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Royal Ascot 2026: Horse-by-horse guide - Ascot Gold Cup
The blue riband event of the entire Royal Ascot week is the Group 1 Gold Cup (4:15) run on Thursday over 2m 4f.
At The RacesJun 17, 2026
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.
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In the Queen Anne Stakes, first race of the 2025 Royal Ascot meeting, Notable Speech checked in an uncompetitive fourth as the tepid second choice. Expectations run far higher in this year’s Queen Anne, and Notable Speech will be widely expected to launch the 2026 Royal Ascot meeting with a victory.
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For an American audience, Thursday's kind of the weak link in the five-day Royal Ascot meeting, but the day's 2 1/2-mile Ascot Gold Cup features Scandinavia, likely to be one of the shorter prices in Group 1 races at the five-day stand.
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The matchup between Daryz and Ombudsman in Wednesday's Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes at 1 1/4 miles at Royal Ascot in Britain is a racing fan's dream.