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OWNERS & TRAINERS INFORMATION CONTENTS 4 Welcome to Ascot 6 Racing and Badge Information 9 Owners and Trainers Facilities 10 Car Parking and Travelling to Ascot 14 Order of Running 18 General information 19 Contacts

2 | ascot.co.uk 2013 3 | OWNERS & TRAINERS WELCOME TO ASCOT 2012 WINNERS - TUESDAY

Appropriately in year, the 2012 Royal Meeting was unique in global terms as it attracted the two highest rated horses in the world – , the pride of Britain, and Australia’s star mare .

There were also wins for Hong Kong, Germany • Increases of £25,000 to three Group Two races Many congratulations must go to and Ireland over what was a spectacular bringing the up to and , who won the QIPCO top trainer week’s racing. £125,000, the to £150,000 and jockey awards at Royal Ascot 2012. Our and the King Edward VII Stakes to £175,000. thanks must go to QIPCO for their continued I am delighted to be able to write that prize • Royal Ascot’s definitive two-year-old races involvement in British racing, most notably money at Royal Ascot this year will be a record will both be six figure races in 2013, with the through the Champions Series which includes £5 million, representing an increase of £500,000 up £35,000 to £120,000 and all seven Group One races at the Royal Meeting. from 2012, and we have renamed the Windsor the Queen Mary up £25,000 to £100,000. Most Improved Frankel Hototo Forest Stakes to “the Duke of Cambridge Stakes.” I hope that you will find this information booklet, • Increases of between £5,000 and £15,000 which includes details of badge application The highlights of this year’s prize money to a further 13 races - the least any race will procedures and the facilities available to changes are: be worth at this year’s Royal Meeting will be you, useful. • Increases of £100,000 to the St James’s Palace £60,000 (£55,000 in 2012). Stakes and (to £350,000) May I wish all owners, trainers, jockeys and We have worked hard to make the international to bring them into line with The Queen Anne stable staff the very best and I look forward to races competitive globally in recent years and Stakes, King’s Stand Stakes and Gold Cup. seeing you in June. our focus this year has been to enhance the top • Increases of £25,000 to the Royal Hunt three-year-old races, the feature handicaps, the Cup and , to bring two-year-old championships and the programme Ascot’s flagship handicaps to £150,000. generally. It is very important to us to have a The goes up £20,000 to significant minimum amount on offer, and £120,000. we have set that at £60,000. Charles Barnett, Chief Executive

