The Princess Royal – represented The Queen The third day of The Royal Meeting was a nightmare for Frankie Dettori with nothing going right for the jockey. We thought that The Queen would attend the meeting today, but sadly She declined, much to the sorrow of the huge crowd. Princess Anne took her place and
Today was the final day of the 2020 Royal Meeting and although it has been held behind closed doors and there has been no Royalty at the event, the first time The Queen has not attended for over 70 years, the meeting does seem to have gone very well with the new infrastructure put in
Today at Ascot, Group races returned to the fore with five of the seven races being of top Group action. The main race of the day was the Commonwealth Cup, a sprint contest over six furlongs for 3 year olds and up. Other headline races were three Group 2 races, the Hardwick Stakes, the Chesham
After the first day at Royal Ascot with so many Group races, the fayre today is somewhat more muted with only two Group races one of which is the famous Prince of Wales Group 1. With heavy showers overnight, the going at the track turned from the firm side of good to the ‘soft’ side
Well the first major sporting event of the world since the global lock down has arrived – and very surreal it is, with the whole meeting being held entirely behind closed doors! Royal Ascot begins. However, No Queen or Royal procession, no owners and none of the usual 60,000 crowd. Very odd!! This is the
Since 1711, when Queen Anne decided that Ascot was the perfect place to allow horses to gallop at full stretch, the Royal Meeting at Ascot has been the highlight of the ‘social season’ in Great Britain, famous for its attendance of Royalty, horse racing and fashion. This year the meeting, like so many other events
With Boris Johnson still in intensive care and the UK lock down likely to remain in place for some time, we show the champions of the Spring Showjumping Championships from 2017. We would have normally reported on this event which was due to have taken place a week or so ago, so a dip into
