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When is the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot 2022?

Royal Ascot Wednesday 15th June 2022 at 5.35pm
The Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed)
Age: 2yo
Distance: Five Furlongs
Prize: £90,000

Crystal Ocean winning the 2019 Prince Of Wales' Stakes at Royal Ascot

History of the Windsor Castle Stakes race at Royal Ascot

First run in 1879. The Windsor Castle Staked generally attracts a large field of runners. They spread across the Ascot heath in a veritable cavalry charge down this flying five furlongs.

Royal Ascot Windsor Castle Stakes Trends and Statistics

Here are the Windsor Castle Stakes 12 year Trends and Statistics 2009 – 2020.

Age – This race is restricted to two-year-olds only.
Sex – Eleven colts and one gelding have won this race in the last twelve years and of the thirty-seven fillies that have run only two have been placed.
Country – Six of the last twelve winners have been bred in Great Britain four from Ireland and two from the USA.
Colour – We have seen nine bays (b), one bay/brown (b/br) and two chestnuts (ch) win this race in the last twelve years.
Starting Price (SP) – Six winners in the last twelve years have returned a SP of between 12/1 and 33/1. The other six winners were 7/1 or less.
Starting Price Rank – Thee favourites have won in the last twelve years. Six winners have come from the first three in the betting.
Headgear – Nine of the last twelve winners wore no headgear, two had blinkers on and one wore cheekpieces.
Draw – Eight of the last twelve winners have been drawn between stall 13 and stall 24 inclusive.
Last Run Form – Seven of the last twelve winners won last time out. All of them finished in the first four last time out and nine of them were within two lengths of the winner.
Days since last run – Ten of the last twelve winners last ran between 6 and 34 days ago.

Recent Winners of The Windsor Castle Stakes

Date	Going	Runners	Winner	Age	Jockey (Clm)	Trainer	Odds	Days
16.06.2021	Good To Firm	27	Chipotle	2	Bishop, Charles	Houghton, Eve Johnson	22/1	20d
17.06.2020	Good	18	Tactical	2	Doyle, James	Balding, A M	7/2	13d
19.06.2019	Soft	21	Southern Hills (IRE)	2	Moore, Ryan	OBrien, A P	7/1	18d
23.06.2018	Good To Firm	28	Soldiers Call	2	Tudhope, Daniel	Watson, Archie	12/1	16d
20.06.2017	Good To Firm	22	Sound And Silence	2	Buick, William	Appleby, Charlie	16/1	26d
14.06.2016	Soft	22	Ardad (IRE)	2	Havlin, Robert	Gosden, John and Thady	20/1	6d
16.06.2015	Good To Firm	27	Washington Dc (IRE)	2	Moore, Ryan	OBrien, A P	5/1	24d
17.06.2014	Good	24	Hootenanny (USA)	2	Espinoza, Victor	Ward, Wesley	7/2
18.06.2013	Good	24	Extortionist (IRE)	2	Murtagh, J	Stevens, Olly	16/1	34d
19.06.2012	Good	23	Hototo	2	Makin, Phillip	Ryan, K A	14/1	19d
14.06.2011	Good	24	Frederick Engels	2	Murtagh, J	Brown, D H	9/4	10d
15.06.2010	Good	14	Marine Commando	2	Hanagan, Paul	Fahey, R A	9/2	22d
16.06.2009	Good To Firm	22	Strike The Tiger (USA)	2	Velazquez, J R	Ward, Wesley	33/1
17.06.2008	Good To Firm	25	Flashmans Papers	2	Drowne, Steve	Best, J R	100/1	43d
19.06.2007	Good To Firm	20	Drawnfromthepast (IRE)	2	Dwyer, Martin	Osborne, J A	9/1	16d
20.06.2006	Good To Firm	18	Elhamri	2	McDonogh, D P	Kirk, S	20/1	25d
18.06.2005	Firm	8	Titus Alone (IRE)	2	Darley, K	Smart, B	11/4	19d
15.06.2004	Good To Firm	15	Chateau King Prawn (OLD)	2	Queally, T P	Littmoden, N P	12/1	28d
21.06.2003	Firm	17	Holborn (UAE)	2	Drowne, Steve	Channon, M R	5/2	28d
21.06.2002	Good To Firm	14	Revenue (IRE)	2	Murtagh, J	Bell, M L W	14/1	35d
22.06.2001	Good To Firm	24	Irony (IRE)	2	Eddery, Pat	Osborne, J A	8/1	28d
23.06.2000	Good To Firm	11	Autumnal (IRE)	2	Eddery, Pat	Meehan, B J	4/1	13d
18.06.1999	Good To Firm	16	Kalindi	2	Quinn, T	Channon, M R	14/1	9d
19.06.1998	Good To Soft	14	Flanders (IRE)	2	Charnock, L	Easterby, T D	15/8	16d
20.06.1997	Good	14	Asfurah (USA)	2	Hills, R	Suroor, Saeed Bin	7/1	18d

