, ROYA RO L BLUE cap cap. HHHH A renowned reno class act at the highest level of the staying ay division aying di so very much the one to beat on these terms should he tak his chance, though that’s take that’ entirely entirel dependent on whether the ground softens up having ha missed many man an engagement due to fast surfaces, including Thursday’ day’s day’ y’s Gold Cup; prove pro n at 2m4f. Official BHA Rating 120

2 EARLOFTHECOTSWOLDS (FR) (2) 8 9 10 (136)

231110 23111

Bl g Axxos (GER) - Sissi Land (FR) (Grey (Grey Risk (FR)) TWISTON-DAVIES DA DAVIES , MASON ON, GREER & KIELY ON, KIELY NIGEL TWISTON TWISTON-D -DAV AVIES, AVIES IES Cheltenham

E NN

RU N

(Br (Breeder eeder - Yannick Yannick Collio Colliot & Teddy Poirier) irier)

Draw Draw

BLAC ACK, YELLOW AC YELLOW epaule epaulets, WHITE sleeve slee s, 6 BLACK K cap, cap, YELLOW YELLO star. ar ar. Useful handicap hurdler who has done surprisingly Us surprisingly well since switched sw to the AW, AW beating Tuesday’ day’s day’ y’s Ascot Stakes Stak winner Coltrane (off level weights) ights) before making all in a valuable valuable conditions race at Newc Ne astle (again over 2m); howe ho ver, his limitations were ruthlessly ruthlessly exposed in the Gold Cup on Thursday expos day and a similar scenario probably day probably ably awaits aw him here; non-runner. non-runner Official BHA Rating 102

3 STRATUM RA RATUM (GB) (28)

15140-0

9 9 7 (133)

B g Dansili - Lunar Phase (IRE) (Galileo (IRE)) TONY BLOOM W. P. MULLINS, Ireland

Groom - Steph Searle

William Buick

(Breeder - Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd)

Dra Draw

RO L BLUE, WHITE seams, ROYA 3 WHITE and ROYA RO L BLUE hooped cap cap. HHH A batt ba le-hardened old pro who has been paying pa his way wa under both codes for years and he was a clearcut winner of this 12 months ago (soft), beating Calling The Wind (who is now no 3lb better off); off this is far more suitable than the 1m4f Listed race he contested four weeks ago but, unlike unlik last year, ar he’s ar, he’ not the top-rated this time and he could do with the showe sho rs turning heavy. av avy. Official BHA Rating 109

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st lb

(lbs)

4 CALLING THE WIND (IRE) (28) 6 9 4 (130)

1232-34

B g Authorized (IRE) - Al Jasrah (IRE) (Shirocco (GER)) MRS J. A. WAKEFIELD RICHARD HUGHES, Upper Lambourn

Groom - Vishnu Ram

Da Egan David

(Breeder - Mount Brilliat Broodmares 11 Llc)

Dra Draw

PURPLE, WHITE sleeves, PURPLE stars, PURPLE cap, 9 WHITE star. ar ar. HHH Ran as well as he was entitled to in a 1m4f Listed race at Goodwood Goodw four weeks ago and that should have ha teed him up nicely for this, in which he ran second to Stratum 12 months ago before going on to win a 2m4f handicap at Glorious Goodwood Goodw (good); perhaps vulnerable for win purposes once more, but he won’t be a million miles away away. ay. Official BHA Rating 104

5 FALCON EIGHT (IRE) (43)

7 9 4 (130)

5/34/10-5 34 34/10-5 B g Galileo (IRE) - Polished Gem (IRE) (Danehill (USA)) SA SA)) Tom Marquand DR R. LAMBE/DR J CLIMAX D. K. WELD, Ireland

Groom - Carlos Athilas At Vieira BF

(Breeder - Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd)

Dra Draw

PURPLE, YELLOW YELLO Cross of Lorraine, YELLOW YELLO cap.

