2026-06-20
Winner: £false
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Going: Good To Firm
Distance: 1m3f211y
The Hardwicke Stakes is a Group 2 contest run over 1m4f. It takes place at 15:40 on Saturday 20th June, which is the fifth 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.
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| Year | Horse [Draw] | Age | Weight | SP | Trainer | Jockey |
| 2025 | Rebel’s Romance | 7 | 9-3 | 6/4F | Charlie Appleby | William Buick |
| 2024 | Isle of Jura [5] | 4 | 9-3 | 16/1 | George Scott | Callum Shepherd |
| 2023 | Pyledriver [5] | 6 | 9-3 | 7/2 | William Muir & Chris Grassick | P J McDonald |
| 2022 | Broome [7] | 6 | 9-3 | 6/1 | A P O’Brien | Ryan Moore |
| 2021 | Wonderful Tonight [11] | 4 | 8-12 | 5/1 | David Menuisier | William Buick |
| 2020 | Fanny Logan [8] | 4 | 8-12 | 17/2 | John Gosden | Frankie Dettori |
| 2019 | Defoe [7] | 5 | 9-1 | 11/4F | Roger Varian | Andrea Atzeni |
| 2018 | Crystal Ocean [4] | 4 | 9-1 | 4/7F | Sir Michael Stoute | Ryan Moore |
| 2017 | Idaho [7] | 4 | 9-1 | 9/2 | A P O’Brien | Seamie Heffernan |
| 2016 | Dartmouth [4] | 4 | 9-1 | 10-1 | Sir Michael Stoute | Olivier Peslier |
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Other factors
Six winners scored last time out.
Five winners were RPR top-rated.
A race that didn’t look the strongest was taken by the well-decorated 6-4 favourite Rebel’s Romance, winning from a wide draw. William Buick kept the seven-year-old wide down Swinley Bottom before cutting in at the bend. He made his move as they turned in and led the length of the straight to win. A race that went to script in terms of the market, Al Riffa was second with Amo Racing’s new £2,000,000 purchase Ghostwriter taking third.