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4 | ascot.co.uk 2013 5 | OWNERS & TRAINERS RACING AND BADGE BADGE BALLOTED OUT HORSES JOCKEYS Owners who have declared a runner at the overnight stage, but have Jockeys who are riding at the meeting will be issued with a non-transferable INFORMATION ALLOCATION been balloted out due to the safety figures, will be entitled to receive two Owner and Trainer badge upon presentation of their Pass card at the complimentary Grandstand Admission tickets. In addition, two further Owners and Trainers badge desk. For security reasons this procedure is GOING OWNER/JOINT OWNER/ PARTNERSHIP/SYNDICATES Grandstand Admission tickets may be purchased from the Owners’ and necessary in order to gain access into the Racecourse and Weighing Room. Trainers’ entrance on the raceday, subject to availability. They are also entitled to claim for two daily non-transferable Owner and Up to the minute going reports are available from Chris Stickels the Clerk An owner, joint owner, registered partnership or syndicate with a runner Trainer badges for guests. These badges allow entrance to the Grandstand of the Course. Please call 01344 878502 / 878529 or 07970 621440. will be entitled to a total of six complimentary Owner and Trainer badges. The daily cost of badges will be £62 each on Tuesday & Wednesday, Admission areas of the Racecourse and all dedicated Owner and Trainer A form of identification will be requested for collection. These named £73 each on Thursday & Friday and £75 each on Saturday. facilities. Admittance for other Jockeys and PJA badge holders will be BADGE INFORMATION badges are non-transferable and valid only for the day on which the considered upon prior application to the Clerk of the Course. LICENSED TRAINERS WITH RUNNERS The Pass system will not be in operation, however Pass card holders horse is declared to run. are requested to bring their Pass cards for ease of identification. A licensed trainer with a runner may obtain two daily non-transferable ROA, NTF, PJA AND RCA BADGES Owners and joint owners who have a runner will be entitled to purchase Owners, Trainers and Jockeys badges are hand written, named, Owner and Trainer badges. Trainers with runners on each of the five days an additional two badges. Partnerships or syndicates with a runner will The above mentioned badges are NOT valid at the Royal Meeting. non-transferable badges which can be prepared in advance to of Royal Ascot will receive weekly badges. These badges allow entrance be entitled to purchase an additional four badges. These badges can be alleviate congestion on the day. to the Grandstand Admission areas of the Racecourse and all dedicated PARADE RING PASSES arranged by visiting ascot.co.uk/royalascotowners. Collection and payment Owner and Trainer facilities including the Owners will be conducted on the day from the Owners’ & Trainers’ entrance. These Owner and Trainer badges will NOT admit access to the Parade Ring or the Owners should arrange badges in advance by visiting Dining Room. ascot.co.uk/royalascotowners and completing the online form. additional badges will be named, are non transferable, non-refundable and Pre-Parade ring. As a general rule owners will be issued six daily Parade If you have any problems, please contact Kirsty O’Rourke on will admit to the Grandstand Admission area and all dedicated Owner and LICENSED TRAINERS WITHOUT RUNNERS Ring passes per runner, however allocations to jointly or syndicate owned 01344 878529 or email [email protected] Trainer facilities on the day, on which the horse is declared to run. horses will be assessed according to the field size. Trainers will be issued A licensed trainer without a runner may obtain two daily non-transferable with weekly or daily Parade Ring passes. Please note that Owners and Trainers badges DO NOT permit access The daily badge costs are as follows; £62 each on Tuesday & Wednesday, Guest Owner and Trainer badges that allow entrance to the Grandstand to the Royal Enclosure. £73 each on Thursday & Friday and £75 each on Saturday. A limited Admission areas of the Racecourse and the two dedicated Owner and ROYAL ENCLOSURE MEMBERS number of Grandstand Admission tickets will also be available to purchase Trainer’s Bars. Please note that these badges do NOT allow admittance to Royal Enclosure members with runners may purchase their Royal Enclosure OWNERS & TRAINERS BADGE COLLECTION from the Owners’ & Trainers’ entrance. the Weatherbys Owners Dining Room or viewing areas. These badges are badges the day before racing by contacting the Royal Enclosure Office on for the use of the licensed trainer and one other and must be collected by For Royal Ascot the Owners and Trainers desk is located in a dedicated 01344 878474. the licensed trainer. facility at the east end of Car Park 2. All Owners and Trainers should collect their badges from this desk. Please note a form of identification A form of identification will be requested for collection. will be required to collect your badges.

Tea and coffee will be available in this facility with a meeting area for owners.

6 | ascot.co.uk 2013 7 | OWNERS & TRAINERS 2012 WINNERS - WEDNESDAY OWNERS AND TRAINERS STABLING AND HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION We have 175 stables situated in a secure yard away from the road and close FACILITIES to the hostel with ample parking for cars and lorries. We provide paper or shavings and while we will endeavour to meet your bedding requirements WEATHERBYS OWNERS BAR & DINING ROOM your preferred bedding cannot be guaranteed.

The Weatherbys Owners Dining Room, which is reserved exclusively for The staff hostel has 125 beds in 42 rooms with shared bathrooms and the use of Owners and Trainers with a runner on the day, is situated above separate male and female corridors. Bedrooms sleep up to three people in the saddling boxes in the Pre-Parade Ring. The dining room will serve a single beds. The hostel also has a large dining room, lounge area and a bar. complimentary buffet lunch, sandwiches and afternoon tea. Tables cannot Accommodation must be booked in advance using the Overnight Stabling be reserved. The bar adjacent will remain open until 7pm each day. and Hostel Accommodation form.