HHH Won last year’s Chester Cup on good to soft ground but anything an softer spells danger, er as he showe er, sho d when a disappointing favo fa urite in this race 12 months ago; put up a decent defence of his Chester crown cro last month but that form would fall short of the standard required to win this and he was ﬁt from hurdling, so it would be unwis un e to bank on any an phys ph ical improve impro ment. Official BHA Rating 108

6 HIGHWAY HIGHW COMPANION COMP (IRE) (15) 8 9 4 (130) B g Milan - Niffyrann (FR) (Sheyrann) WELDSPEC GLASGOW GO LIMITED GOW Callum Rodriguez KEITH DALGLEISH, Carluke

Groom - Shazon Cassels

(Breeder - Dora Bloodstock)

Dra Draw

WHITE, ROYA RO L BLUE stars, WHITE and RED diabolo 4 on sleeves, s, WHITE cap cap,, RED star. ar ar. H Dual winning hurdler at a fair level but way wa inferior to some of today’ today’s y’s riva rivals vals in that scene and he’s he’ hurled into the deep end for a belated Flat debut; it’s it’ a struggle rug to envis ruggle en age him getting competitive titi . titive Official BHA Rating -

7 MASTER MILLINER (IRE) (37) 6 9 4 (130)

0411-52

Ch g Helmet (AUS (A ) - Aqualina (IRE) (King’s Theatre (IRE)) MRS JENNIFER SIMPSON RACING EMMA LAVELLE, LA Marlborough

Sean Levey e ey

(Breeder - George Delahunt)

Dra Draw

BLACK, WHITE spots, RED sleeves and cap.

HH Represents a jumps-orientated yard but has raced only onl on the Flat; had a ball ba last year in progressing through the handicap ranks with four wins and his latest York second (2m; unraced beyo be nd) is right up there with his best form; howe ho ver, he has to rate ra a very unlikel unlikely ely winner on these demanding terms. Official BHA Rating 89

8 NATE NA THE GREAT GREA (GB) (23)

231412

6 9 4 (130)

B g Nathaniel (IRE) - Theladyinquestion (Dubawi (Duba (IRE)) Daniel Tudhope MILDMA RACING & D. H. CASLON MILDMAY ANDREW BALDING, Kingsclere

Groom - Atilla Teglas

(Breeder - Mildmay Mildma Bloodstock & D. H. Caslon)

Dra Draw

DARK BLUE, LIGHT BLUE epaulets, DARK BLUE and 10 ORANGE striped riped sleeves, s, ORANGE cap cap. HHH Races prominently; prominentl now no a 6yo 6y with 29 starts behind him but seems to have ha unearthed some improve impro ment from somewhere, me mewhere, as it was career-best form in running away aw with a Newmark Newmarket wmarket 1m6f handicap (good) and he raised the bar again to ﬁnish second in the Group 3 Henry nr II Stakes nry Stak at Sandown, Sando which is a respected trial for the Gold Cup; he’s he’ evidently identl a better idently Official BHA Rating 106 horse now no than when fourth in this two tw years ago.

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Owner

Trainer Age

9 RESHOUN (FR) (4)

00-4055

st lb

(lbs)

8 9 4 (130)

B g Shamardal (USA) SA - Radiyy SA) Radi a (IRE) (Sinndar (IRE)) Richard Kingscote DR MARWA MAR N KOUKASH IAN WILLIAMS, Alvechurch (Breeder - S.C.E.A. Haras de Son Altesse L’Aga L’ Khan)

Dra Draw

GREY BEIGE star, GREY, ar GREY sleeves, BEIGE stars and stars ar, 7 on cap cap. HH Did well from his wide draw to ﬁnish a close ﬁfth in Tuesday’ day’s day’ y’s Ascot Stakes Stak (2m4f ), a race he won 12 months earlier; not entirely entirel reliable, howe ho ver, and even ev if on his game this is a good deal tougher. tougher Official BHA Rating 97

10 TIMOUR (FR) (42)

233-456

4 9 3 (129)

Ch c Gleneagles (IRE) - Rock My Soul (IRE) (Clodovil (Clodo (IRE)) OTI RACING MANAGEMENT/MME GEMENT GEMENT/MME E. DE SEROUX OU OUX James McDonald A. FABRE, France

Grooms - Johann Hervé & Sylvain Lebas

(Breeder - Ecurie Peregrine Sas)

