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When is Royal Ascot 2021? Dates, race schedule and odds for the Royal Festival

ROYAL ASCOT is just around the corner and SunSport have the key details.

The Festival, Britain’s most valuable race meeting, brings us five days of world class racing.

Royal Ascot gets underway June 15-19

When is Royal Ascot?

Royal Ascot is a five day festival and takes place between Tuesday 15 June and Saturday 19.

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Royal Ascot schedule

Tuesday

2.30: Queen Anne Stakes
Group 1, 1m, 4yo+, ITV/Sky Sports Racing

3.05: Coventry Stakes
Group 2, 6f, 2yo, ITV/Sky

3.40: King’s Stand Stakes
Group 1, 5f, 3yo+, ITV/Sky

4.20: St James’s Palace Stakes
Group 1, 1m, 3yo colts, ITV4/Sky

5.00: Wolferton Stakes
Listed, 1m2f, 4yo+, ITV4/Sky

5.35: Ascot Stakes
Handicap, 2m4f, 4yo+, ITV4/Sky

6.10: Copper Horse Stakes
Handicap, 1m6f, 4yo+, ITV4/Sky

Preparations are underway for the festival

Wednesday

2.30: Queen Mary Stakes
Group 2, 5f, 2yo fillies, ITV/Sky

3.05: Queen’s Vase
Group 2, 1m6f, 3yo, ITV/Sky

3.40: Duke of Cambridge Stakes
Group 2, 1m, 4yo+ fillies and mares, ITV/Sky

4.20: Prince of Wales’s Stakes
Group 1, 1m2f, 4yo+, ITV/Sky

5.00: Royal Hunt Cup
Heritage Handicap, 1m, 3yo+, ITV/Sky

5.35: Windsor Castle Stakes
Listed, 5f, 2yo, ITV/Sky

6.10: Kensington Palace Stakes
Handicap, 1m, 4yo+fillies and mares, ITV4/Sky

Thursday

2.30: Norfolk Stakes
Group 2, 5f, 2yo, ITV4/Sky

3.05: Hampton Court Stakes
Group 3, 1m2f, 3yo, ITV4/Sky

3.40: Ribblesdale Stakes
Group 2, 1m4f, 3yo fillies, ITV4/Sky

4.20: Ascot Gold Cup
Group 1, 2m4f, 4yo+, ITV/Sky

5.00: Britannia Stakes
Heritage Handicap, 1m, 3yo colts and geldings, ITV4/Sky

5.35: King George V Stakes
Handicap, 1m4f, 3yo, ITV4/Sky

6.10: Buckingham Palace Stakes
Handicap, 7f, 3yo+, ITV4/Sky

The festival will take place with a reduced crowd

Friday

2.30: Albany Stakes
Group 2, 6f, 2yo fillies, ITV/Sky

3.05: King Edward VII Stakes
Group 2, 1m4f, 3yo colts and geldings, ITV/Sky

3.40: Commonwealth Cup
Group 1, 6f, 3yo colts and fillies, ITV/Sky

4.20: Coronation Stakes
Group 1, 1m, 3yo fillies, ITV/Sky

5.00: Sandringham Stakes
Handicap, 1m, 3yo fillies, ITV/Sky

5.35: Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
Handicap, 1m4f, 3yo+, ITV/Sky

6.10: Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes
Handicap, 5f, 3yo, ITV4/Sky

Saturday

2.30: Chesham Stakes
Listed, 7f, 2yo, ITV/Sky

3.05: Jersey Stakes
Group 3, 7f, 3yo, ITV/Sky

3.40: Hardwicke Stakes
Group 2, 1m4f, 4yo+, ITV/Sky

4.20: Diamond Jubilee Stakes
Group 1, 6f, 4yo+, ITV/Sky 

5.00: Wokingham Stakes
Heritage Handicap, 6f, 3yo+, ITV4/Sky

5.35: Golden Gates Stakes
Handicap, 1m2f, 3yo, ITV4/Sky

6.10: Queen Alexandra Stakes
2m6f, 4yo+, ITV4/Sky

Royal Ascot odds (correct as of Tuesday 8 June from Paddy Power)

Queen Anne Stakes (Antepost)

  • Palace Pier ½
  • Order of Australia 5/1
  • Love 10/1
  • Armory 12/1
  • Lope Y Fernandez 14/1
  • Queen Power 14/1
  • Tilsit 16/1
  • Prince Eiji 20/1
  • Top Rank 20/1

St James’s Palace Stakes (Antepost)

  • Poetic Flare 3/1
  • Mostahdaf 7/2
  • Battleground 6/1
  • St Mark’s Basilica 6/1
  • Lucky Vega 7/1
  • Highland Avenue 7/1

Ascot Gold Cup 2021 (Antepost)

  • Stradivarius – 5/4
  • Subjectivist – 5/1
  • Trueshan – 8/1
  • Tiger Moth – 10/1
  • Spanish Mission – 10/1
  • Santiago – 12/1

Coronation Stakes

  • Mother Earth 3/1
  • Empress Josephine 7/2
  • Primo Bacio 4/1
  • Pretty Gorgeous 8/1
  • Alcohol Free 8/1
  • Potapova 10/1
  • Joan of Arc 10/1

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