Royal Ascot 2026: Pictures From An Incredible Week Of Racing
Royal Ascot 2026: Pictures from an incredible week of racing
By Racing TV
Last Updated: Sat 20 Jun 2026
Bow Echo and Gstaad went head to head in a brilliant St James’s Palace Stakes on day one (Mike Egerton/PA)
Ombudsman, fired home by William Buick, floored a top-class field to record back-to-back wins in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes on day two (John Walton/PA)
Trawlerman sports goggles ahead of the Gold Cup to protect his eyes from direct sunlight (Mike Egerton/PA)
Scandinavia and Trawlerman served up a race for the ages in the Gold Cup with the Ballydoyle four-year-old just edging it (Mike Egerton/PA)
Hundred up for the master of Ballydoyle Aidan O’Brien after Scandinavia, under Ryan Moore lands the Ascot Gold Cup (John Walton/PA)
Rising star Billy Loughnane signals three to the crowd after Libertango becomes his third winner of the week in the Albany Stakes (John Walton/PA)
King Charles and Queen Camilla watch as their horse Warrant Holder is beaten into second in the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Brothers in Arms. Ryan Moore beats David Egan to the line and moves to 98 Royal Ascot winners on Causeway in the King Edward VII Stakes (John Walton/PA)
Good to be back. American trainer Wesley Ward celebrates his first Royal Ascot winner since 2021 after Bacio runs away with the Palace of Holyroodhouse (Mike Egerton/PA)
Tom Marquand paid tribute to sidelined Jim Crowley after winning the QEII Jubilee on Almeraq, the horse on which the rider fell at York last summer (John Walton/PA)