Dra Draw

YELLO DARK BLUE hoops, WHITE sleeves and cap. YELLOW,

HHH Has won only onl a maiden in France and that was over 1m2f, while he’s he’ not raced beyo be nd the 1m4f over which he was close up in last season’s on’ Group 2 Prix Niel; has yet to hit the same heights this campaign and this trip is a complete unknown, on’s unkno but his French trainer doesn’t send horses to England for the fun of it and this colt is his only runner here all week. Official BHA Rating 101

11 WORDSWOR SW TH (IRE) (28) SWOR

255-143

Groom - Anatoliy Anatoli Komisar BF

4 9 3 (129)

Ch c Galileo (IRE) - Chelsea Rose (IRE) (Desert King (IRE)) MR D. SMITH, MRS J. MAGNIER, MR M. TABOR AIDAN O’BRIEN, Ireland

Ry Moore Ryan

(Breeder - Barronstown Stud)

Dra Draw

PURPLE, WHITE seams, striped sleeves, PURPLE cap.

HHHHH Came of age last summer, summer ﬁnishing second in the 1m6f Queen’s Queen’ Vase here, then third in the Irish Derby and second in Grand Prix de Paris; has yet to recapture that form this season, though his close fourth in the Group 3 Sagaro Stakes Stak here (2m, good to ﬁrm) was a reminder of his potential as a stayer; brother to 2m winner Kew Ke Gardens; goes on all ground. Official BHA Rating 109

12 DINARD ROSE (IRE) (29) (29

10500-6

6 8 13 (125)

B m Champs Elysees El - Rose of Petra (IRE) (Golan (IRE)) Andre Slatter Andrew Slattery tery NINA WALSH NINA WALSH, Ireland (Breeder - Airlie Stud)

DARK BLUE, PINK hoop, DARK BLUE sleeves, PINK seams,, PINK cap cap,, DARK BLUE star. ar ar. H Exposed mare who was well held in a 1m6f Curragh handicap last month and she’s she’ the outsider. outsider

13 SINGLE (IRE) (13)

5443-04

2 Official BHA Rating 82

5 8 13 (125)

Ch m Nathaniel (IRE) - Solita (USA) SA (Thunder Gulch (USA)) SA) SA SA)) THE SWEET PARTNERSHIP MICK CHANNON, West Ilsley

Groom - Nasar Haya Ha t

Dra Draw

Rob Hornby

(Breeder - Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd)

Dra Draw

LIGHT GREEN, PINK sleeves, LIGHT GREEN armlets, 13 PINK cap cap. H Infrequent winner at the best of times (2-33) and, on what are unfavo unfa urable terms, she’ll do well to improve impro on last season’s on’ on’s mid-di mid-division ﬁnish. Official BHA Rating 78

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Owner

Trainer Age

14 URBAN ARTIST (GB) (28)

23260-2

(lbs)

7 8 13 (125)

Ch m Cityscape - Cill Rialaig (Envir (En onment Friend) PANGFIELD RACING V HUGHIE MORRISON, East Ilsley

Groom - Tariq Mehmood

st lb

P. J. McDonald

(Breeder - Moran & Billington)

Dra Draw

PINK and GREY stripes, chevrons on sleeves, PINK cap.

HHH Another for whom rain would be a blessing, as she returned to form on good to soft with an excellent second at York (1m6f Group 3) and she’d she’ be suited by even ev softer than that ideally; all unraced beyo ally; be nd 1m6f on the Flat but she was smart in bumpers and there should be improve impro ment lurking in a race of this nature; has each-way wa claims. STEWARD way EW EWARD S NOTE: Official BHA Rating 100 Following llo llowing its run on 21/5/2 /5 022 it was reported that the horse suffered interference in running. /5/2

Result: 1st

2nd

3rd

Distances: 1-2

2-3

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4th .

Secs.

