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Saturday brings the fifth and final day at Royal Ascot, and the ground will be very testing after all the rain that fell after racing on Thursday. 2.30 CHESHAM STAKES - MASEKELA The longest juvenile race of the week will take some getting for these youngsters over the stiff seven furlongs. Two years ago it was Godolphin's Pinatubo who beat…

The Queen will be without a runner at Epsom on Derby day after her final horse was not declared. Just Fine had been due to contest the World Pool Northern Dancer Handicap at the prestigious fixture. The gelding's trainer, Sir Michael Stoute, has the favourite for the feature Cazoo Derby (4.30pm). The big race is the only Flat Classic the Queen has…

The Queen's runner King's Lynn was third in the Wokingham (5.00pm). Dream Of Dreams won the feature Diamond Jubilee Stakes as Ryan Moore celebrated a treble The Queen just missed out on a winner as she attended Royal Ascot's final day. Making her first appearance at the big meeting this week, the reigning monarch arrived to a round of applause from…

Ascot's straight course tends to favour sprinters who are ridden cold - it's a long way home without cover on this wide track - and a glance at the race comments for winners of the Wokingham since 2011 features'held up' on eight occasions. The two anomalies have come in the last two years as Cape Byron (2019) and Hey Jonesy (2020) were always up in…

Glen Shiel: winner of last year's British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot The Bengough Stakes provides the perfect opportunity for talented handicappers to take the step up to Group 3 level. Recent winners include Tropics (2013), Cape Byron (2019) and Dakota Gold (2020), although the presence of Blue Point and Shalaa in the roll of honour suggests…

First run in 1840, the Unibet Stewards' Cup Handicap has always been a staple of the summer racing calendar. A maximum field of 28 will contest Saturday's renewal with a first prize of £115965 up for grabs. As ever, the draw can be vital and it was televised live on Racing TV with high numbers in demand. Eight of the past ten winners drawn have…

The Horses For Courses (H4C) report is your free Geegeez Gold feature every Friday and the default settings show the full course history since 2009 of any horse running that has previously had a run at the track, sorted by number of wins, but this can be changed to any column at the user's discretion. As well as today's race time, course, horse…

The Ayr Gold Cup is Scotland's most prestigious flat race. The race is on Saturday afternoon and has a whopping £150000 overall prize fund, with £77000 going to the winner. The value of the six furlong race attracts horses from some of England and Scotland's top yards. Great Ambassador won the Garrowby Stakes at York earlier this month and is the…