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If weather permits viewers see the Royal Procession as it drives up the course to the Royal Enclosure.

2.30 Cork and Orrery Stakes
A race for three-year-olds and upwards. over six furlongs.
Henry Green is at a point down the course to describe the start in detail.

3.5 The New Stakes
A race for two-year-olds, over five furlongs.
Henry Green is at a point down the course to describe the start in detail.

3.45-4.0 a.pp. Ascot Gold Cup
A race for three-year-olds and upwards, with a Gold Cup, value five hundred pounds, and ten thousand sovereigns added, over two-and-a-half miles.

Clive Graham is beside the camera overlooking the Parade Ring to help you to identify the horses and jockeys before each race.

Contributors

Commentator (Cork and Orrery Stakes)/race-reader (Ascot Gold Cup):
Peter O'Sullevan
Race-reader (Cork and Orrery Stakes):
Roger Mortimer
Reporter (Cork and Orrery/The New Stakes):
Henry Green
Commentator (The New Stakes):
Michael O'Hehir
Commentator (Ascot Gold Cup):
Peter Dimmock
Parade Ring commentator:
Clive Graham

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