The Brigadier

The second race on day three at Royal Ascot is the King George V Stakes. It was first run in 1948 and this is always a hard handicap to solve,...

First run in 1843, The Royal Hunt Cup is the first of the week’s heritage handicaps and features a cavalry charge on the straight course, with 30 runners over a...

The fourth race of day two at Royal Ascot is the Prince of Wales's Stakes. First run in 1862, the race has Group One status and is run over 10F...

The second day of racing at Royal Ascot starts with the Queen Mary Stakes at 2:30 pm BST. It is run over 5F this is the premier race at the...

The Wolferton Stakes was first run at Royal Ascot back in 2002 as a listed handicap. It was changed in 2018 to become a 10F listed conditions race for four-year-olds...

First run in 1839, the Ascot Stakes is a handicap run over 2M 4F which in recent years has come to be dominated by predominately National Hunt trainers with Closutton...

First run in 1840, this race commemorates the monarch who established racing at Ascot. Run over the straight mile, the race is a Group One contest for horses aged four...

The calm before the storm? We’re only four days away from the greatest flat meeting in the world in Royal Ascot but we’ve still got seven races this weekend from...

"Frankie - do you remember me?" sang Sister Sledge from one of the old-school tunes. It will certainly be the case that it is Frankie we will remember as the...

The highly-anticipated Royal Ascot 2023 meeting concludes with a formidable day of racing. Here is my look at the three early closing races from the Saturday schedule along with my...