The Ascot Stakes is a handicap run over 2m4f. It takes place at 17:00 on Tuesday 16th June, which is the first day of Royal Ascot 2026. View the runners here, and also make sure to check out the odds and tips on offer for this race.

NO.DRAW
FORM

HORSE

Predict the Winner

ODDS

JOCKEY& TRAINER

AGE

WGT

RPR

8⁽¹⁴⁾

003-0P

Comfort Zone

J: Tom Marquand

T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien

9-6

106

1⁽¹⁶⁾

322360

Beylerbeyi

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Ian Williams

9-12

100

106

6⁽¹²⁾

1020-1

Mordor

J: Jamie Spencer

T: Gordon Elliott

9-6

103

2⁽¹⁰⁾

3/453-

Bunting

J: Harry Vigors

T: W P Mullins

9-10

108

13⁽¹¹⁾

00-071

Westminster Moon

J: Seamie Heffernan

T: A J Martin

9-4

101

3⁽³⁾

44460-

Barnso

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Alan King

9-8

105

12⁽¹⁷⁾

31199-

Small Fry

J: Oisin Murphy

T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien

9-4

105

4⁽⁸⁾

10/29-

Reaching High

J: Ryan Moore

T: W P Mullins

9-6

104

5⁽²⁾

003-86

Lavender Hill Mob

J: Cieren Fallon

T: James Owen

9-6

102

7⁽²⁰⁾

000-24

Galileo Dame

J: Colin Keane

T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien

9-6

109

9⁽¹⁸⁾

1637-5

Siempre Arturo

J: Jason Watson

T: Daniel & Claire Kubler

9-6

106

16⁽⁵⁾

7/31-7

Puturhandstogether

J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien

9-4

108

17⁽⁹⁾

1/17/

All In You

J: Edward Greatrex

T: Warren Greatrex

9-3

18⁽¹⁵⁾

0-1370

Annabel's Ghost

J: Pierre-Charles Boudot

T: M Seror

9-3

108

15⁽¹⁾

31011-

Glenroyal

J: Declan McDonogh

T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien

9-4

105

19⁽¹⁹⁾

131

Tim Toe

J: Ronan Whelan

T: Henry De Bromhead

9-3

104

11⁽¹³⁾

11-651

Bahadur

J: Robert Havlin

T: S Woods

9-5

109

10⁽⁷⁾

147-04

Defiantly

J: James Doyle

T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien

9-5

107

20⁽⁶⁾

321-01

Kizlyar

J: J M Sheridan

T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien

9-3

104

14⁽⁴⁾

42322-

Ismahane

J: W J Lee

T: P Twomey

9-4

108

RACING POST TIP

Reaching High

The headline horse, as he was last year, is REACHING HIGH who is trained by Willie Mullins for the King and Queen and has not raced since the debacle 12 months ago when traffic problems in a steadily run race denied him any proper shot at landing the royal gamble. Trouble in running is part and parcel of this race but, off the same mark, it would be no surprise were Reaching High to put the record straight with a win, albeit at a likely short price and after the year off. In total, 13 of this year's runners represent Irish stables. Joseph O'Brien has seven of them, coming at it from all sorts of promising angles and possibly headed by the impressive 2025 Irish Cesarewitch winner Puturhandstogether. Also of major interest, however, are Tony Martin's Westminster Moon and, for last year's winning trainer, Henry de Bromhead's Tim Toe. The latter's inexperience may outweigh his clear promise in calculations, so Westminster Moon, a class act in 2024 and resurgent last month, may prove the best alternative to the favourite.

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Past 10 Winners

Year	Horse [Draw]	Age	Weight	SP	Trainer	Jockey
2025	Ascending [6]	6	9-7	20/1	Henry De Bromhead	W J Lee
2024	Pledgeofallegiance [1]	4	8-13	20/1	Sir Mark Prescott	Luke Morris
2023	Ahorsewithnoname [7]	8	9-8	7/1	Nicky Henderson	William Buick
2022	Coltrane [6]	5	9-5	14/1	Andrew Balding	Callum Hutchinson
2021	Juan Elcarno [5]	4	9-3	14/1	Kevin Ryan	Andrea Atzeni
2020	Coeur De Lion [9]	7	8-10	16/1	Alan King	Thore Hammer Hansen 5
2019	The Grand Visir [18]	5	9-10	12/1	Ian Williams	Richard Kingscote
2018	Lagostovegas [1]	6	9-3	10/1	W P Mullins	Andrea Atzeni
2017	Thomas Hobson [11]	7	9-10	4/1F	W P Mullins	Ryan Moore
2016	Jennies Jewel [2]	9	9-3	6/1	Jarlath P Fahey	Ronan Whelan

Key race stats 2026

Key trends

Won a Flat handicap, 10/10
Won within last five Flat starts, 9/10
Previously ran over hurdles, 7/10
Raced no more than once on the Flat that season, 7/10
Officially rated 91-98, 6/10

Other factors

Three winners were set to carry 9st 10lb (2022 winner Coltrane was ridden by a 5lb claimer).

Only two winners had scored beyond 2m on the Flat.

What happened in the Ascot Stakes last year?

Irish horses filled the first four places in the Ascot Stakes, with the Henry de Bromhead-trained Ascending landing the stayers’ race. Billy Lee’s mount just prevailed by a neck, with the second, third and fourth all trained by Joseph O’Brien. Reaching High, owned by The King and The Queen, was sent off favourite but finished a luckless ninth, meaning the last eight favourites have been beaten in this 2m4f contest.

Ascot Stakes

17:00 Royal Ascot

RACING POST TIP

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Past 10 Winners

Key race stats 2026

What happened in the Ascot Stakes last year?

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