OWNERS AND TRAINERS BAR If you wish to stable your runners overnight or use the hostel for your stable staff, we require advance notification the day before racing. Please fax the Ishvana Duntle Ceiling Kitty During Royal Ascot an additional Owners and Trainers bar will be located close to the Owners and Trainers entrance, between the Parade Ring and Overnight Stabling and Hostel Accommodation form to 0870 421 4755, Pre-Parade Ring. available from Kirsty O’Rourke, PA to the Clerk of the Course on 01344 878529 or email [email protected] VIEWING Stable Manager – Tom Grantham: 01344 878454 / 07717 631437 Owners and trainers with runners have two dedicated viewing areas on Concourse Level, reserved exclusively for their use. Admission to these GALLOPS viewing areas will be controlled by the Owner and Trainer badge system. Gallops are available between 7am and 8am each morning. Please book in The main viewing area on Concourse Level is located to the west of the Iron with the Stable Manager before proceeding to the course. Stand, beneath the Royal Box. This allows connections easy access from the HORSEBOXES Parade Ring. The second dedicated viewing area is located to the west of the horse walk, behind the stable lads stand and is accessible via the horsewalk. Horsebox entry to the stables is next to Car Park 2 from Ascot High Street. Please follow signs to Car Park 2 and then look for the Stables sign on the High Street. Joviality Prince of Johanne So You Think

8 | ascot.co.uk 2013 9 | OWNERS & TRAINERS CAR PARKING AND DIRECTIONS TO OWNERS, TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS - CAR PARK BY RAIL From London and the North M4 Junction 6 onto the A332 Windsor by-pass There is a frequent service to Ascot from both TRAVELLING TO ASCOT and follow the signs to Ascot. Reading and London . The average journey time is 28 minutes from Reading and 52 minutes OWNERS, TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS PARKING – CAR PARK 2 From the West M4 Junction 10 to the A329(M) signed to Bracknell and from Waterloo. Regular services also run from follow the signs to Ascot. Guildford. The railway station is a seven-minute walk Trainers and Jockeys are entitled to one free car parking space in the from the Racecourse. For more details, please call Trainers’ & Jockeys’ Car Park (Car Park 2). Please display your NTF or From the South and East M3 Junction 3 onto the A332 signed to Bracknell National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484 950. PJA car park label to gain access. and follow the signs to Ascot. HELICOPTER FACILITIES Owners with runners on the day will be sent a car park label at the From the Midlands M40 southbound, Junction 4. Take the A404 towards five-day stage featuring their horse’s name(s) – this will allow free the M4 (Junction 8/9). On the M4 head towards Heathrow / London. Leave A helicopter landing facility is available close to parking in the Owners’ Car Park situated in Car Park 2. There will be M4 at Junction 6 and follow A332 Windsor by-pass to Ascot. the Racecourse. This is managed by Helicopters one label and one space for a single or joint owned horse, and two and Aviation Services Ltd. Prior notice is required labels and two spaces for a partnership or syndicate. If, as an owner, All visitors are advised to arrive as early as possible and before midday at in advance for landing facilities and insurance you are not going to be at your Weatherbys’ registered address at the the latest during Royal Ascot week to avoid delays. indemnity, please contact Helicopters and Aviation five day stage, please call Patrick Diamond at Weatherbys (01933 Services Ltd on 01427 718800. DISABLED CAR PARKING 440077 or email [email protected]) with details of where If you are arriving by helicopter we can arrange for you would like your label(s) sent. Forward parking for disabled badge holders can be arranged in Car Park your Owner and Trainer badges to be available for 2, for owners and trainers with runners. This will need to be arranged in collection from the Paddock Office, which is located Car park labels featuring horses’ names that are not declared will not advance, on production of an official disabled parking badge, which is adjacent to the Royal Enclosure entrance in Car Park be valid. required in addition to the badge sent from us. Please call Kirsty O’Rourke, 1. In order to arrange your badges, please contact PA to the Clerk of the Course, on 01344 878529 to arrange access. ROA and RCA Car Park labels are not valid during the Kirsty O’Rourke, PA to the Clerk of the Course, on Royal Meeting. 01344 878529 or email [email protected]

