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Ascot Course Guide
Famous worldwide for its June meeting, ‘Royal Ascot’ is the most prestigious fixture in the UK Flat racing calendar. The meeting includes 8 Group 1 races, ranging in distance from the five-furlong King’s Stand Stakes to the two and a half mile Gold Cup, which spearhead five days of top-class racing comprising prestigious pattern races and historic handicaps such as the Royal Hunt Cup and Wokingham Stakes. With a Flat calendar that is further-bolstered by the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes in late July and British Champions Day in mid-October, no other racecourse stages a comparable level in terms of quality racing.
Ascot’s National Hunt course was inaugurated in 1966 and also stages several important meetings, notably the Ascot Hurdle fixture in November, the Christmas meeting featuring the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle, the two-mile Clarence House Chase (formerly the Victor Chandler) in January and the Ascot Chase fixture in February – the last two meetings featuring several ‘trial’ races for the upcoming Cheltenham Festival.
The round course is a right-handed, triangular circuit of fourteen furlongs, with a run-in of 2½ furlongs. There is a straight mile course and the Old mile course which joins the round course in Swinley Bottom. Despite the downhill run into Swinley Bottom and relatively short run-in from the final turn, Ascot is galloping in character. Since the redevelopment, the turn into the straight has become more sweeping and those ridden prominently can be difficult to peg back. Nowadays, the ground in the straight drains quicker than the rest of the course, meaning going descriptions can vary.
Because the run-in on Ascot’s round course is relatively short, positioning - jockeyship in other words - is key. It goes without saying that in steadily-run races you want to be towards the sharp end but, whatever the pace, you can get into trouble trying to come through rivals late on. We’re still learning about the straight course, following the relaying a few years back, but in my view it’s more pace-dependent than draw-dependent. Given the right pace to chase, I reckon you can win from anywhere.
View from the saddle: Jason Weaver
Right handed, galloping. NH course reopened in 2006/7 after major redevelopment work, and improved drainage means conditions rarely get so testing as they used to. Fences appear as stiff as they've ever been, the course taking plenty of jumping. The chase course often favours those ridden prominently.
The fences on the far side are quite tricky, particularly for a novice, but, if you’re on a horse that can jump them and freewheel nicely on the downhill section, it can usually win for you. Handling those obstacles smoothly saves an awful lot of energy. It’s a front-runners’ track, too, especially in small fields of novices, but it’s very difficult to win from the front in a big-field handicap. Saving ground when you can and making sure you meet the fences right are the two biggest factors to keep in mind when you’re riding Ascot.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 192y Quite By Chance (Good) 29 Oct 2016 3m 55.4s 2m 2f 175y Master Dee (Good) 29 Oct 2016 4m 29.8s 2m 5f 8y Cyrname (Good to Soft) 16 Feb 2019 5m 9.85s 2m 7f 180y Antony (Good) 29 Oct 2016 5m 50.5s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 152y So Celebre (Good) 02 Apr 2017 3m 34.22s 2m 3f 58y Miss Estela (Good) 29 Oct 2016 4m 33.6s 2m 5f 141y Doux Pretender (Good) 24 Nov 2018 5m 12.55s 2m 7f 118y Dell' Arca (Good) 02 Apr 2017 5m 34.35s 3m Unowhatimeanharry (Good to Soft) 17 Dec 2016 5m 55.75s 3m 1f Reve De Sivola (Good to Soft) 20 Dec 2014 6m 11.35s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 152y Nestor Park (Good to Soft) 25 Nov 2017 3m 39.95s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 5f Lady Aurelia (Good to Firm) 20 Jun 2017 57.45s 6f Blue Point (Good to Firm) 03 May 2017 1m 11.05s 7f Society Power (Good to Firm) 11 May 2018 1m 24.07s 7f 213y Alpha Centauri (Good to Firm) 22 Jun 2018 1m 35.89s 1m 2f Time Test (Good to Firm) 18 Jun 2015 2m 3.05s 1m 3f 211y Poet's Word (Good to Firm) 28 Jul 2018 2m 25.84s 1m 6f 34y Kew Gardens (Good to Firm) 20 Jun 2018 3m 0.89s 2m Mizzou (Good to Firm) 29 Apr 2015 3m 24.12s 2m 3f 210y Thomas Hobson (Good to Firm) 20 Jun 2017 4m 17.62s 2m 5f 159y Oriental Fox (Good to Firm) 20 Jun 2015 4m 45.67s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P F Nicholls 61 12 £357,506 19.67% -£8.16 N J Henderson 34 10 £299,537 29.41% £27.82 G L Moore 24 4 £149,189 16.67% -£3.75 Harry Fry 17 3 £78,424 17.65% -£4.50 Robert Walford 6 3 £60,037 50% £34.00 C L Tizzard 33 2 £108,205 6.06% -£27.06 T R George 17 2 £72,567 11.76% £5.50 Miss V Williams 23 2 £68,340 8.7% -£10.50 Dr R D P Newland 10 2 £112,370 20% £14.50 A J Honeyball 8 2 £99,662 25% £20.