Ascot Races | Racecourse Guide, Help & Tips

Ascot hosts top-class racing both over jumps and on the Flat, but the highlight of the year is without doubt the five-day Royal meeting during June. Horses at Royal Ascot compete for over £6.5 million in prize money, and the Group 1 highlights throughout the week are the Queen Anne Stakes (won by Frankel), the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, the Gold Cup, the Coronation Stakes and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. Ascot also hosts British Champions Day in October, the culmination of the British Flat season. Over jumps, there are three Grade 1 highlights during the season. The Long Walk Hurdle in December is a key race for staying hurdlers, the Clarence House Chase in January has been used as a stepping stone towards the Champion Chase by the likes of Sprinter Sacre in the past, while the Ascot Chase in February was won by Cue Card in 2017.

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Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
William Haggas	236	38	16	86	36
John & Thady Gosden	271	37	14	98	36
Andrew Balding	334	35	10	96	29
Charlie Appleby	152	28	18	58	38
Ed Walker	131	19	15	43	33
K. R. Burke	144	18	13	41	28
Richard Hannon	252	18	7	65	26
Ralph Beckett	188	18	10	64	34
Roger Varian	194	16	8	59	30
Charles Hills	111	13	12	22	20
Owen Burrows	58	12	21	25	43
Clive Cox	138	11	8	36	26
Archie Watson	127	9	7	28	22
William Muir & Chris Grassick	56	9	16	18	32
Michael Appleby	74	8	11	21	28
Eve Johnson Houghton	95	8	8	24	25
Ian Williams	99	8	8	24	24
David O'Meara	175	8	5	33	19
George Boughey	116	6	5	23	20
Richard Fahey	98	6	6	20	20
Simon & Ed Crisford	72	6	8	23	32
Kevin Ryan	91	6	7	22	24
James Fanshawe	60	6	10	21	35
Charlie Fellowes	69	6	9	11	16
Roger Teal	55	6	11	11	20
Harry Eustace	33	6	18	18	55
David Evans	34	6	18	9	26
Rod Millman	43	6	14	11	26
W. P. Mullins, Ireland	26	6	23	9	35
Kevin Philippart de Foy	41	5	12	12	29
Alan King	41	5	12	15	37
Mrs J. Harrington, Ireland	48	5	10	11	23
Brian Meehan	50	5	10	12	24
Jane Chapple-Hyam	51	5	10	14	27
Hugo Palmer	84	5	6	19	23
Joseph Patrick O'Brien, Ireland	97	4	4	20	21
Jamie Osborne	59	4	7	12	20
Jim Goldie	27	4	15	5	19
George Baker	28	4	14	7	25
David Loughnane	30	4	13	9	30
Michael Dods	31	3	10	9	29
Tom Clover	24	3	13	4	17
John Ryan	18	3	17	4	22
Charlie Johnston	70	3	4	16	23
Michael Bell	66	3	5	15	23
Marco Botti	39	3	8	11	28
David Simcock	45	3	7	10	22
George Margarson	56	3	5	12	21
William Knight	35	3	9	10	29
George Scott	36	2	6	9	25

Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Paul Nicholls	185	32	17	83	45
Nicky Henderson	132	30	23	63	48
Venetia Williams	67	19	28	29	43
Dan Skelton	156	18	12	61	39
Ben Pauling	76	15	20	36	47
Joe Tizzard	50	12	24	27	54
Harry Fry	54	12	22	26	48
Sam Thomas	27	10	37	18	67
Anthony Honeyball	51	7	14	22	43
Chris Gordon	52	6	12	16	31
Fergal O'Brien	52	6	12	18	35
Harry Derham	22	6	27	9	41
Jeremy Scott	19	5	26	12	63
Tom Lacey	33	5	15	15	45
Emma Lavelle	44	5	11	20	45
Henry Daly	25	4	16	9	36
David Pipe	34	4	12	13	38
Alan King	43	3	7	12	28
Lucy Wadham	17	3	18	8	47
Evan Williams	24	2	8	2	8
Kerry Lee	11	2	18	4	36
Hughie Morrison	11	2	18	4	36
Ian Williams	14	2	14	3	21
Christian Williams	16	2	13	4	25
Gary & Josh Moore	35	2	6	13	37
Olly Murphy	39	2	5	13	33
Henry Oliver	5	2	40	3	60
Gordon Elliott, Ireland	8	2	25	6	75
Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero	8	2	25	3	38
Robbie Llewellyn	8	2	25	4	50
Ben Case	9	1	11	4	44
Henrietta C Knight	6	1	17	3	50
Richard Hobson	6	1	17	1	17
Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole	7	1	14	4	57
Alastair Ralph	7	1	14	1	14
Nigel Hawke	7	1	14	2	29
Donald McCain	7	1	14	2	29
L J Morgan	5	1	20	2	40
Georgina Nicholls	5	1	20	3	60
Joseph Patrick O'Brien, Ireland	2	1	50	2	100
Henry de Bromhead, Ireland	6	1	17	3	50
James Owen	6	1	17	2	33
Jamie Snowden	21	1	5	9	43
Ben Clarke	8	1	13	3	38
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White	15	1	7	3	20
Martin Keighley	11	1	9	2	18
Neil Mulholland	13	1	8	5	38
Mrs Jane Williams	13	1	8	4	31
Tom Symonds	19	1	5	7	37
Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill	20	1	5	6	30

