The Queen Anne Stakes (Group One)

Founded in 1840, the Queen Anne Stakes commemorates the monarch who established racing at Ascot in 1711.

• Attendance at Royal Ascot in 2012 was 280,268 (294,385 in 2011). 
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Royal Ascot takes place from Tuesday 18 June to Saturday 22 June this year.

Ascot Racecourse has announced that the 2013 Queen's Vase, to be run next Friday, 21 June, will be titled 'The Queen's Vase In Memory of Sir Henry Cecil'.

A standardised policy for Owners and Trainers benefits has been created across 14 of the racecourses in the Arena Racing Company (ARC) group.

The 2013 renewal of the Investec Derby is the 234th running of the Classic.

In the 234 years of the Investec Oaks the Classic's most successful jockey has been Frank Buckle, with nine victories between 1797 and 1823.

Epsom Racecourse hosts the Derby Festival on 31st May & 1st June this year, with the 234th running of the Investec Derby, the most famous Classic of all, to feature 12 runners. 

With a record-breaking £5.8 million in prize money on offer during the 2013 season at York – 

Point-to-points are amateur (i.e. non-professional) races run by hunts all over the country. This is not to say the races are easy!

Plumpton Racecourse is all set for Ladies' Day this Sunday, 12th May, its most glamorous raceday of the year.

Film fanatics may be on tenterhooks anticipating the cinema release of the Hollywood blockbuster Fast & Furious 6 this month, part of which was filmed in Liverpool.

There was a View To A Kill at Hamilton Park as its very own super spy ‘James Bond’ dropped into the racecourse in style ahead of this Friday’s (11th May) Casino Royale Racenight.

Lingfield’s most prestigious two day meeting takes place on Friday 10 May and Saturday 11 May featuring the Betfred Derby Trial Stakes and the Betfred, ‘The Bonus King’ Oaks Trial, alongside the group 3 Betfred.com Chartwell Fillies Stakes.

Newmarket Racecourses is preparing to host the 200th running of the 1000 Guineas sponsored by QIPCO on Sunday 5 May.

Three thoroughbred colts put their unbeaten records on the line in the opening Classic of the Flat racing season … the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourses which launches the 2013 QIPCO British Champions Series.

1. The race name comes from the original prize-money – a guinea amounted to £1.05 or 21 shillings. It is the second of the five Classic races held in Britain and is one of two restricted to fillies. The 200th QIPCO 1000 Guineas this year is worth £400,000 in prize-money.
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Taking place on Tuesday, 9 May is Evening Racing with Live Music, when Wincanton Racecourse will become the vibrant mix of swing dresses and chic 1950s fashions with Ultimate Grease performing after racing to make you rock and roll and inject the feel good factor back into spring.