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.

Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
John Gosden	276	42	15	70	25
Aidan O'Brien, Ireland	193	31	16	53	27
Mark Johnston	322	30	9	60	19
Richard Hannon	298	25	8	51	17
Sir Michael Stoute	180	25	14	40	22
William Haggas	223	24	11	54	24
Saeed bin Suroor	164	22	13	30	18
Roger Varian	145	19	13	28	19
Charlie Appleby	140	19	14	34	24
Roger Charlton	88	17	19	18	20
Richard Hannon Snr	167	16	10	30	18
Andrew Balding	230	13	6	35	15
Marco Botti	94	13	14	19	20
Clive Cox	141	10	7	26	18
Mick Channon	179	9	5	32	18
Ralph Beckett	106	9	8	23	22
Michael Bell	97	9	9	21	22
David Simcock	111	9	8	23	21
Richard Fahey	208	9	4	28	13
Jamie Osborne	46	8	17	2	4
James Fanshawe	69	8	12	16	23
Wesley A. Ward, USA	35	8	23	3	9
Ed Dunlop	85	8	9	20	24
Luca Cumani	68	8	12	19	28
David O'Meara	153	7	5	22	14
D. K. Weld, Ireland	24	7	29	2	8
Marcus Tregoning	45	7	16	9	20
Robert Cowell	76	7	9	8	11
Brian Meehan	119	7	6	16	13
Clive Brittain	38	6	16	2	5
Dean Ivory	52	6	12	5	10
Charles Hills	152	6	4	19	13
Hugo Palmer	62	6	10	5	8
Sir Mark Prescott Bt	35	5	14	9	26
Kevin Ryan	102	5	5	24	24
David Lanigan	30	5	17	7	23
Alan King	28	5	18	4	14
Ian Williams	57	5	9	11	19
Sylvester Kirk	52	5	10	4	8
Sir Henry Cecil	18	5	28	6	33
W. P. Mullins, Ireland	23	5	22	4	17
Lady Cecil	16	5	31	4	25
Edward Lynam, Ireland	19	5	26	3	16
Hughie Morrison	83	5	6	19	23
K. R. Burke	47	4	9	6	13
Jean-Claude Rouget, France	11	4	36	1	9
Jeremy Noseda	45	4	9	9	20
Jeremy Gask	48	4	8	6	13
Tom Dascombe	65	4	6	12	18
Jim Goldie	60	4	7	10	17

Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Paul Nicholls	156	33	21	44	28
Nicky Henderson	149	33	22	46	31
Philip Hobbs	103	17	17	40	39
Venetia Williams	87	14	16	24	28
Harry Fry	42	12	29	13	31
Alan King	79	11	14	19	24
David Pipe	71	10	14	12	17
Colin Tizzard	61	10	16	13	21
Charlie Longsdon	66	7	11	13	20
Gary Moore	74	6	8	17	23
Oliver Sherwood	30	5	17	11	37
W. P. Mullins, Ireland	14	5	36	5	36
Rebecca Curtis	45	5	11	10	22
Fergal O'Brien	22	5	23	2	9
Jonjo O'Neill	61	4	7	18	30
Evan Williams	49	4	8	12	24
Dan Skelton	45	4	9	6	13
Kim Bailey	32	4	13	5	16
Tom Symonds	10	3	30	1	10
Neil Mulholland	19	3	16	2	11
Ian Williams	26	3	12	3	12
Nick Williams	27	3	11	11	41
Nigel Twiston-Davies	48	3	6	10	21
Gordon Elliott, Ireland	8	2	25	3	38
James Evans	8	2	25	2	25
Nick Gifford	30	2	7	9	30
John Ferguson	18	2	11	4	22
Dr Richard Newland	19	2	11	0	0
Tom George	22	2	9	4	18
Peter Bowen	7	1	14	2	29
Charlie Mann	20	1	5	2	10
Suzy Smith	9	1	11	1	11
Tom Lacey	5	1	20	1	20
Victor Dartnall	3	1	33	1	33
Neil King	17	1	6	6	35
Robert Walford	9	1	11	2	22
Warren Greatrex	18	1	6	6	33
Seamus Mullins	20	1	5	5	25
Mrs S. J. Stilgoe	2	1	50	0	0
Lucinda Russell	4	1	25	1	25
Henry Oliver	8	1	13	0	0
Sue Smith	6	1	17	1	17
Paul Webber	14	1	7	2	14
Alex Hales	5	1	20	0	0
John Quinn	2	1	50	0	0
Jamie Poulton	3	1	33	0	0
Martin Keighley	14	1	7	2	14
Henrietta Knight	1	1	100	0	0
Anthony Honeyball	7	1	14	1	14
Robin Dickin	17	1	6	6	35

