A general view of the parade ring. Issue date: Monday January 18, 2021.
Ascot has announced this year’s Royal meeting will be extended to feature seven-race cards on each day of the fixture, which runs from June 15-19.
Extra races were added to the meeting last year as a result of the late start of the Flat season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Those races will all be retained this year while a new handicap to be run over the Old Mile for four-year-olds and upwards fillies and mares, named the Kensington Palace Stakes, will also be added.
The ‘Silver’ versions of the Royal Hunt Cup and the Wokingham Stakes run last year will not be retained and there will not be eight races on Saturday as there were in 2020.