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The Sun
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Royal Ascot 2025 TV schedule: How to watch every race from iconic festival
BRITISH flat racing's most prestigious event is here as punters flock to Royal Ascot! 35 races will take place over the blockbuster festival with more than £10million in prize money up for grabs. 2 2 There are eight Group 1 contests to look forward to, including the iconic Gold Cup, St James's Palace Stakes and Commonwealth Cup. As always, the punters in attendance will turn up in their best attire, with Royal Ascot a festival of fashion, as well as sport. The King and Queen are expected to be among the 250,000 racegoers across the five-day showpiece as they hope to see their royal runners triumph. When is Royal Ascot 2025? Royal Ascot 2025 will begin on Tuesday, June 17. The festival will run until Saturday, June 21. Races are scheduled to begin at 2.30pm BST every day. The final race of each day will take place at 6.10pm. Are tickets still available for Royal Ascot? Royal Ascot tickets are still available on secondary ticket markets such as StubHub for all five days of the event. At the time of writing, cheapest tickets are going for £67 for Tuesday's racing. Prices for Saturday's showpiece event tickets currently start at £139. Hospitality tickets are also available on Seat Unique. Prices start at £105, at the time of writing, for Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, or £115 for Friday/Saturday. *Please note that StubHub, Seat Unique and similar secondary ticket resale sites may list tickets above face value. How to watch Royal Ascot 2025 All 35 races at Royal Ascot will be available to watch for FREE on ITV. ITV1 will air the first six races of each day before switching to ITV4 for the final contest of the day. You will be able to live stream Royal Ascot in its entirety for FREE via the ITVX app/website. The opening show will be broadcast on ITV4 from 9.30am-10.30am from Tuesday to Saturday. Sky Sports Racing will also be providing coverage of Royal Ascot, but you will require a subscription to access their service. Royal Ascot 2025 TV and race schedule Tuesday, June 17 14:30 The Queen Anne Stakes (G1) £750,000 (ITV) 15:05 The Coventry Stakes (G2) £175,000 (ITV) 15:40 The King's Stand Stakes (G1) £650,000 (ITV) 16:20 The St James's Palace Stakes (G1) £650,000 (ITV) 17:00 The Ascot Stakes (Handicap) £110,000 (ITV) 17:35 The Wolferton Stakes (Listed) £120,000 (ITV) 18:10 The Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap) £110,000 (ITV4) Wednesday, June 18 14:30 The Queen Mary Stakes (G2) £150,000 (ITV) 15:05 The Queen's Vase (G2) £265,000 (ITV) 15:40 The Duke of Cambridge Stakes (G2) £225,000 (ITV) 16:20 The Prince of Wales's Stakes (G1) £1,000,000 (ITV) 17:00 The Royal Hunt Cup (Handicap) £175,000 (ITV) 17:35 The Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed) £110,000 (ITV) 18:10 The Kensington Palace Stakes (Handicap) £110,000 (ITV4) Thursday, June 19 14:00 The Norfolk Stakes (G2) £150,000 (ITV) 15:05 The King George V Stakes (Handicap) £110,000 (ITV) 15:40 The Ribblesdale Stakes (G2) £250,000 (ITV) 16:15 The Gold Cup (G1) £650,000 (ITV) 17:00 The Britannia Stakes (Handicap) £120,000 (ITV) 17:35 The Hampton Court Stakes (G3) £150,000 (ITV) 18:10 The Buckingham Palace Stakes (Handicap) £110,000 (ITV4) Friday, June 20 14:30 The Albany Stakes (G3) £125,000 (ITV) 15:05 The Commonwealth Cup (G1) £650,000 (ITV) 15:40 The Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap) £110,000 (ITV) 16:20 The Coronation Stakes (G1) £650,000 (ITV) 17:00 The Sandringham Stakes (Handicap) £110,000 (ITV) 17:35 The Kind Edward VII Stakes (G2) £250,000 (ITV) 18:10 The Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes (Handicap) £110,000 (ITV4) Saturday, June 21
Khaleej Times
05-06-2025
- Business
- Khaleej Times
Godolphin target classic glory across continents on an epic global racing weekend
The historic Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey, south of England, will again become the theatre of dreams this weekend as the flat-racing spotlight turns to the historic Epsom Derby Festival. A cornerstone of British racing, the two-day extravaganza features two epic Group 1 races – the Epsom Oaks (G1) on Friday and the Epsom Derby on Saturday. As Dubai's royal blue juggernaut - Godolphin - launches a global charge with nearly 40 runners competing at top-tier race meetings across four continents the primary focus will be on the sweeping Downs of Surrey in addition to the grandstands of Saratoga and Belmont Park in America, With 189 wins, 47 stakes victories, and 6 Group 1s already under their belt in 2025, this weekend's goal is clear: keep the momentum galloping. On Friday, attention turns to the Group 1 Epsom Oaks, where the unbeaten Desert Flower bids to emulate the great Kazzia, Godolphin's 2002 heroine, by completing the rare 1,000 Guineas–Oaks double. Godolphin will be hoping that the winning mentality fuels Desert Flower as she tackles the mile-and-a-half classic, a race Charlie Appleby has yet to win. 'Desert Flower has been faultless to date and looks great,' said the big-race-winning handler. 'We all know that the trip is going to be the question mark, and we won't know whether she stays until we run her over it. 'She looks like a filly who will get a mile and a half and, as far as we are concerned, she has won the best trial for the race.' Trained by Charlie Appleby, the Desert Flower stayed on strongly when making all on her seasonal return in the 1,000 Guineas, hitting the line well to beat Flight by a length. The Oaks was founded by the 12th Earl of Derby, Edward Smith-Stanley, and named after his estate, The Oaks, located near Epsom. The first running was held in 1779, one year before the inaugural Epsom Derby. The Coronation Cup, a classic contest for older horses first held in 1902 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII, who succeeded Queen Victoria, is the main supporting race. Godolphin's Ancient Wisdom returns to the track where he contested the Derby last year as he seeks to add his name to Godolphin's past champions like Daylami, Ghaiyyath, and Mutafaweq. Now a year older and more experienced, the Futurity Trophy winner will hope rain plays to his strengths. Supporting Friday's Classic card is the Woodcote Stakes where Maximized will aim to echo the path once taken by Pinatubo while the exciting Hallasan lines up in the Surrey Stakes, hoping to follow in Space Blues' illustrious hoofprints. The ultimate prize comes Saturday: the Epsom Derby, a race Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has relentlessly pursued for decades and has won it three times. The legendary Lammtarra, who was schooled in Dubai by Saeed bin Suroor during the winter and then dispatched to England for the summer season, triumphed in 1995 under choirboy Walter Swinburn. Lammtarra, one of the original Godolphin superstars with wins in the King George (G1) and Arc (G1) raced in the Green silks with white sleeves and a red cap of Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum. This year Godolphin sends out Ruling Court who will seek to replicate the victories of Masar (2018) and Adayar (2021). This race carries deeper resonance as it is run in honour of the Aga Khan IV, whose own Derby legacy is profound, having won the great race five times, with Shergar (1981), Shahrastani (1986) Kahyasi (1988), Sinndar (2000) and Harzand (2016). While Epsom steals the spotlight, the transatlantic leg of Godolphin's campaign is just as ambitious. At Saratoga, Think Big and Good Cheer aim for Grade 1 riches in the Jaipur and Acorn Stakes, respectively. Meanwhile, all eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty, trained by William Mott, as he contests the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes, the climactic jewel in America's Triple Crown. Victory here would further entrench Godolphin's dominance across hemispheres. The passion instilled by Sheikh Mohammed and the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum remains the heartbeat of UAE racing. Their legacy is not just in the number of wins but in the relentless pursuit of racing immortality.
