Royal Ascot Day 3: How to watch for FREE, racecard, weather forecast, odds
The highly anticipated Ascot Gold Cup takes place today, with thousands in attendance…but what’s the full schedule for this afternoon? And how can you watch it?
- The third day of this year’s Royal Ascot kicks off this afternoon
- It features the Gold Cup, which is considered the biggest race at Royal Ascot
- In last year’s Gold Cup, favorite Kyprios won by half a length
This afternoon marks the start of the third day of this year’s Royal Ascot, with the highly anticipated Gold Cup.
It is arguably one of the biggest events on this year’s horse racing calendar. In 2022 favorite Kyprios held on in a thrilling finish to win by half a length.
Yesterday saw Frankie Dettori grab the winner he craved at his last Royal Ascot when landing the Queen’s Vase.
Around 300,000 people are lining up to make the trip to Ascot this year for the five-day action.
What is today’s full schedule with the Gold Cup taking place this afternoon? How can you watch the action? Mail Sport provides the answers below.
In yesterday’s action, veteran jockey Frankie Dettori won the Queen’s Vase on Gregory
Seven races are scheduled for this afternoon, including the highly anticipated Gold Cup
What is the Royal Ascot schedule on day three?
Day three of this year’s Royal Ascot kicks off this afternoon.
The first race starts at 2.30 pm, the last race at 6.10 pm.
A total of seven races will take place on the third day of Royal Ascot.
- Norfolk Stakes – 2.30pm
- King George V Stakes – 3:05pm
- Ribblesdale Stakes – 3.40pm
- Golden Cup – 4:20 pm
- Britannia Stakes – 5 p.m
- Hampton Court Stakes – 5:35 p.m
- Buckingham Palace stakes – 6.10pm
How to watch
Royal Ascot will be shown live on ITV 1, with broadcasts starting at 1.30pm each day.
Fans can also stream the action through the ITVX app.
Sky Sports will also have live coverage from Royal Ascot on Sky Sports Racing, and also every day from 1.30pm.
All this week’s action takes place at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire
When is the Ascot Gold Cup?
The festival’s biggest race is the Gold Cup, which takes place this afternoon.
The Gold Cup is the fourth race of the day and starts at 4.20 pm.
Who are the favorites for the Gold Cup?
Coltrane wins – 3/1
Eldar Eldarov wins – 3/1
Courage Mon Ami to win – 5/1
Subjectivist to win – 8/1
Yibir wins – 1/11
All odds through Paddy Power and correct at the time of publication.
Today’s first race starts at 2.30pm and the last at 6.10pm.
Weather forecast
Today the Met Office has predicted a ‘nice day’.
Heading into the afternoon races, Ascot fans can expect a dry day, with warm sunny spells and light winds.
However, isolated showers are possible, becoming heavy and thundery in places.
The Met Office also revealed that the maximum temperature for today will be 30°C.
The maximum temperature at Ascot will reach 30°C today, according to the Met Office
Full schedule
Thursday June 22
- Norfolk Stakes – 2.30pm
- King George V Stakes – 3:05pm
- Ribblesdale Stakes – 3.40pm
- Golden Cup – 4:20 pm
- Britannia Stakes – 5 p.m
- Hampton Court Stakes – 5:35 p.m
- Buckingham Palace stakes – 6.10pm
Friday June 23
- Albany Stakes – 2:30 p.m
- Commonwealth Cup – 3:05 pm
- Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes – 3.40pm
- Coronation Deployment – 4:20 pm
- Sandringham Stakes – 5pm
- King Edward VII Deployments – 5.35pm
- Palace Of Holyroodhouse Stakes – 6.10pm
Saturday June 24
- Chesham Stakes – 2.30pm
- Jersey Stakes – 3:05pm
- Hardwicke Stakes – 3.40pm
- Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes – 4.20pm
- Wokingham Stakes – 5pm
- Golden Gates Bets – 5:35pm
- Queen Alexandra Stakes – 6.10pm