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Ryan Moore	256	40	16	98	38
William Buick	275	37	13	90	33
Oisin Murphy	233	34	15	84	36
Tom Marquand	270	26	10	81	30
James Doyle	193	18	9	53	27
Hollie Doyle	199	17	9	50	25
Rossa Ryan	179	17	9	51	28
Saffie Osborne	114	17	15	32	28
Kieran Shoemark	148	14	9	37	25
Cieren Fallon	71	12	17	23	32
Jamie Spencer	154	10	6	42	27
Billy Loughnane	100	9	9	23	23
Neil Callan	65	9	14	16	25
Jack Mitchell	43	8	19	16	37
Sean Levey	135	8	6	29	21
Callum Shepherd	88	7	8	21	24
Charles Bishop	78	7	9	16	21
Hector Crouch	67	7	10	15	22
Jason Watson	67	7	10	15	22
Pat Cosgrave	34	6	18	11	32
Harry Davies	81	6	7	14	17
David Egan	171	6	4	38	22
Rob Hornby	78	5	6	18	23
Robert Havlin	77	5	6	26	34
C. T. Keane	69	4	6	13	19
Kevin Stott	65	4	6	14	22
Jason Hart	47	4	9	14	30
Pierre-Louis Jamin	31	4	13	10	32
Nicola Currie	28	3	11	8	29
Joe Leavy	35	3	9	10	29
Luke Morris	48	3	6	12	25
Luke Catton	10	3	30	6	60
G. F. Carroll	11	3	27	7	64
Amie Waugh	13	3	23	4	31
Lewis Edmunds	42	3	7	9	21
John Fahy	13	2	15	5	38
Miss Brodie Hampson	6	2	33	3	50
Marco Ghiani	37	2	5	4	11
Paul Mulrennan	34	2	6	5	15
Rhys Clutterbuck	30	2	7	10	33
William James Lee	19	2	11	5	26
P. J. McDonald	24	2	8	3	13
Callum Hutchinson	18	2	11	5	28
John Egan	19	2	11	4	21
Joanna Mason	20	2	10	8	40
Rowan Scott	20	1	5	2	10
Seamie Heffernan	21	1	5	5	24
Ben Martin Coen	18	1	6	5	28
Tom Eaves	16	1	6	3	19
Tyler Heard	16	1	6	2	13

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Harry Cobden	148	28	19	70	47
Nico de Boinville	96	24	25	47	49
Charlie Deutsch	60	20	33	27	45
Brendan Powell	61	13	21	28	46
Jonathan Burke	67	12	18	29	43
Harry Skelton	93	12	13	47	51
Ben Jones	49	12	24	25	51
David Bass	51	7	14	24	47
Jonjo O'Neill Jr.	66	7	11	26	39
Kielan Woods	40	6	15	15	38
Lorcan Williams	32	6	19	13	41
Paul O'Brien	27	5	19	8	30
Sam Twiston-Davies	86	5	6	34	40
Dylan Johnston	13	5	38	7	54
Freddie Gordon	19	5	26	10	53
Gavin Sheehan	32	4	13	12	38
James Bowen	40	4	10	12	30
Tom Cannon	56	4	7	15	27
Jack Tudor	29	3	10	7	24
Bryan Carver	25	3	12	9	36
Richie McLernon	21	3	14	8	38
Tom Bellamy	46	3	7	9	20
Joe Anderson	13	3	23	4	31
Liam Harrison	10	3	30	5	50
Charlie Todd	10	2	20	4	40
Richard Patrick	11	2	18	5	45
Charlie Hammond	10	2	20	4	40
K. Brogan	17	2	12	5	29
Tristan Durrell	22	2	9	6	27
Bryony Frost	23	2	9	7	30
Rex Dingle	42	2	5	15	36
Caoilin Quinn	33	2	6	10	30
Sean Bowen	37	2	5	14	38
Stan Sheppard	23	1	4	9	39
Freddie Gingell	20	1	5	7	35
Sean Houlihan	17	1	6	5	29
James Best	15	1	7	3	20
Lilly Pinchin	10	1	10	1	10
Luke Scott	8	1	13	4	50
Miss Olive Nicholls	5	1	20	4	80
Cameron Iles	5	1	20	2	40
Ned Fox	5	1	20	3	60
Toby McCain-Mitchell	5	1	20	2	40
Lee Edwards	5	1	20	1	20
Jay Tidball	6	1	17	2	33
C. M. Hogan	1	1	100	1	100
Mr Toby McCain-Mitchell	1	1	100	1	100
Peter Kavanagh	1	1	100	1	100
Mr Dale Peters	1	1	100	1	100
D. J. O'Keeffe	2	1	50	2	100

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

The round course is a right-handed, galloping, triangular circuit of a mile and three quarters, with a run-in of two and a half furlongs. Ascot also has a straight mile course, which tends to drain better than the round course. There is also an inner Flat course which allows the option of switching the round course races on Champions Day in the event of unraceable ground. Generally speaking, prominent racers fare significantly better than those held up over five furlongs, but the opposite is true over seven furlongs/a mile, while on the round course those that race in the first half of the field over a mile and a quarter have a better record than those caught further back.

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