It’s the greatest five days of flat racing anywhere on earth and Royal Ascot gets underway on Tuesday, running through to the climax on Saturday.
Royal Ascot is Britain’s most valuable race meeting, hosting 35 Flat races throughout the five days including eight Group 1s and a total of 22 Pattern or Listed level events.
Total prize money at Ascot in 2025 will reach a record £17,75 million, with no race run for less than £110,000 and all Group 1 races worth a minimum of £650,000.
Race condition changes in 2025 saw the early closing entry requirements for the four Group 2 races at the Royal Meeting that previously closed in April removed.
These are the Ribblesdale Stakes, the King Edward VII Stakes, the Duke of Cambridge Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes.
This enabled connections to make later, better-informed decisions about entering and running their horses.
Total prize money at Ascot in 2025 will reach a record £17.75 million, with the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (‘the King George’) to be run for £1.5 million for the first time (£1.25 million in 2024), which will make it the richest race ever run at Ascot.
The £17.75 million figure excludes the industry-owned QIPCO British Champions Day (£4.35 million in 2025).
The combined effect of the prize money increases and race condition changes will see Ascot’s executive contribution to prize money increase from £9.4m in 2024 to a budgeted £10.1m in 2025.
Catch it stride for stride from Tuesday on Gallop TV.
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