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What's OWindsor Castle Stakes Tips for Royal Ascot?

We've been studying the cards, form, stats, trends and more for the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot, and here's our thoughts ahead of the race:

This listed sprint contest is always hugely competitive and only one of the last six renewals has been won by the favourite.

Plenty of trainers will be targeting this race with only Wesley Ward and Aidan O’Brien having won more than one renewal of this contest in the last 12 years. The former has a strong hand once again, and Ruthin is likely to begin this race as the favourite. She was victorious at Keeneland in late April and will surely improve on just her second start.

Hugo Palmer will be hoping that his talented colt Dig Two can continue to progress, and he has won his two previous outings with his RPR numbers improving with each appearance. Tipperary Sunset is also extremely progressive and the savvy John Quinn barn are likely to fancy their chances in this event.

However, Aidan O’Brien could continue his excellent record in this event and his talented 2-year old Amalfi Coast could build on his recent success at Naas in a 2-year old maiden.

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On the day:

CHIPOTLE 5.35 – Ascot (25/1 each way) – Was the decisive winner of the Brocklesby and took a big step forward when following up in 4-runner 5f Ascot contest, clocking good time in the process. The soft ground was likely a factor in his poor National Stakes run last time out, and today’s will suit him a lot better.

A bad race for fillies, no winners in the last 12 years and only two have been placed in that time from 41 runners. Favourites also tend to struggle too and there have been some big priced winners over the years.

The Wesley Ward raider SUNSHINE CITY is the current favourite with CHIEF LITTLE HAWK, SHERIFF BIANCO and TACTICAL all at the top of the market.

Keith's final choice

16:10 CHIEF LITTLE HAWK 4/1 – Blazed the trail when making all Navan on sole start. Should improve dramatically for that run and will be difficult to catch in this.

How it fared

CHIEF LITTLE HAWK jumped out pretty swiftly but was unable to maintain the pace and ended up a well-beaten seventh of eighteeen.

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This is what Keith said about the 2019 Windsor Castle Stakes:

SOUTHERN HILLS 8/1 each way – Travelled strongly at Navan last time and looked to have the race in the bag before getting headed in the closing strides. A similar run will see him involved here.

What our members tipped in the 2019 Windsor Castle Stakes

Each day we ask our members to select their Pick 6, their NAP for each race of the day. We then collate all the picks, and present the top selections to our VIP members. Our member's selections for the Windsor Castle Stakes:

Frankie Dettori on RUTHIN gets the lion's share of the selections and should claim the Windsor Castle Stakes here from your Pick 6 selections.

Amalfi Coast, Armor and Dig Two all battle it out for joint next best with 9.6%. Chipotle the only other worthy mention.

The final race of our Pick 6 for today and hopefully the only one we’re waiting for – which will be Mighty Gurka who just stands out on a smidge over 19% of your selections. Chief Little Hawk breathing down the neck of Mighty Gurka though with 18.8%.
Sunshine City is one to note on 17% for you fans of Frankie!

We’ll be in heaven if Temple of Heaven comes in for the final race of the day and plenty of support for it. Southern Hills and Platinum Star are miles behind in the selections.

