{"id":194323,"date":"2025-06-18T11:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/194323\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:59:10","slug":"royal-ascot-2025-day-by-day-race-list-latest-gold-cup-odds-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/194323\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Ascot 2025: Day-by-day race list, latest Gold Cup odds, favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Royal Ascot, one of the UK’s premier horse racing events, returns next week with the five-day festival to take place between June 17-21.<\/p>\n

Here is everything you need to know.<\/p>\n

Jump to:<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to watch<\/a> | <\/strong>Ladies’ Day<\/a><\/strong>
Gold Cup runners list<\/a> | <\/strong>Gold Cup odds<\/a><\/strong>
Who are the Gold Cup favourites?<\/a><\/strong>
Which race has the most prize money?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Royal Ascot day-by-day race guide<\/p>\n

Note: All times are British Summer Time (BST). All Group 1 races (the biggest at the event) in bold.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Day 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.30 p.m. — Queen Anne Stakes<\/strong>
3.05 p.m. — Coventry Stakes
3.40 p.m. — King Charles III Stakes<\/strong>
4.20 p.m. — St. James’s Palace Stakes<\/strong>
5.00 p.m. — Ascot Stakes (Handicap)
5.35 p.m. — Wolferton Stakes (Listed)
6.10 p.m. — Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.30 p.m. — Queen Mary Stakes
3.05 p.m. — Queen’s Vase
3.40 p.m. — Duke of Cambridge Stakes
4.20 p.m. — Prince of Wales’s Stakes<\/strong>
5.00 p.m. — Royal Hunt Cup
5.35 p.m. — Kensington Palace Stakes
6.10 p.m. — Windsor Castle Stakes<\/p>\n

Thursday, Day 3 (Ladies’ Day)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.30 p.m. — Norfolk Stakes
3.05 p.m. — King George V Stakes<\/strong>
3.45 p.m. — Ribblesdale Stakes
4.20 p.m. — Gold Cup<\/strong>
5.00 p.m. — Britannia Stakes
5.35 p.m. — Hampton Court Stakes
6.10 p.m. — Buckingham Palace Stakes<\/p>\n

Friday, Day 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.30 p.m. — Albany Stakes
3.05 p.m. — Commonwealth Cup<\/strong>
3.40 p.m. — Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
4.20 p.m. — Coronation Stakes<\/strong>
5.00 p.m. — Sandringham Stakes
5.35 p.m. — King Edward VII Stakes
6.10 p.m. — Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes<\/p>\n

Saturday, Day 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.30 p.m. — Chesham Stakes
3.05 p.m. — Hardwicke Stakes
3.40 p.m. — Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes<\/strong>
4.20 p.m. — Jersey Stakes
5.00 p.m. — Wokingham Stakes
5.35 p.m. — Golden Gates Stakes
6.10 p.m. — Queen Alexandra Stakes<\/p>\n

How to watch<\/p>\n

The entire five-day festival will be shown on ITVX, while the majority of action will be shown on ITV1.<\/p>\n

What is Ascot known for? And what is ‘Ladies’ Day’?Ladies’ Day takes place on Thursday — the third day of the festival.\u00a0Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n

Formal attire is not a rarity in horse racing, although Royal Ascot may take the title for the event best-known for its fashion. Expect to see men in top hat and tails, and for women to be wearing large, bright hats and fascinators.<\/p>\n

Most racecourses feature one “Ladies’ Day” on the calendar, and Ascot host its iconic version on Day 3 of the festival (Thursday). Spectators are urged to let fashion take centre stage for the day, with women encouraged to dress with even more glamour, colour and vibrancy.<\/p>\n

Gold Cup full runners list (horse, trainer and jockey)<\/p>\n

Illinois<\/strong>, R L Moore, A P O’Brien<\/p>\n

Trawlerman<\/strong>, W Buick, J & T Gosden<\/p>\n

Candelari, M Barzalona<\/strong>, F Graffard<\/p>\n

Sweet William<\/strong>, R Havlin, J & T Gosden<\/p>\n

Yashin<\/strong>, Callum Shepherd, M L W Bell<\/p>\n

Wonder Legend<\/strong>, Daniel Muscutt, J Ferguson<\/p>\n

Dubai Future<\/strong>, James McDonald, S bin Suroor<\/p>\n

Coltrane<\/strong>, Oisin Murphy, A M Balding<\/p>\n

Gold Cup oddsThe Gold Cup race will be run at 4.20 p.m. on Thursday.\u00a0Tom Dulat\/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse<\/p>\n

Note: Odds are courtesy of Bet365 and are correct as of Wednesday. They are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Illinois<\/strong>, 13\/8<\/p>\n

Trawlerman<\/strong>, 11\/4<\/p>\n

Candelari<\/strong>, 10\/3<\/p>\n

Sweet William<\/strong>, 7\/1<\/p>\n

Yashin<\/strong>, 25\/1<\/p>\n

Wonder Legend<\/strong>, 28\/1<\/p>\n

Dubai Future<\/strong>, 33\/1<\/p>\n

Coltrane<\/strong>, 40\/1<\/p>\n

Who is the favourite for the Gold Cup?<\/p>\n

Two-time champion Kyprios (2022 and 2024) retired last month after aggravating an old ringbone lesion, meaning the famous stayer will not compete at this year’s event.<\/p>\n

In his place as favourites arrives another horse from Aidan O’Brien’s yard — four-year-old Illinois — who has five wins and four runners-up finishes in his 11 races.<\/p>\n

Trawlerman, who finished second behind Kyprios last year, is also among the favourites, as is Francis Graffard’s Candelari, who has won four of his five career starts.<\/p>\n

What is the prize money?The Gold Cup is one of the most prestigious races at the Royal Ascot festival.\u00a0David Davies\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The total prize money for the five-day event is \u00a310.05 million, equalling last year’s record.<\/p>\n

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II’s Stakes are the most financially rewarding races, each boasting \u00a31m across all horses. All Group 1 races will be worth a minimum of \u00a3650,000, with all other races awarding at least \u00a3110,000 in total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Royal Ascot, one of the UK’s premier horse racing events, returns next week with the five-day festival to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-194323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114704257130876440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}