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Royal Ascot 2021: Fashionistas and Famous Faces on Day 1

Royal Ascot 2021 launched on Tuesday 15th June and as part of the government’s Events Research Programme (ERP), approx 12,000 racegoers donned their finest attire to celebrate the world’s most prestigious annual horseracing festival.  Royal Ascot is one of the pinnacle events of the summer social season and this year’s meeting has the distinction of […]

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Glorious Goodwood 2020: Stradivarius wins historic fourth Goodwood Cup

The mighty stayer Stradivarius (John Gosden/Frankie Dettori, 4/7 Fav) created history on Tuesday 28th July by becoming the first horse to win the G1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup four times, adding to his wins in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He previously shared the honour of three Goodwood Cup wins with Double Trigger (1995, 1997, 1998).  

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Derby Festival 2020: Serpentine’s Derby Win puts Aidan O’Brien in the Record Books

Aidan O’Brien created history by becoming the most successful trainer in the history in the Investec Derby, as Serpentine handed the master of Ballydoyle an eighth winner of the premier Classic. O’Brien said: “We discuss each horse and try and give every horse the best chance in the race and we ride them all accordingly.

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Derby Festival 2020: Summer Romance makes all the running to take Princess Elizabeth Stakes

Summer Romance made all the running to take the G3 Princess Elizabeth Stakes (Sponsored by Investec) over an extended mile. The Godolphin runner was returned at 9/1 and held on to score by three-quarters of a length from Cloak Of Spirits. Winning jockey William Buick said: “Summer Romance ran in the 1,000 Guineas last time

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Derby Festival 2020: Love wins the Oaks, nine lengths clear

The winning jockey Ryan Moore, winning the Investec Oaks for the third time following Snow Fairy (2010) and Minding (2016), said of 2020 winner Love: “I couldn’t have been happier with Love, and I don’t think she could have been any more impressive today. “You never expect to win an Oaks – I don’t know

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Derby Festival 2020: Results and comments from the first three races

Due to disruptions to the fixture list caused by coronavirus, the Derby Festival 2020 was postponed from its usual June setting to Saturday 4th July. For the first time ever, the Oaks and the Derby were run on the same day, with a total of seven races overall. The first three races were: Investec Woodcote

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Royal Ascot 2020: At Home Fashion with Celebrities and Influencers – Day 5

As this year’s Royal Ascot draws to a close, it was still delightful to see such a terrific response to the #StyledWithThanks challenge. Ascot Racecourse is grateful to all the participants for helping celebrate Royal Ascot at Home and donating so generously to the fund-raising campaign. Today’s participants include Francesca Cumani, Rosie Tapner, Nicki Shields

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Royal Ascot 2020 – Unprecedented Conditions for the Five-Day Spectacular

Royal Ascot in 2020 took place under unprecedented conditions, with the Covid-19 epidemic meaning the five-day spectacular was held behind closed doors for the first time in its history. Government guidelines meant that the limited attendees had to abide by the two-metre social distancing rule and wear face masks, but the five-day spectacular went ahead

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Royal Ascot 2020 Day 4: 33/1 Scarlet Dragon hands Hollie Doyle first Royal Ascot success

Hollie Doyle created history in 2019 when recording the highest number of wins ever by a female jockey in a calendar year – 116. The jockey now has another addition to her CV after partnering 33/1 shot Scarlet Dragon to victory in the Duke of Edinburgh Handicap, providing her with a first Royal Ascot victory.

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Royal Ascot 2020: At Home Fashion with Celebrities and Influencers – Day 4

On day four of Royal Ascot, there were some dazzling entries to the #StyledWithThanks challenge.  Participants included Victoria Pendleton, Rene Macdonald (Lisou London), Stephanie Waxberg and Rosie Tapner. For pictures from Day 1 click here. For pictures from Day 2 click here. For pictures from Day 3 click here. (Click on images to view names

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