Royal Ascot 2026: Ryan Moore’s World Pool blog: Gold Cup Day
Scandinavia is giving us the right signals.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubJun 18, 2026
Scandinavia is giving us the right signals.
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Jockeys Ryan Moore and Wayne Lordan have traded mounts on the top 3-year-old fillies True Love and Precise this spring in Europe. In Friday's Group 1 Coronation at Royal Ascot, Moore is back on Precise, the expected heavy favorite, while Lordan is on True Love.
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Ombudsman became the first horse in more than 30 years, and fourth in history, to win consecutive runnings of the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday, giving trainer John Gosden a seventh win in the race.
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The blue riband event of the entire Royal Ascot week is the Group 1 Gold Cup (4:15) run on Thursday over 2m 4f.
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Our ambassador Hollie Doyle gives her verdict for the races at Royal Ascot on Thursday, June 18.
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Day three of Royal Ascot brings us towards the halfway point of this wonderful meeting. Hopefully it has been lucky for you so far and if not, don’t panic, the road is long and so is Royal Ascot week!
My girl Minnie Hauk has been overlooked.
At The Races ambassador Hollie Doyle gives her verdict on all seven races on Day 2 at Royal Ascot.
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This year’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes is a high-quality one, with the top-rated Ombudsman (128) - last year’s winner - just setting the standard on official ratings ahead of Arc winner Daryz (127).
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Gstaad will love being back at Ascot. Royal Ascot is the pinnacle of Flat racing. It’s a lovely, fair track and it’s top-class racing for five days.