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L N J Henderson 63 11 £225,730 17.46% -£17.40 P F Nicholls 47 9 £116,627 19.15% £34.48 Harry Fry 19 5 £168,618 26.32% £5.00 A King 40 4 £132,048 10% -£22.47 N A Twiston-Davies 19 3 £89,301 15.79% -£7.00 N J Gifford 11 3 £26,252 27.27% £18.25 Dr R D P Newland 8 3 £41,408 37.5% £7.75 D Pipe 14 2 £30,872 14.29% £7.00 D Skelton 18 2 £92,183 11.11% £2.75 Tom Lacey 9 2 £11,306 22.22% £7.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W Greatrex 7 2 £21,634 28.57% £6.00 P F Nicholls 7 1 £4,549 14.29% -£4.00 Tom Lacey 4 1 £4,549 25% -£1.75 O Sherwood 3 1 £4,549 33.33% -£0.13 N J Gifford 3 1 £17,085 33.33% £8.00 Ben Pauling 4 1 £4,549 25% £3.00 D Pipe 2 1 £17,085 50% £7.00 Ian Williams 2 1 £4,549 50% £19.00 B G Powell 2 1 £4,549 50% £3.50 M R Channon 1 1 £4,549 100% £5.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L J H M Gosden 186 31 £6,416,729 16.67% -£43.18 A P O'Brien 185 20 £4,354,360 10.81% -£73.26 C Appleby 108 20 £1,461,798 18.52% -£15.30 W J Haggas 116 16 £505,572 13.79% -£34.06 M Johnston 159 16 £568,613 10.06% -£71.88 R Varian 101 15 £705,035 14.85% -£19.14 A M Balding 132 14 £859,259 10.61% -£38.00 Sir Michael Stoute 93 14 £2,159,891 15.05% -£10.18 R Hannon 178 13 £1,018,398 7.3% -£79.50 C G Cox 88 11 £283,961 12.5% -£19.25 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Sam Twiston-Davies 27 5 £199,862 18.52% £4.41 H Cobden 21 5 £187,072 23.81% £6.15 Nico de Boinville 16 5 £201,994 31.25% £0.39 J E Moore 20 4 £117,263 20% £2.25 B J Geraghty 16 3 £95,091 18.75% £13.38 J J Burke 11 3 £94,463 27.27% £17.00 David Bass 10 3 £84,680 30% -£3.38 James Best 8 3 £60,037 37.5% £33.00 Jack Sherwood 5 3 £35,739 60% £10.38 D A Jacob 14 2 £46,920 14.29% -£10.95 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Nico de Boinville 25 7 £91,686 28% -£3.70 N D Fehily 22 5 £145,341 22.73% £3.03 B J Geraghty 22 5 £141,842 22.73% -£8.95 Sam Twiston-Davies 17 5 £105,374 29.41% £10.88 Wayne Hutchinson 25 3 £47,686 12% -£8.27 Aidan Coleman 17 3 £85,465 17.65% £18.50 T Scudamore 19 2 £37,536 10.53% -£1.00 H Cobden 19 2 £16,765 10.53% £3.00 R Johnson 21 2 £11,306 9.52% -£5.50 J E Moore 24 2 £32,822 8.33% -£9.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L David Bass 7 1 £4,549 14.29% £0.00 H Cobden 3 1 £4,549 33.33% £0.00 Brendan Powell 4 1 £4,549 25% £1.50 L P Aspell 4 1 £4,549 25% -£1.13 B J Geraghty 2 1 £17,085 50% £9.00 N D Fehily 2 1 £4,549 50% £0.25 T Scudamore 3 1 £17,085 33.33% £6.00 G Sheehan 3 1 £17,085 33.33% £6.00 Adrian Heskin 2 1 £4,549 50% £19.00 B S Hughes 1 1 £4,549 100% £5.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R L Moore 169 29 £3,525,804 17.16% -£50.76 L Dettori 102 26 £6,231,934 25.49% £29.45 W Buick 127 24 £1,439,899 18.9% -£3.65 James Doyle 123 18 £2,595,005 14.63% -£39.34 S De Sousa 160 16 £823,337 10% -£38.30 A Kirby 136 15 £519,981 11.03% -£41.00 Andrea Atzeni 115 15 £639,616 13.04% -£22.34 Oisin Murphy 130 14 £1,128,796 10.77% -£14.13 Jim Crowley 155 10 £628,912 6.45% -£51.25 D Tudhope 59 10 £910,531 16.95% £53.00
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12:25 Gardiner & Theobald Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle
2m 3½f | Class 4 | 3YO plus | 13 ran
- Winner: Mason Jar 11/4 Fav
- Jockey: Cillin Leonard Trainer: Dr R D P Newland
- Owner: Foxtrot Racing Mason Jar
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13:00 Gl Events Uk Novices' Hurdle
1m 7½f | Class 3 | 4YO plus | 8 ran
- Winner: Ecco 11/10 Fav
- Jockey: Bryony Frost Trainer: P F Nicholls
- Owner: Mr Colm Donlon
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13:35 Ascot Underwriting Chase
Novices' Limited Handicap
2m 3f | Class 3 | 4YO plus | 10 ran
- Winner: Doctor Dex 9/2 Fav
- Jockey: J J Burke Trainer: T R George
- Owner: Crossed Fingers Partnership
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14:10 Byrne Group Handicap Chase
Listed | 2m 1f | Class 1 | 4YO plus | 12 ran
- Winner: Diego Du Charmil 13/2
- Jockey: Lorcan Williams Trainer: P F Nicholls
- Owner: Mrs Johnny De La Hey
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14:45 Sodexo Handicap Hurdle
Listed | 1m 7½f | Class 1 | 4YO plus | 15 ran
- Winner: Gumball 11/2 2Fav
- Jockey: Mr B R Jones Trainer: P J Hobbs
- Owner: Mr Terry Warner
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15:20 Sodexo Gold Cup Handicap Chase
Grade 3
3m | Class 1 | 4YO plus | 16 ran
- Winner: Vinndication 2/1 Fav
- Jockey: David Bass Trainer: K C Bailey
- Owner: Moremoneythan
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15:55 Millgate Standard Open NH Flat Race
1m 7½f | Class 4 | 4YO to 6YO | 16 ran
- Winner: Where's Tom 25/1
- Jockey: M Goldstein Trainer: M Madgwick
- Owner: Recycled Products Limited
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