Royal Ascot 2022 | Ascot Races
Racing takes place at Ascot throughout the year on the flat and over jumps and famously hosts Royal Ascot in June. Read More
We are set for a fabulous Royal Ascot in 2022 which starts on Tuesday 14th June and goes right through until Saturday 18th June, and throughout the five days there will be some of the finest equine talents heading to the Berkshire track to fight it out for Royal glory.
Some of the standout races during the week include the Queen Anne Stakes, which opens the action on Tuesday and will see superstar miler Baaeed line up, while the King's Stand Stakes on the same day will see American sprint sensational Golden Pal take on Australian speedball Nature Strip.
Races like the Prince Of Wales's Stakes, Coronation Stakes and Platinum Jubilee Stakes will provide thrilling renewals, while there's a multitude of handicap races throughout the week which will be real head-scratchers for punters.
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Royal Ascot Details
The action at Royal Ascot kicks off on Tuesday 15th June, 2021 and concludes on Saturday 19th June, 2021. You can check out all the latest Royal Ascot odds above, while all the latest betting offers, tips and results for the spectacular five-day Flat extravaganza.
Ascot Racecourse Guide
Ascot is known as the racecourse of the Royal Family due to its close proximity to Windsor Castle and it is owned by the Crown Estate. The course has two tracks allowing it to run both national hunt and flat racing. It holds 25 race meetings throughout the year, which includes 16 flat meetings, key races are the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. The course also holds four national hunt meetings including the Ascot Chase and the Clarence House Chase.
The biggest event that the racecourse holds is Royal Ascot which is a five-day race meeting which dates back to 1711 when it was created by Queen Anne. In its present form it attracts almost 300,000 racing fans that go to watch the 6 races that are run on each day. Over the event there are 7 Group One races and 17 group races and there is over £4 million in prize money available.
As on each day there is at least one Group One event being run with one of the standout days has become Ladies Day which is traditionally ran on the Thursday and the highlight race of the day is the Ascot Gold Cup which has a prize fund of £250,000.
It has been suggested that in the stall draw Ascot favours low numbers in a big field but stats do not back this up.