10 | ascot.co.uk 2013 11 | OWNERS & TRAINERS FRANKLY, 2012 WINNERS - THURSDAY THE GREATEST QIPCO Ascot, Saturday 19th October 2013

Join us at Britain’s richest-ever raceday > In 2012, the Group 1 QIPCO was the highest-rated race in the world Energizer Fast Or Free > Three Group 1 races for the fi rst time in 2013 > This year, prize money up by 12% to £3.4 million > The Group 1 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes doubles in value to £500,000, the richest race of its in Europe > The Group 2 QIPCO British Champions Sprint value increases by £100,000 to £350,000 > The £1m Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored by QIPCO remains the most valuable mile race in Europe > The £1.3m Group 1 QIPCO Champion Stakes remains the most valuable ten furlong race in Europe > The £200,000 Group 3 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup has been one of the highest class staying races in the world in its fi rst two years > All fi ve Group races live on Channel 4 Princess Highway Fennel Bay

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FIRST DAY - TUESDAY 18TH JUNE FOURTH DAY - FRIDAY 21ST JUNE

CH4 2.30 pm The (Group 1) 4+ £350,000 One Mile CH4 2.30 pm The Albany Stakes (Group 3) 2 fillies £70,000 Six furlongs CH4 3.05 pm The King’s Stand Stakes (Group 1) 3+ £350,000 Five furlongs CH4 3.05 pm The King Edward VII Stakes (Group 2) 3 colts & geldings £175,000 One and a half miles CH4 3.45 pm The St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1) 3 colts £350,000 Old mile CH4 3.45 pm The Coronation Stakes (Group 1) 3 fillies £350,000 Old mile CH4 4.25 pm The Coventry Stakes (Group 2) 2 £120,000 Six furlongs CH4 4.25 pm The Wolferton Rated Stakes (Listed) 4+ £60,000 One and a quarter miles CH4 5.00 pm The (Handicap) 4+ £60,000 Two and a half miles CH4 5.00 pm The Queen’s Vase (Group 3) 3 £75,000 Two miles CH4 5.35 pm The Stakes (Listed) 2 £60,000 Five furlongs CH4 5.35 pm The (Handicap) 3+ £75,000 Seven furlongs

SECOND DAY - WEDNESDAY 19TH JUNE FIFTH DAY - SATURDAY 22ND JUNE

CH4 2.30 pm The (Group 3) 3 £75,000 Seven furlongs CH4 2.30 pm The (Listed) 2 £60,000 Seven furlongs CH4 3.05 pm The Duke of Cambridge Stakes (Group 2) 4+ fillies & mares £125,000 One mile CH4 3.05 pm The (Group 2) 4+ £200,000 One and a half miles CH4 3.45 pm The Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Group 1) 4+ £500,000 One and a quarter miles CH4 3.45 pm The (Group 1) 3+ £500,000 Six furlongs CH4 4.25 pm The (Heritage Handicap) 3+ £150,000 One mile CH4 4.25 pm The Wokingham Stakes (Heritage Handicap) 3+ £150,000 Six furlongs CH4 5.00 pm The (Group 2) 2 fillies £100,000 Five furlongs CH4 5.00 pm The (Handicap) 3+ £75,000 One and a half miles CH4 5.35 pm The Sandringham Stakes (Listed) (Handicap) 3 fillies £60,000 One mile CH4 5.35 pm The (Conditions) 4+ £60,000 Two miles, six furlongs