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Ryan Moore	330	64	19	86	26
William Buick	279	44	16	57	20
Jamie Spencer	260	29	11	55	21
James Doyle	217	28	13	36	17
Frankie Dettori	213	26	12	38	18
Richard Hughes	209	24	11	40	19
Martin Harley	199	22	11	40	20
Tom Queally	141	17	12	17	12
Silvestre De Sousa	192	16	8	37	19
Andrea Atzeni	166	15	9	31	19
Adam Kirby	183	15	8	30	16
Joe Fanning	152	14	9	28	18
Jim Crowley	213	14	7	37	17
Paul Hanagan	221	12	5	43	19
Pat Smullen	98	11	11	12	12
Jimmy Fortune	184	11	6	30	16
George Baker	113	11	10	21	19
Dane O'Neill	107	9	8	14	13
Fran Berry	76	8	11	8	11
Johnny Murtagh	51	8	16	11	22
Richard Kingscote	79	7	9	14	18
Kieren Fallon	112	7	6	15	13
Ted Durcan	90	7	8	19	21
Luke Morris	106	7	7	16	15
Joseph O'Brien	72	7	10	19	26
Robert Havlin	71	6	8	15	21
Pat Cosgrave	102	6	6	14	14
Oisin Murphy	111	6	5	16	14
W. M. Lordan	28	5	18	2	7
Pat Dobbs	140	5	4	21	15
Olivier Peslier	53	5	9	14	26
Robert Winston	59	5	8	8	14
William Twiston-Davies	61	5	8	11	18
Louis Steward	19	5	26	1	5
David Probert	120	5	4	8	7
Darren Egan	26	4	15	1	4
Seamie Heffernan	35	4	11	4	11
Josephine Gordon	38	4	11	6	16
Kieran Shoemark	36	3	8	7	19
Tom Marquand	54	3	6	8	15
Hector Crouch	21	3	14	6	29
Graham Lee	104	3	3	15	14
Seb Sanders	28	3	11	5	18
Franny Norton	34	3	9	8	24
Shane Kelly	77	3	4	12	16
Eddie Ahern	28	3	11	3	11
Frederik Tylicki	46	3	7	7	15
Daniel Tudhope	56	3	5	8	14
Tadhg O'Shea	9	3	33	0	0
Mickael Barzalona	53	3	6	8	15

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Barry Geraghty	114	32	28	29	25
Aidan Coleman	105	17	16	25	24
Richard Johnson	109	15	14	40	37
Sam Twiston-Davies	92	14	15	24	26
R. Walsh	24	12	50	8	33
Noel Fehily	82	12	15	23	28
Wayne Hutchinson	48	9	19	10	21
Tom Scudamore	69	9	13	11	16
Nico de Boinville	35	9	26	6	17
Jamie Moore	53	8	15	12	23
Daryl Jacob	52	8	15	14	27
Nick Scholfield	53	6	11	15	28
Tom O'Brien	48	5	10	9	19
A. P. McCoy	45	5	11	12	27
Leighton Aspell	40	5	13	15	38
Jack Sherwood	14	5	36	2	14
Paddy Brennan	31	4	13	1	3
Harry Skelton	37	4	11	5	14
David Bass	36	3	8	9	25
Brendan Powell	32	3	9	5	16
Joe Tizzard	16	3	19	4	25
Paul Moloney	32	3	9	7	22
Liam Treadwell	32	3	9	9	28
Sean Bowen	23	3	13	5	22
Conor Shoemark	14	3	21	2	14
Charlie Deutsch	11	2	18	2	18
Davy Condon	2	2	100	0	0
Alain Cawley	7	2	29	1	14
Graham Watters	10	2	20	0	0
Kielan Woods	7	2	29	0	0
Adam Wedge	23	2	9	5	22
Jeremiah McGrath	17	1	6	3	18
Jonathan Moore	6	1	17	1	17
Michael Heard	3	1	33	1	33
Danny Cook	2	1	50	0	0
Grant Cockburn	1	1	100	0	0
Felix de Giles	8	1	13	2	25
James Best	17	1	6	3	18
Gavin Sheehan	26	1	4	6	23
Mr M. Legg	5	1	20	1	20
Trevor Whelan	12	1	8	5	42
A. P. Heskin	7	1	14	3	43
Tom Cannon	53	1	2	12	23
Thomas Garner	13	1	8	4	31
James Davies	11	1	9	1	9
Andrew Tinkler	27	1	4	6	22
Denis O'Regan	25	1	4	3	12
Andrew Glassonbury	9	1	11	2	22
Dominic Elsworth	12	1	8	4	33
Dougie Costello	6	1	17	1	17

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

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The round course is a right-handed, galloping, triangular circuit of 14f, with a run-in of 2½f. 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 Champion Stakes from the regular course in the event of testing ground. Generally speaking, prominent racers fare significantly better than those held up over 5f, but the opposite is true over 7f/1m, while on the round course those that race in the first half of the field over 10f have a better record than those caught further back.