Royal Ascot Windsor Castle Stakes Results

1 Chipotle 22/1
2 Dig Two 7/1
3 Boonie 18/1
4 Bond Chairman 66/1
27 ran

1 Tactical 7/2F
2 Yazaman 20/1
3 Muker 40/1
18 ran

1 Southern Hills 7/1
2 Platinum Star 8/1
3 Glasvegas 25/1
4 Symbolize 6/1JF
Distances: ½l, hd, hd
Time: 1m 3.05s (slow by 4.05s)

Our Verdict:
Keith made the right choice in this race, plumping for Southern Hills in his each-way shout. Our members, however, saw things differently with Temple of Heaven – which for them was the wrong shout, but as a joint-favourite, you couldn’t blame them for their selection. Southern Hills was chased along by Platinum Star who just pipped Glasvegas for second position in this race of 21 runners.

Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed)
Distance: 5f (1100 yards) Prize (winner): £38480 Dir: Straight
Runners: 27 Going: Good To Firm Class: Class 1 Listed Race Age Restrictions: 2yo
Winners Time: 0 mins 59.78s Avg OR: 0 Median OR: 0 Stalls: Centre

No	Place	Dist Bt	Stall	Horse	Age	OR	Trainer	Jockey (Claim)	Odds	BF	BFP
10	1st		1	Chipotle	2	0	Houghton, Eve Johnson	Bishop, Charles	22/1	37.92	8.60
chased leaders far side, went 2nd in group over 1f out, led overall inside final furlong, ran on BF IP MIN 1.01 BF IP MAX 130
11	2nd	2.25	25	Dig Two (IRE)	2	0	Palmer, Hugo	Doyle, James	7/1	10.50	3.68
chased leaders near side, ran on to lead group final 100 yards, no chance with winner far side BF IP MIN 1.82 BF IP MAX 1000
9	3rd	HD	3	Boonie (IRE)	2	0	Ryan, K A	Kirby, Adam	18/1	24.59	8.20
led far side group until inside final furlong, ran on BF IP MIN 4.3 BF IP MAX 660
8	4th	NK	17	Bond Chairman	2	0	Smart, B	Lee, G	66/1	128.47	27.05
raced near side, well outpaced towards rear, ran on strongly inside final furlong, nearest finish BF IP MIN 6 BF IP MAX 1000
5	5th	SH	4	Armor	2	0	Hannon (Jnr), Richard	Dobbs, Pat	9/1	13.00	4.40
chased leaders far side, went 2nd in group BF IP MIN 8.2 BF IP MAX 950
16	6th	0.5	15	Kaboo (USA)	2	0	Burke, K R	Lee, Clifford	15/2	9.01	4.60
raced near side, chased leaders, stayed on inside final furlong, not quite enough pace to challenge BF IP MIN 3.1 BF IP MAX 1000
28	7th	NK	12	Ruthin	2	0	Ward, Wesley	Dettori, L	3/1 (Fav)	4.60	2.60
ponied to post, led near side group and probably overall, ridden and hung right over 1f out, headed in group final 100 yards, no extra BF IP MIN 2.02 BF IP MAX 1000
27	8th	2	24	Guilded (IRE)	2	0	Burke, K R	Tudhope, Daniel	66/1	112.86	21.00
prominent near side, no extra inside final furlong BF IP MIN 6 BF IP MAX 120
2	9th	NK	22	Albion Square	2	0	Harrington, Mrs John	Foley, Shane	33/1	47.43	12.80
raced near side, held up towards rear, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish BF IP MIN 32 BF IP MAX 190
15	10th	HD	23	Home City (IRE)	2	0	Suroor, Saeed Bin	Atzeni, Andrea	50/1	70.00	15.00