NUMBER OF DECLARED RUNNERS 14 Visor worn by No. 5. Sheepskin Cheek Pieces worn by No. 9, 12. Standard Time: 4 mins 43.60 secs Record Time: 4 mins 45.24 secs by Pallasator age 9 wt 9-2 good to ﬁrm, 23/0 23 6/18 2021: STRATUM RA RATUM 8 9 2 Ryan Moore 4-1 (W P Mullins) 15 ran

Race Summary: Summar As is now tradition, Royal Ascot closes with the Flat season’s longest race. The entire complexion of it would change dramatically dramaticall should there be sufficient rain for Trueshan to take his chance, in which case he would take some stopping on these terms. However, as things stand, preference is for WORDSWORTH. OR ORTH. He had ﬂashes of form last year that his riva ri ls can merely el ely dream about (even Trueshan) and, give gi n how he was boxing on at the ﬁnish of the 2 miles Sagaro Stakes here in April, it would be a surprise should his stamina fail him. Last year’s principals Stratum and Calling The Wind have ha big runs in them and, as Andre Fabr Fa e’s only onl runner here all week, it wouldn’t be a bolt from the blue to see Timour get invo in lved, for all that he’ll be entering unknown territory a long way wa from home over this extreme distance. Race Predictor: STRATUM RA RATUM NA THE GREAT NATE GREA FALCON EIGHT Please check Bet With Ascot screens for most up to date Race Predictor

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The Queen Alexandra Stakes (Conditions Race) - continued Forecast: 6-4 Trueshan (FR), 7-2 Wordsworth (IRE), 11-2 Falcon Eight (IRE), 10-1 Nate Na The Great (GB), 12-1 Urban Ur Artist (GB), 14-1 Calling The Wind (IRE),Stratum (GB), 20-1 Timour (FR), 25-1 Reshoun (FR), 50-1 Master Milliner (IRE), 66-1 Single (IRE), 100-1 Highwa Highway way Companion (IRE), 200-1 Dinard Rose (IRE)

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Race Conditions First Race 2.30 - THE CHESHAM STAKES ST (CLASS 1) (Listed Race) (see page 14) 14 Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £59200 to the winning horse The second to receive cei £22390, the third £11190 and the fourth £5590; for two yrs old only, ceive onl whose sire or dam won a race of a mile and a quarter or over (this includes races in excess of nine furlongs and 110 yards and in excess of 1900m); SEVEN FURLONGS (7f ) (1,400 metres); Enter by noon, June 13th and pay pa £500 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 16th. Weights: Colts and geldings 9st 5lb; fillies 9st Penalties, a winner of a Listed race 3lb Of a Patt Pa ern race 5lb; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, ner trainer and jockey. ner, ey In addition, ey. a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, ner to be held until May ner, Ma next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and the winning horse in this race will each receive cei a prize of £300. All number cloths to ceive be carried in this race have ha been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of Howden. The sponsorship payment pa of £500 will be distributed equally equall amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. 21 entries at £500. - Closed June 13th, 2022 Second Race 3.05 - THE JERSEY STAKES ST (CLASS 1) (Group 3) (see page 24) 24 Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £65120 to the winning horse The second to receive cei £24629, ceive 4629 the third £12309 and the fourth £6149; for three yrs old only; 4629, onl SEVEN FURLONGS (7f ) (1,400 metres); Enter by noon, June 13th and pay pa £1100 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 16th. Weights: Colts and geldings 9st 3lb; fillies 9st Penalties, after August 31st, 2021, a winner of a Group 3 race 3lb Of a Group 1 or Group 2 race 5lb; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, ner trainer and jockey. ner, ey In ey. addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, ner to be held until May ner, Ma next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and the winning horse in this race will each receive cei a prize of £300. All number ceive cloths to be carried in this race have ha been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of Howden. The sponsorship pa payment of £500 will be distributed equally equall amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. 