Cleonte provides emotional success for King Power Racing in Queen Alexandra

Royal Ascot 2023 is set to take place between Tuesday, June 20 and Saturday, June 24. It is the highlight of the Flat season in Britain and there are a whopping 35 races on the schedule for this year's five-day fiesta. A total of eight Group 1 contests feature at the meeting including the biggest renewal of the week, the Gold Cup, which looks set…

Royal Ascot is back and the Gold Cup will bring eyes as racing continues on day three. On the first day, Paddington triumphed in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, making it a memorable opening day for trainer Aidan O'Brien, securing a record 83rd victory at the meet. The Irish 2000 Guineas winner under Ryan Moore beat out Frankie Dettori and…

Royal Ascot is back and the racing continues after a thrilling first day. Paddington triumphed in the Prince of Wales's Stakes, making it a memorable opening day for trainer Aidan O'Brien, securing a record 83rd victory at the meet. The Irish 2000 Guineas winner under Ryan Moore beat out Frankie Dettori and Chaldean. The legendary Italian…

Royal Ascot 2023 kicks off its five-day event on 20 June. Emotions will be particularly high at this year's Royal Ascot as the late Queen Elizabeth II, famously an avid racing fan, will be sorely missed at one of her favourite meets The British racecourse has renamed this year's Platinum Jubilee Stakes to the Queen Elizabeth II stakes in honour of…

With one of the biggest horse racing meetings of the year not far away, see below the 2023 Royal Ascot race times and full schedule for the races - with the five-day meeting getting going on Tuesday 20th June and running through till Saturday 24th June. ��Time/Date: Tues 20th June to Sat 24th June 2023 (1st race 2:30pm, last race…

Andrew Balding admits it would be a'fitting tribute to a great man' if The Foxes could'headline the next chapter' in the Betfred Derby by carrying the colours of King Power Racing's late founder Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha to glory in the Epsom Downs showpiece on Saturday. The Kingsclere handler believes the Churchill colt represents his best chance…

ROYAL ASCOT week has reached a thrilling finale. Saturday's racing saw 33/1 Naval Crown shock the field to win the Platinum Jubilee Stakes. Recap all of the winners and results below from a stunning final day at Ascot. William Hill: Bet £10 GET £30 in free bets - CLAIM HERE Betfair - Money Back as Cash up to £20 if your first bet loses CLAIM…

Britain's bookies will mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee by donating all the profits from the Britannia Stakes race at Royal Ascot to some of the UK's top charities. The popular racing festival, often frequented by the Queen herself, began on Tuesday 14 June, and will run until Saturday 18th. The highly-anticipated Britannia Stakes race will take…

Callum Hutchinson picked up a brilliant win in the Ascot Stakes on board Coltrane The Ascot Stakes has been won by Ryan Moore in three of the last ten years and the jockey was aboard the red-hot favourite Bring On The Night, but the pair were unable to outgun 5lb claimer Callum Hutchinson, who made a Royal Ascot breakthrough aboard…

The Queen of England loves to have winners at Royal Ascot - it's her favourite horse racing fixture of the year, while with this being her Platinum Jubilee year, if Queen Elizabeth II does bag her 25th Royal Ascot winner this week, the roar might even be heard here in America! She's got several horses entred over the five-day meeting, so let's take…

Happy Power: Leicester win sets up Royal Ascot bid Saturday: Leicester The King Richard III Stakes had been a target for the late Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of King Power, and that ambition has now been achieved by his son Aiyawatt with Happy Power. The Andrew Balding-trained six-year-old stalked the Godolphin-owned…

28-1 shot Johan gives Mick Channon and Silvestre De Sousa unexpected victory in Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster JOHAN put one in the back of the net for former football ace and now trainer Mick Channon when landing the SBK Lincoln on the opening day of the turf Flat season at Doncaster. Partnered by Silvestre de Sousa, the 28-1 shot proved strong for…

John Leeper will look to bounce back to winning ways when he takes on the Listed Gala Stakes at Sandown on Friday, live on Racing TV. The Ed Dunlop-trained three-year-old was last seen finishing ninth in the Cazoo Derby at Epsom, a race in which he started at 8-1 following two impressive successes earlier in the season. The Frankel colt, who is…

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…

Horseracing's premier Flat meeting ends with a race run over a distance more suitable to the Cheltenham Festival, in conditions more in keeping with the Welsh National. The Queen Alexandra, Britain's longest Flat race, has attracted a maximum field of 20 runners, most of whom can be given a winning chance. Chester Cup winner Falcon Eight, whose…

elcome to the Evening Standard's LIVE coverage of the Epsom Derby 2020. 25-1 shot Serpentine was the stunning winner in the first Derby to take place without spectators, sealing a stunning six-length victory this afternoon. Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien, who had six runners, claimed a record eighth win in the race. Relive the action with all today's…

Donjuan Triumphant strikes in the opening race on Champions Day at 33-1 Donjuan Triumphant provided connections with a poignant success in the Qipco British Champions Sprint, as he secured his first Group 1 win on his last run before retiring to stud. Not only a landmark occasion for the horse, victory gave owners King Power Racing their…

Sunday Sovereign: will continue his career in Britain for King Power Racing King Power Racing's recent Irish recruits Sunday Sovereign and Johnny Drama will continue their careers in Britain following their defeats at Royal Ascot last week. The Paddy Twomey-trained Sunday Sovereign this month became the first horse to carry the King Power Racing…

1 of 3 | Blue Point (blue cap) holds on to win the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes on the final day of Royal Ascot. Photo courtesy of Ascot Racecourse June 22 (UPI) -- Blue Point closed out Royal Ascot 2019 in royal fashion Saturday, winning the featured Diamond Jubilee Stakes to complete an historic sweep of the week's two Group 1 sprints. That win…

THE Queen Alexandra Stakes is the final race of Royal Ascot, but who will our top tipsters be backing? With tips from our very own Templegate, Matt Chapman and the latest race trends, we've got the all-important views on each race right here. Templegate - Corelli John Gosden's hope was only seen three times last and he won two of them. His defeat…

Mengli Khan: set to become only the second Royal Ascot runner for Gigginstown Gigginstown House Stud, who shocked the racing world last month when announcing plans to wind down what has become one of the sport's most successful operations over the next few years, look set to be represented for just the second time at Royal Ascot courtesy of Mengli…

LATEST RESULTS, TIPS AND UPDATES: Find out every winner of every race, plus pictures and videos as the drama unfolds on Day 5 Royal Ascot 2018: behind the scenes of a top stables where the Queen's racehorses are trained Brighton-born Ryan Moore clinched a big-race double on the final day of Royal Ascot to leapfrog veteran Frankie Dettori in the…

This year's Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot was another blockbuster meet featuring a plethora of world-class races and horses to draw the punters in. Officially the richest day in British racing, Champions Day is the blue-ribbon meet that stands as the climax to the British Champions Series. It includes the five of series' division finals: the…

Horse racing sometimes forgets that Royal Ascot is not simply another major meeting, but a golden stitch in the fabric of British society and tradition. The fixture can attract the best of the Australian sprinters, the World Pool and Wesley Ward but the true essence of the event is under the care and custody of the Crown. This year, the countdown…

Royal Ascot 2023 kicks off its five-day event on 20 June. Emotions will be particularly high at this year's Royal Ascot as the late Queen Elizabeth II, famously an avid racing fan, will be sorely missed at one of her favourite meets The British racecourse has renamed this year's Platinum Jubilee Stakes to the Queen Elizabeth II stakes in honour of…