Tuesday 18th - Saturday 22nd June 2019 INTERNATIONAL RACES Above: Shang Shang Shang wins the 2018 Norfolk Stakes for the USA. CONTENTS Welcome to Ascot 2 Shipping and Quarantine 18 The Commonwealth Cup 35 Course Layout 4 VAT (Tax/Duty) 19 The Coronation Stakes 36 Travel Allowances 5 Stabling and Training Facilities 20 The Diamond Jubilee Stakes 39 International & Domestic Alliances 7 Owners’ Experience 23 The King George VI 40 Longholes Rehabilitation 10 The Queen Anne Stakes 24 & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Pre-training centre The King’s Stand Stakes 27 Royal Ascot Pattern 42 Nomination Procedures and Listed Races 2019 12 The St James’s Palace Stakes 28 USA Nominations 13 Contacts 54 Front Cover: Australian import Merchant Navy wins The Prince of Wales’s Stakes 31 Medication & Doping Control / the 2018 Diamond Jubilee Stakes. 14 The Gold Cup 32 Vaccination Requirements / Testing WELCOME TO ASCOT “ I’ve been coming to Royal Ascot for several years now, with Wesley There was once again Since the turn of the Millennium, we have seen We are continuing that in 2019 and details a strong international 11 winners from the USA – including Breeders’ of that, the QIPCO British Champions and others, and have even been flavour to Royal Cup Mile winner Tepin in 2016, two from Hong Series and other such racing initiatives are lucky enough to enjoy a few wins Ascot last year. Kong, and five from Australia headlined, of course, detailed on page seven of this brochure. but to be a small part of the by the incomparable Black Caviar in 2012. The American team Prize money is over £7.3 million once again team to strike in a Royal Ascot acquitted itself well Also of note is the remarkable Royal Ascot success at Royal Ascot with our summer highlight, Group One with Undrafted has with Yoshida (William Aidan O’Brien has had with imports from Australia. the “King George,” worth £1.25 million. Mott) beaten less In fact with Haradasun (2008 Queen Anne Stakes), to be the highlight of my time in Details of all our summer Group One races than a length-and- Starspangledbanner (2010 Diamond Jubilee Stakes), racing. There’s only one place you can be found in this brochure along with a-half in fifth in the So You Think (2012 Prince of Wales’s Stakes) and details on shipping and options for stabling will find my crew in the middle of Queen Anne Stakes whilst Shang Shang Shang Merchant Navy (2018 Diamond Jubilee Stakes), the at our preferred base in Newmarket. became a remarkable tenth winner for Ascot Irish maestro has a 100% record in this respect. June each year as it’s a thrill just regular, Wesley Ward, in the Norfolk Stakes. The Ascot team, our associates at the International to be a part of it all.” Not everyone can win, of course, and that should Racing Bureau, our agents around the world, and The King’s Stand Stakes, one of the strongest never detract from the excitement that seeing stars our colleagues at Great British Racing International, sprints in the world in 2018 and won by Godolphin’s from all around the world brings to our programme. are here to make your trip a memorable one, Blue Point, was lit up by the ebullient and most The likes of A Shin Hikari (Japan), Able Friend and we look forward to welcoming you. welcome connections of Bucchero (Tim Glyshaw), (Hong Kong), Treve (France), Animal Kingdom (USA) and the six-year-old ran a career best fifth of 14 with and Sixties Song (Argentina) were stars in their three Group One winners not far in front of him. homelands, and took up the challenge here in recent years, for which we are tremendously grateful. Australia was represented in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes by Redkirk Warrior (David For the first time in 2018, we were delighted & Ben Hayes & Tom Dabernig) and also, by to extend our relationship with the Breeders’ Nick Smith association, with the formerly Australian-trained Cup by staging four “Win & You’re In” Director of Racing & Communications Merchant Navy, who came out on top in a truly Challenge races at the Royal Meeting – cosmopolitan finish from City Light (France) adding to the existing opportunity presented Gatewood Bell, and Bound For Nowhere (USA) on his second in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Bloodstock Agent, and final run in Europe for Aidan O’Brien. Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO) in July. USA. 2 3 TRAVEL ALLOWANCES Enquiries are welcome concerning potential contributions towards the cost of transport for 115+ rated horses travelling to the UK from outside Europe to compete specifically in Group One races at Ascot. Travel incentives will not apply for horses that have been trained outside Europe but are being transferred to be campaigned in Europe in the name of a European trainer. The racecourse reserves the right to decide what does and what does not qualify for an allowance. Ascot offers connections of each travelling horse (subject to meeting the criteria above) an agreed “all in” travel allowance towards the cost of the venture. This sum will depend on the races being targeted, the horse’s rating and its profile. It is the responsibility of the horse’s connections, thereafter, to settle directly all charges incurred, including the horse shipping, personal flights, stabling, access to training facilities and general expenditure. However, assistance in organising and booking all of the above is available through the International Racing Bureau, under their contract with Ascot. Ascot provide top class raceday hospitality and badges for a reasonable number of connections accompanying any horse when the horse is racing. COURSE LAYOUT Ascot’s round track is just under one-and-three-quarter miles in length. The course then rises to the right-handed home turn to join the Straight The round course descends from the mile-and-a-half (2400m) start into Mile course. The run-in of about three furlongs (600m) rises slightly to Swinley Bottom, the lowest part of the track. It then turns right-handed the Winning Post. and joins the “Old Mile” course, which starts at a separate chute 1600m Above: The great Black Caviar narrowly defeats French champion Moonlight from the finish. A detailed topography map is available upon request. Cloud in the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Stakes. 4 5 INTERNATIONAL & DOMESTIC ALLIANCES QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS BREEDERS’ CUP SERIES Four Royal Ascot races were designated Breeders’ Cup Win & You’re In Challenge The QIPCO British Champions Series is designed to throw races for the first time last year and this will the spotlight on Britain’s best Flat races and will climax on 19th continue in 2019. This year’s Breeders’ Cup October 2019 with the richest fixture in British racing history, will take place on 1st and 2nd November at QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot. Santa Anita, California. The Series features 35 Flat races staged at ten of the UK’s leading racecourses: Ascot, ROYAL ASCOT BREEDERS’ CUP Doncaster, Epsom Downs, Goodwood, Haydock Park, Newbury, Newmarket’s July The Queen Anne Stakes The Breeders’ Cup Mile Course, Newmarket’s Rowley Mile, Sandown Park and York. The Prince of Wales’s Stakes The Breeders’ Cup Turf It encompasses the top races at British racing’s key festivals, including the QIPCO Guineas Festival at Newmarket, the The Norfolk Stakes The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint Investec Derby Festival at Epsom, Royal Ascot, the Moët & Chandon July Festival, The Qatar Goodwood Festival, the The Diamond Jubilee Stakes The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival at York and the William Hill St Leger Festival at Doncaster. The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Sponsored by QIPCO) is a longstanding qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Turf. For further information please contact Josh Christian, whose contact details are on page 55. http://www.breederscup.com/challenge-series/full-schedule. Above: Lady Aurelia wins the 2017 King’s Stand Stakes, becoming the first dual Royal Ascot winner for the USA. 6 7 KING GEORGE/JAPAN CUP SOUTH AMERICAN ALLIANCE The JRA offer a US$1,000,000 bonus As part of an arrangement between Ascot to any horse successful in the King Racecourse and Latin American Racing Channel George who goes on to win the (LARC) in 2017, Sixties Song, the winner of the Japan Cup. There are also incentives 2017 Gran Premio Latino Americano, competed in for the King George winner depending the King George at Ascot. In 2019, there will be an on its finishing position in Tokyo. incentive offered to the winner of the Gran Premio Latino Americano at Club Hipico de Santiago in The JRA will provide transportation subsidies for invited Santiago, Chile, to run in any race at Royal Ascot. horses and their stable staff and business class flights for Owners, Trainers and Jockeys and respective partners. For the third time in 2019, Ascot will host the JRA’s “Saddle Up For Japan” initiative on site on King George Day. This sees a range of initiatives across the site to promote the country’s culture, cuisine and racing. Above: 2015 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Tepin makes history for the USA, becoming the first horse trained outside Europe to win the Queen Anne Stakes. 8 9 LONGHOLES REHABILITATION AND PRE-TRAINING CENTRE, NEWMARKET “Longholes has established itself as one of the best equipped centres in the UK for pre- Longholes is located next to the village of State-of-the-art rehabilitation Also included on the property: Cheveley within a five-minute drive of Newmarket facilities include: • 190 acres of turnout paddocks training and rehabilitation.