26 entries at £1100. - Closed June 13th, 2022 Third Race 3.40 - THE HARDWICKE STAKES ST (CLASS 1) (Group 2) (see page 34) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £134828 to the winning horse The second to receive cei £51116, the third £25581, the fourth £12743 ceive £127 , the fifth £6395 and the sixth six £3209; for four yrs old and upwards; ONE MILE about FOUR FURLONGS (2,300 metres)Swinley (11f abt 211yds); Enter by noon, April 26th and pay pa £790 stake, Scratch by noon, May Ma 24th or pay pa £900, Confirm by noon, June 13th and pay pa £560, Supplementary Entry by noon, June 13th and pay pa £15000 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 16th. Weights: Colts and geldings 9st 3lb; fillies 9st; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, ner ner, trainer and jockey. ey In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, ey. ner to be held until May ner, Ma next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and of the winning horse in this race will each receive cei ceive a prize of £300. All number cloths to be carried in this race have ha been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of Howden. The sponsorship payment pa of £500 will be distributed equally equall amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). 57 entries, 22 at £790, 21 at £1690, 13 at £2250, 1 at £15000. - Closed April 26th, 2022 Fourth Race 4.20 - THE PLATINUM JUBILEE STAKES ST (CLASS 1) (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (see page 52) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £567100 to the winning horse The second to receive cei £215000, the third £107600, the fourth £53600, the fifth £26900 and the sixth ceive six £13500; for four yrs old and upwards; SIX FURLONGS (6f ) (1,200 metres); Enter by noon, April 26th and pay pa £4370 stake, Scratch by noon, May Ma 24th or pay pa £5000, Confirm by noon, June 13th and pay pa £3130, Supplementary Entry by noon, June 13th and pay pa £70000 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 16th. Weights: Colts and geldings 9st 5lb; fillies 9st 2lb NOTE: Horses will only onl be eligible to run in this race provided that they have ha a current BHA Handicap Rating of 80 or higher at midday midda of the confirmation stage. Horses which do not qualify for a rating may ma also be eligible providing the BHA Handicapper is satisfied that the horse’s racecourse performances up to and including the day da before confirmation merit a provisional assessment of 80 or higher. Horses which have ha not run will not be eligible.; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, ner trainer, ner, trainer jockey and stable employee. In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, ner to be held until May ner, Ma next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and of the winning horse in this race will each receive cei a prize ceive of £300. All number cloths to be carried in this race have ha been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of Howden. The sponsorship payment pa of £500 will be distributed equally equall amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. (No confirmation of entry is required for Supplementary entries). 42 entries, 9 at £4370, 5 at £9370, 28 at £12500. - Closed April 26th, 2022

