Royal Ascot
Frankie Dettori has picked up the ride on emerging sprint sensation Sceptical (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) in the G1 King's Stand S. at Royal Ascot on June 16. The 4-year-old gelding was partnered by apprentice Joey Sheridan when winning Monday's Listed Woodlands S. at Naas, but seven-pound claimers cannot resume riding in Britain until June 22. "He came out of the race well and he was entered this morning for Royal Ascot," said trainer Denis Hogan. "There are 14 entries in the King's Stand. Obviously Joey won't be able...
Ali Abdulla Saeed's G1SW King of Change (GB) (Farhh {GB}) will bypass the June 16 G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot, Racing Post reported. A winner of the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. at that track in Octber, the 4-year-old was also second in the 2019 G1 English 2000 Guineas. "He's quite a heavy colt who showed when winning the QEII last season that he loves some cut, so rather than campaign him on fast going through the summer, we've decided we'll save him for some big targets later...
As the 2020 Royal Ascot meeting will take place behind closed doors due to the coronavirus from June 16-20, the plan for the Royal Ascot at Home initiative was revealed by Ascot Racecourse on Tuesday. All 36 races will be able to be viewed on ITV Racing and Sky Sports Racing by racing fans, with competitions and Royal Ascot-themed challenges occurring throughout the week. In addition to the many competitions, celebrity chefs will share recipes and jockey workouts will also be posted. Sing-along celebrations will also still continue alongside the...
The Royal Ascot Preview Evening, a live digital programme at 7:30 p.m. on June 11, was announced by Racing Welfare in association with Sporting Life on Monday. The event will be hosted by Racing TV's Nick Luck and feature panelists including: champion trainer John Gosden, Racing TV presenter Lydia Hislop, Sporting Life Lead Tipster Ben Linfoot and Sky Bet/Sporting Life Head of Sports PR Michael Shinners, who will be monitoring the betting market throughout the night. The panel will each be given £100 charity bets courtesy of the sponsor with...
Roger Teal is leaning towards making the G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday week the next target for his progressive sprinter Oxted (GB) (Mayson {GB}). The Lambourn handler favours keeping his new stable star at six furlongs for his first venture into Group 1 company rather than dropping him back to the minimum trip for the G1 King's Stand S. earlier in the meeting. Having signed off last season with victory in the Portland H. at Doncaster, the 4-year-old made a winning return with an impressive victory...
The #styledwiththanks charity appeal campaign, in recognition of those working on the frontline of the global COVID-19 crisis, was launched by Ascot Racecourse on Monday. The racecourse donated £100,000 to be split between four frontline charities: The NationalEmergencies Trust Relief Fund, NHS Charities Together, The Care Workers Charity and the Berkshire Community Foundation Coronavirus Fund. As Royal Ascot on June 16-20 will be held behind closed doors, fans across the globe are invited to dress up as part of 'Royal Ascot at Home' campaign and wear racing hats, take a...
European champion Pinatubo (Ire) (Shamardal) is doing well following his third-place finish in the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas and will point to the G1 St James's Palace S. at Royal Ascot. Trainer Charlie Appleby reported the Godolphin runner to be none the worse following his effort on the Rowley Mile on Saturday. The Shamardal colt suffered the first reverse of his career in the wake of Kameko (Kitten's Joy) and Wichita (Ire) (No Nay Never). Prior to the Guienas, Pinatubo won each of his six juvenile outings and boasted a...
Royal Ascot has confirmed prizemoney for its behind-closed-doors 2020 meeting, with a total pot of £3,680,000 to be handed out. All eight Group 1 races will be run for £250,000, and no race will be worth less than £35,000. All races will close at the six-day stage. It was announced in December that this year's Royal meeting was to be worth £8,095,000-the richest ever-with no race to be worth less than £95,000 and the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. and G1 Prince of Wales's S. set to be the meeting's first-ever...
In this continuing series, TDN's Senior Editor Steve Sherack catches up with the connections of promising maidens to keep on your radar. Sheriff Bianco (c, 2, by Speightster--Summer Rules, by Perfect Soul {Ire}), a strong second after a tardy beginning and wide trip on debut for trainer Wesley Ward at Churchill Downs May 22, will look to earn his diploma at the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting. Drawn on the extreme outside in post 11 going 4 1/2 furlongs over the main track beneath the Twin Spires, the Qatar Racing colorbearer...
Racing Welfare will host a live digital Royal Ascot Preview Evening on June 11, with proceeds benefitting the charity's COVID-19 Emergency Appeal. The event will be hosted by Nick Luck and the panel will include champion trainer John Gosden, Racing TV presenter Lydia Hislop and Sky Bet/Sporting Life Head of Sports PR Michael Shinners. Further panelists will be announced at a later time. Tickets are £10 with 'attendance' to be capped at 1,000. Sporting Life has sponsored the event and the panelists have donated their time; each will be given...
Today's the day that trainers in Britain can make entries for the first race meeting to be staged in Britain since March 17. Never will there have been so much interest in a Class 6 handicap at Newcastle as there will be next Monday at 1pm when the gates ping back to deliver a long awaited resumption of activity. As we have seen in France and Germany with last-minute interventions and location changes, it is perhaps unwise to assume that racing will actually take place on Monday in Britain, but...
The movement of the G1 St James's Palace S. and G1 Coronation S.-and the majority of the 2-year-old races--to the back end of the Royal Ascot programme are among the changes made to the meeting, which is set for its original dates of June 16 to 20 and will be staged without spectators. Six extra races have been added to the five-day stand for this year only, with seven races set for the first four days and eight on the final card. In order to maximize the time between the...