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Raceday Intel21 June 2025
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World stars collide in a £1m sprint showdown - and Gai Waterhouse leads the team of international experts we've sourced to solve the riddle

Lewis Porteous looks forward to an eclectic mix of sprinters in the final-day showpiece at Royal Ascot

If there is one race which encapsulates the cosmopolitan feel of Royal Ascot best, then the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes is it.

Raiders from four different nations line up in the £1 million Group 1, a race which historically has attracted some of the fastest sprinters in the world.

In 2012 Australia's finest, Black Caviar, scrambled home in a heart-stopping finish to win at 1-6, while four years later US sprinter Undrafted proved Wesley Ward is not all about two-year-olds at the royal meeting when winning under Frankie Dettori.

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