THIRD DAY - THURSDAY 20TH JUNE

CH4 2.30 pm The Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) 2 £80,000 Five furlongs CH4 3.05 pm The Ribblesdale Stakes (Group 2) 3 fillies £150,000 One and a half miles CH4 3.45 pm The Gold Cup (Group 1) 4+ £350,000 Two and a half miles CH4 4.25 pm The Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) 3 colts & geldings £120,000 One mile CH4 5.00 pm The Tercentenary Stakes (Group 3) 3 £75,000 One and a quarter miles CH4 5.35 pm The (Handicap) 3 £75,000 One and a half miles

14 | ascot.co.uk 2013 15 | OWNERS & TRAINERS “He’s not normal. “I knew before she set He’s extraterrestrial.” foot on a racecourse she was a filly of great ability, but I never dreamed she would achieve what she did.”

Sir Peter O’Sullevan, Peter Moody The Independant, Wednesday 20th June. The Daily Telegraph, Thursday 18th April 2013.

16 | ascot.co.uk 2013 17 | OWNERS & TRAINERS GENERAL INFORMATION CONTACTS

DRESS CODE For further information please contact:

Owners and Trainers will need to comply with the Grandstand Admission dress code as a minimum but those with Royal Enclosure Badges will, of course, need to comply with that dress code. Chris Stickels - Clerk of the Course Tom Grantham – Stables Manager Enquiries relating to French participation: It is highly recommended that everyone visiting Royal Ascot looks at the dress Tel: +44 (0) 1344 878502 Tel: +44 (0) 1344 878454 Stoneham Mobile: +44 (0) 7970 621440 Mobile: +44 (0) 7717 631437 codes using the following link ascot.co.uk/the-dress-code Tel: +33 1 4705 4832 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Mobile: +33 6077 21012 HOSPITALITY AND DINING E-mail: [email protected] Kirsty O’Rourke - PA to the Clerk Helicopters and Aviation Services Should you require assistance with dining options or booking hospitality of the Course/Owner & Tel: +44 (0) 1427 718800 Enquiries relating to German participation: packages, please contact Kirsty O’Rourke, PA to the Clerk of the Course, on Trainer Enquires Fax: +44 (0) 1427 718811 01344 878529 or email [email protected]. For Private Boxes please Tel: +44 (0) 1344 878529 David Conolly-Smith call 0870 726 3036 or email [email protected]. Mobile: +44 (0) 7717 516066 IRB Contacts Tel: +49 89 3303 8098 e-mail: [email protected] All Enquiries: Mob: +49 160 9674 7958 Email: [email protected] LOCAL HOTELS Adrian Beaumont Nick Smith - Head of Tel: +44 (0)1638 668881 To receive a list of Ascot Preferred Hotels which are a number of hotels in Communications and Mobile: +44 (0)7808 903158 International Racing close proximity to that offer an excellent range of styles e-mail: [email protected] and budgets, please contact Kirsty O’Rourke, PA to the Clerk of the Course, Tel: +44 (0) 1344 878524 Mobile: +44 (0) 7771 791449 on [email protected]. We recommend that bookings are made as e-mail: [email protected] early as possible to avoid disappointment. Reon Sanford – Head Groundsman Tel: +44 (0) 1344 630135 Mobile: +44 (0) 7850 914607 e-mail: [email protected]

18 | ascot.co.uk 2013 19 | OWNERS & TRAINERS 2012 WINNERS - FRIDAY 2012 WINNERS - SATURDAY

Estimate Eton Forever Black Caviar Camborne Dandy Boy

Gatewood Newfangled Thomas Chippendale Simenon Tha’lr

20 | ascot.co.uk 2013 21 | OWNERS & TRAINERS 2013 23 | OWNERS & TRAINERS ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED Ascot, , SL5 7JX Tel: +44 0844 346 0340 Email: [email protected] Web: ascot.co.uk