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Fifth Race 5.00 - THE WOKINGHAM STAKES ST (CLASS 2) (HERITAGE (HERIT HANDIC HANDICAP) (see page 60) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £94500 to the winning horse The second to receive cei £44362, the third £22190 and the fourth £11095; for three yrs old and upwards, Rated 0-110; SIX ceive FURLONGS (6f ) (1,200 metres); Enter by noon, May Ma 17th and pay pa £295 stake, Scratch by noon, May Ma 31st or pa £375, Confirm by noon, June 13th and pay pay pa £195, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 16th. Lowest weight 8st 2lb; Highest weight not less than 9st 12lb Penalties, after May Ma 21st, 2022, a winner of a race 5lb Of 2 races 8lb; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, ner trainer and jockey. ner, ey In addition, a ey. Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, ner to be held until May ner, Ma next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and the winning horse in this race will each receive cei a prize of £300. Declarations to run ceive for this race must be made by 10.00 a.m. on Thursday, Thursda June 17th and declarations of riders must be made by 1.00 p.m. on Thursday, Thursda June 17th. All number cloths to be carried in this race have ha been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of Howden. The sponsorship payment pa of £500 will be distributed equally equall amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. This race will be restricted to 28 runners plus three reserves. The three reserves will be nominated as R29, R29 R30 and R31. The procedure for the allocation and operation of the reserves protocol will be as detailed in the notice headed ‘Reserves’ which has been published in The Racing Calendar and which also appears in the important notices following the Standard Conditions on the Racing Bulletin area of the BHA Racing Administration Internet site www.racingadmin.co www .uk. The British Horseracing Authority will amend the Weights and Handicapping Code in the event that raising of the weights at the 24-hour stage proves necessary. ary Trainers are reminded of the provisions of paragraph 41 of the Race ary. Entry Code which require that they must notify the Racing Calendar Office immediately immediatel when the decision has been made not to run and determine whether the weights will need to be raised. The British Horseracing Authority has modified the Declaration of Jockey section of the Race Entries Code and the Division Di of Races section of the Race Administration Code of the Rules of Racing for the purposes of this race. PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 9 of the Weights and Handicapping Code a horse must have ha run three times or more in order to qualify to run in this race. 66 entries, 11 at £295, 15 at £670, 40 at £865. - Closed May Ma 17th, 2022 Six Race 5.35 - THE GOLDEN GATES Sixth GA ST ES (CLASS 2 HANDICAP) STAK HANDIC (see page 70) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £51540 to the winning horse The second to receive cei £24170, the third £12090, the fourth £6040, the fifth £3020 and the sixth ceive six £1510; for three yrs old only, onl Rated 0-105 (also open to such horses rated 106 and 107 - see Standard Conditions); ONE MILE abt TWO FURLONGS (9f abt 212yds) (1,900 metres); Enter by noon, June 13th and pay pa £500 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 16th. Lowest weight 8st 2lb; Highest weight not less than 9st 9lb Penalties, after June 11th, 2022, for each race won 6lb; ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, ner trainer ner, and jockey. ey In addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, ey. ner to be held until May ner, Ma next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and the winning horse in this race will each receive cei a prize of ceive £300. All number cloths to be carried in this race have ha been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of Howden. The sponsorship payment pa of £500 will be distributed equally equall amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. This race will be restricted to 16 runners plus three reserves. The three reserves will be nominated as R17, R17 R18 and R19. The procedure for the allocation and operation of the reserves protocol will be as detailed in the notice headed ‘Reserves’ which has been published in The Racing Calendar and which also appears in the important notices following the Standard Conditions on the Racing Bulletin area of the BHA Racing Administration Internet site www.racingadmin.co www .uk. The British Horseracing Authority will amend the Weights and Handicapping Code in the event that raising of the weights at the 24-hour stage proves necessary. ary Trainers are reminded of the provisions of paragraph 41 of the Race Entry ary. Code which require that they must notify the Racing Calendar Office immediately immediatel when the decision has been made not to run and determine whether the weights will need to be raised. The British Horseracing Authority has modified the Declaration of Jockey section of the Race Entries Code and the Division Di of Races section of the Race Administration Code of the Rules of Racing for the purposes of this race. PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 9 of the Weights and Handicapping Code a horse must have ha run three times or more in order to qualify to run in this race. 33 entries at £500. - Closed June 13th, 2022 Seventh Race 6.10 - THE QUEEN ALEXANDRA STAKES ST (CLASS 2 CONDITIONS RACE) (see page 78) Distributed in accordance with the Stakes and Prize Money Code; £54000 to the winning horse The second to receive cei £25350, the third £12680 and the fourth £6340; for four yrs old and upwards; TWO MILES FIVE ceive FURLONGS abt 143 YARDS (21f abt 143yds) (4,300 metres); Enter by noon, June 13th and pay pa £500 stake, Declare by 10.00 a.m. June 16th. Weights: 4-y-o colts and geldings 9st 3lb; fillies 8st 12lb 5-y-o and up colts and geldings 9st 4lb; fillies 8st 13lb Penalties, after June 14th, 2021, for each Class 2 weight-for-age or Class 3 weightfor-age race won 3lb For each Class 1 weight-for-age race won 5lb (Penalties cumulative cumulati and maximum penalty 10lb); ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED will present a memento to the winning owner, ner trainer and jockey. ner, ey In ey. addition, a Challenge Cup will be presented to the winning owner, ner to be held until May ner, Ma next year. The lad or girl in charge of the best turned out horse and the winning horse in this race will each receive cei a prize of £300. All number ceive cloths to be carried in this race have ha been sponsored and will carry the name/logo of Howden. The sponsorship pa payment of £500 will be distributed equally equall amongst all horses starting in this race in accordance with paragraphs 24 to 27 of the Stakes and Prize Money Code. For the purposes of future penalties and qualification, this race will be treated as a Conditions Stakes race. ELIMINATION: ELIMINA If elimination is necessary from this race, the elimination sequence will be determined by the Elimination and Balloting Procedures (contained in the Race Administration Code) 31 entries at £500. - Closed June 13th, 2022

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