mid-division near side, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten BF IP MIN 48 BF IP MAX 70
1	11th	0.5	2	Admiral D (IRE)	2	0	OCallaghan, M D	Roche, L F	50/1	101.09	19.70
chased leaders far side, ridden and weakened over 1f out BF IP MIN 95 BF IP MAX 110
6	11th	DH	7	Barging Thru	2	0	Watson, Archie	Doyle, Hollie	28/1	53.29	12.52
chased leader far side until over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong BF IP MIN 50 BF IP MAX 960
13	13th	HD	27	Ernies Valentine	2	0	Cole, P F I	Heffernan, J A	16/1	20.18	5.80
mid-division near side, never threatened BF IP MIN 10.5 BF IP MAX 270
3	14th	NSE	13	Amalfi Coast (IRE)	2	0	OBrien, A P	Moore, Ryan	14/1	23.00	5.70
raced near side, held up towards rear, never on terms BF IP MIN 20 BF IP MAX 240
23	15th	NK	5	Superior Force	2	0	Boughey, George	Sousa, Silvestre De	18/1	26.18	7.20
raced far side, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out BF IP MIN 55 BF IP MAX 120
26	16th	1.5	21	Golden Bell (USA)	2	0	Ward, Wesley	Velazquez, J R	8/1	11.91	4.48
chased leaders near side, weakened final furlong BF IP MIN 4.8 BF IP MAX 70
4	17th	SH	8	Amazonian Dream (IRE)	2	0	Millman, B R	Probert, David	80/1	141.76	23.62
edgy before start, raced far side, held up, never on terms with leaders BF IP MIN 190 BF IP MAX 200
19	18th	0.5	6	Robasta (IRE)	2	0	Balding, A M	Buick, William	50/1	65.00	15.09
chased leaders far side, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out BF IP MIN 7 BF IP MAX 1000
18	19th	NSE	11	Poderoso (IRE)	2	0	Hills, Charles	Keane, C T	125/1	190.00	29.58
raced near side, held up and always towards rear BF IP MIN 230 BF IP MAX 260
14	20th	HD	16	Flaming Rib (IRE)	2	0	Dascombe, Tom	Kingscote, Richard	22/1	36.68	8.39
chased leaders near side, weakened inside final 2f BF IP MIN 46 BF IP MAX 46
20	21st	HD	26	Royal Emerther (IRE)	2	0	Burke, K R	Marquand, Tom	125/1	211.56	46.00
slowly into stride, always towards rear BF IP MIN 160 BF IP MAX 220
25	22nd	1	28	Freyabella	2	0	Chapple-Hyam, Jane	Egan, David	250/1	451.65	95.00
chased leaders near side, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out BF IP MIN 110 BF IP MAX 1000
22	23rd	1.75	9	Spring Is Sprung (FR)	2	0	Bell, M L W	Murphy, Oisin	20/1	28.63	7.00
chased leaders far side, weakened over 1f out BF IP MIN 22 BF IP MAX 290
21	24th	0.5	19	Silks Pass	2	0	Holland, Darryll	Crowley, Jim	40/1	65.00	12.50
raced near side, always behind BF IP MIN 60 BF IP MAX 110
12	25th	NK	10	Dusky Prince (IRE)	2	0	Watson, Archie	Morris, Luke	150/1	312.36	46.00
switched left to race near side, always towards rear BF IP MIN 260 BF IP MAX 330
17	26th	2.5	14	Lord Gorgeous (IRE)	2	0	Murtagh, J P	Coen, Ben M	125/1	255.58	41.29
raced near side, always behind BF IP MIN 200 BF IP MAX 250
7	27th	1.5	20	Bicep (IRE)	2	0	Watson, Archie	Shoemark, Kieran	66/1	120.00	21.00
raced near side, held up and always behind BF IP MIN 100 BF IP MAX 140

Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed)
Distance: 5f (1100 yards) Prize (winner): £23680 Dir: Straight
Runners: 18 Going: Good Class: Class 1 Listed Race Age Restrictions: 2yo
Winners Time: 1 mins 0.04s Avg OR: 0 Median OR: 0 Stalls: Centre

No	Place	Dist Bt	Stall	Horse	Age	OR	Trainer	Jockey (Claim)	Odds	BF	BFP
14	1st		20	Tactical	2	0	Balding, A M	Doyle, James	7/2 (Fav)	4.90	1.94
chased leaders near side rail, challenged 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead towards finish BF IP MIN 1.01 BF IP MAX 6.2
18	2nd	1.25	5	Yazaman (IRE)	2	0	Haggas, W J	Marquand, Tom	20/1	30.08	6.60
raced near side, well off the pace towards rear, ridden 2f out, headway over 1f out, not clear run and switched right inside final furlong, strong run well inside final furlong, went 2nd post, not reach winner BF IP MIN 30 BF IP MAX 990
9	3rd	SH	10	Muker (IRE)	2	0	Makin, Phillip	Mulrennan, Paul	40/1	100.00	17.00
raced in centre, led going well 3f out, still travelling on bit 2f out, headed and no extra towards finish, lost 2nd post BF IP MIN 1.38 BF IP MAX 1000
5	4th	2	1	Get It	2	0	Cox, C G	Kirby, Adam	20/1	22.00	5.50
raced centre, chased leaders, ridden and hung left final furlong, no extra in 4th towards finish BF IP MIN 6.8 BF IP MAX 1000
8	5th	0.5	11	Mighty Gurkha (IRE)	2	0	Watson, Archie	Doyle, Hollie	6/1	7.60	2.72
chased leaders in centre, pushed along over 2f out, soon every chance, ridden and hung left over 1f out, no extra towards finish BF IP MIN 4 BF IP MAX 1000
17	6th	NK	4	Victory Heights (IRE)	2	0	Tate, James	McDonald, P J	28/1	44.00	9.60
raced in centre, outpaced in rear, good headway towards near side over 1f out, not clear run and switched left approaching final furlong, ran on, never nearer BF IP MIN 15 BF IP MAX 1000
2	7th	0.75	2	Chief Little Hawk (USA)	2	0	OBrien, A P	Moore, Ryan	4/1	5.83	2.57
prominent in centre, one pace and no impression inside final furlong BF IP MIN 5.7 BF IP MAX 1000
11	8th	HD	16	Sheriff Bianco (USA)	2	0	Ward, Wesley	Murphy, Oisin	13/2	8.37	3.30
raced near side, led group, every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong BF IP MIN 7 BF IP MAX 1000
20	9th	NK	12	Sunshine City (USA)	2	0	Ward, Wesley	Dettori, L	9/1	16.71	5.35
prominent in centre, pushed along halfway, weakened inside final furlong BF IP MIN 13 BF IP MAX 1000
4	10th	0.75	14	Fools Rush In (IRE)	2	0	Dascombe, Tom	Kingscote, Richard	40/1	95.00	14.65
raced near side, outpaced towards rear, some headway over 1f out, never troubled leaders BF IP MIN 75 BF IP MAX 590
6	11th	0.5	17	Hyde Park Barracks (USA)	2	0	OBrien, A P	Levey, S M	8/1	9.77	3.30
chased leaders near side, pushed along 2f out, weakened entering final furlong BF IP MIN 6 BF IP MAX 990
10	11th	DH	13	Selected (IRE)	2	0	Fahey, R A	Fanning, Joe	125/1	224.11	32.00
towards rear near side, some headway when not clear run and switched right inside final 2f, no chance badly hampered and snatched up inside final furlong BF IP MIN 240 BF IP MAX 350
3	13th	1.25	8	Fast Start	2	0	Suroor, Saeed Bin	Buick, William	33/1	48.45	10.25
quickly away, prominent in centre, weakened final furlong BF IP MIN 5 BF IP MAX 990
12	14th	1	3	Stay Smart	2	0	OMeara, D	Nolan, D	33/1	110.00	18.60
raced in centre, held up towards rear, never on terms BF IP MIN 20 BF IP MAX 990
15	15th	1	15	Tantastic	2	0	Ellison, B	Robinson, Ben	100/1	130.13	22.00
prominent near side, every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong BF IP MIN 11 BF IP MAX 200
1	16th	0.75	6	Astimegoesby (IRE)	2	0	Boughey, George	Curtis, B A	20/1	24.71	7.40
raced in centre group, held up, never involved BF IP MIN 30 BF IP MAX 270
16	17th	7	19	Tenth Century	2	0	Bell, M L W	Sousa, Silvestre De	100/1	106.30	23.27
raced keenly chasing leaders near side, weakened 2f out BF IP MIN 70 BF IP MAX 200
19	18th	4	9	Honeydew (IRE)	2	0	Kirk, S	Morris, Luke	200/1	759.31	100.00
raced in centre, raced keenly chasing leaders, pushed along halfway, soon weakened BF IP MIN 720 BF IP MAX 1000