Royal Ascot Day 2 Tips
Royal Ascot Day 2 Races & Tips
Royal Ascot 2025 day 2 takes place on Wednesday 18th June and it will provide seven spectacular races, which will see some top notch Group action, as well as some tough handicaps to work out. The obvious highlight is the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at 4:20pm, while the handicap puzzle that is the Royal Hunt Cup is another thrilling betting heat. Here at GG, we look to point you in the right direction of a winner or two and you can check out our Royal Ascot Day 2 Tips here.
2.30pm Queen Mary Stakes
Day 2 of Royal Ascot 2025 begins with the Queen Mary Stakes. The Queen Mary Stakes is a 5f Group 2 which is open to two-year-old fillies. The race was promoted to its current Group 2 classification in 2004, and since then has been won by the likes of Rizeena and Lady Aurelia. American-based trainer Wesley Ward has enjoyed notable recent success in the Queen Mary Stakes, sending out three winners since 2015, including the 2020 winner Campanelle. Anything sent over by Ward for this year’s meeting should be greatly respected, although there was a different American-trained winner when george Weaver sent out Crimson Advocate to win in 2023.
3.05pm Queen’s Vase
Following the Queen Mary Stakes is the Queen’s Vase. The Queen’s Vase is a Group 2 run over 1m6f which is open to three-year-olds. The legendary Sir Henry Cecil trained eight winners of the Queen’s Vase. In recent years, the Queen’s Vase has become a good trial for the Ascot Gold Cup, with Estimate, Leading Light and Stradivarius all going on to supplement their Queen’s Vase victories with success in Thursday’s feature race.
3.40pm Duke Of Cambridge Stakes
One of the latest Group races to be added to the Royal Ascot calendar, having had its inaugural renewal in 2004, the Duke of Cambridge Stakes is a Group 2 run over Ascot’s straight mile track. The race is open to fillies and mares aged four or older, and has proven a good race for 4yos, who have won nine of the last ten renewals. John Gosden and Sir Michael Stoute are the most successful trainers in the race’s history with four wins apiece.
4.20pm Prince of Wales’s Stakes
The feature race of day 2 of Royal Ascot 2025 is the Prince of Wales’s Stakes. This Group 1 is run over a distance of 1m2f and open to horses aged four or older. The Prince of Wales’s Stakes was promoted to Group 1 status in 2000, and since then has a roll of honour which includes the likes of Nayef, Duke Of Marmalade and So You Think. Only three horses have won the Prince of Wales’s Stakes on more than one occasion, with those being Connaught (1969, 1970), Mtoto (1987, 1988) and Muhtarram (1994, 1995).
5.00pm Royal Hunt Cup
Notoriously one of the trickiest races to decipher in the entire Royal Ascot schedule, the Royal Hunt Cup is a mile handicap open to horses aged three or older. With a history dating back to 1843, the Royal Hunt Cup is also one of the longest standing at Royal Ascot. Godolphin has taken three of the last five renewals of the Royal Hunt Cup, with Saeed bin Suroor’s Real World’s in 2020, 15/2 shot Dark Vision for Mark Johnston in 2021, and bin Suroor striking again with Wild Tiger in 2024.
5.35pm Kensington Palace Stakes
The Kensington Palace Stakes is run over a distance of 1m and is available to fillies and mares aged four or older. It’s available to horses with an official rating of 105 or lower, and it’s one of the newer races on the Royal Ascot calendar, having had it’s inaugural running in 2021.
6.10pm Windsor Castle Stakes
The Windsor Castle Stakes is a 5f Listed race open to horses aged two years old and is the final race on day two. Having had its inaugural renewal back in 1988, the race is now arguably the most competitive juvenile race at Royal Ascot – with fields often seeing 20+ participants.
Royal Ascot Day 2 Betting Tips – Things To Consider Before Placing a Bet
Some may believe that the ground is likely to churn up more going into day two of Royal Ascot in comparison to day one, but good ground or better has been in use for the first race on day two, the Queen Mary Stakes, for the last four seasons.
Once again, good ground horses are worth following where possible, although with the Queen Mary, very few horses have run more than twice. As such, the draw is more important; eight of the last ten winning horses have been drawn in 14 or higher. This can get punters off to a good start.
It is not a great day for favourites; for instance, Wild Tiger was the first favourite in the last ten runnings of the Royal Hunt Cup to win, though one race proving to be useful for favourite backers in recent seasons has been the Queen’s Vase, with Eldar Eldarov, Gregory and Illinois justifying favouritism in the last three years.
Recommended Bookmaker to Place your Bet on Day Two
Our recommended Royal Ascot special offer for Day 2 is Bet365 with their fantastic bet £10 get £30 in free bets offer.
Expected Ground Conditions for Day Two
Day one is set to be run on good ground. This is changeable in the build-up, but there is not much rain forecast and so day two’s conditions should mirror Tuesday’s and be run on a faster surface.
Other Days of Royal Ascot 2025
Day 2 of Royal Ascot is a show-stopping affair, but the action is far from over, with three more days of top-class action scheduled at the Royal meeting for punters to feast upon – check out our main Royal Ascot tips page or our dedicated daily tips pages below.
- Royal Ascot Day 1: There are some three Group 1 races on day one of the meeting
- Royal Ascot Day 2: Prince Of Wales’s Stakes is the Wednesday feature
- Royal Ascot Day 3: Thursday’s action revolves around the Gold Cup
- Royal Ascot Day 4: Commonwealth Cup is one of the main events on Friday
- Royal Ascot Day 5: Meeting concludes on Saturday with the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes