The going for day two of Royal Ascot, Wednesday 18th June, is: Good to Firm, Good in places.

GoingStick at 8.30am:

Stands’ side: 8.5

Centre: 8.6

Far side: 8.5

Round: 7.4

Stalls:

Straight Course: centre

Round Course: inside

Rail movements:

The rail on the Round Course will be positioned four yards out from approximately nine furlongs out to the home straight. This will remain in place until after racing on Wednesday.

This adds the following to today’s races:

15:05 +14 yards (approximately)
15:40 +7 yards (approximately)
16:20 +14 yards (approximately)

Weather:

Dry over the past 24 hours to 6.30am Wednesday. It is forecast be dry and warm through to the end of the week. Max temps forecast to be 26c today through to 28c later in the week.

For access to our live weather station and the latest Going info, please go to
www.ascot.com/thegoing

Watering:

Watered whole track 5mm Tuesday night. The current plan for the week is to water each night to replace moisture lost through evapotranspiration.

Non-runners

2.30pm Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2)

6 Eternal Solace (self cert – not eaten up)

4.20pm Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (Group 1)

2 Certain Lad (going)

5.35pm Kensington Palace Stakes

20 Queen Atlantis (self cert – bad scope)

6.10pm Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed)

13 Kansas (self cert – not eaten up)