Royal Ascot Day 5 Tips
Day five is the final call of Royal Ascot 2026. Another seven top class races will unfold on Saturday, 20th June at Royal Ascot, and we have all the tips from our experts to make it a winning one.
Royal Ascot Day 5 Races & Tips
Andrew Mount’s Royal Ascot Day 5 Tips
Andrew Mount looks to end the week on a positive note and he has a brace of selections in both the Jersey Stakes and Wokingham Stakes. He then has a selection for the Wathnan Racing team in the Golden Gates Stakes at 5.35pm
Andrew Mount’s Best Bets – Royal Ascot Day 5
Matty Sutcliffe’s Royal Ascot Day 5 Tips
Matty focuses on the four Group contests on day 5 of Royal Ascot. He has six tips in all, with five in the Group races, including backing a veteran former winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in Khaadem at a big price to win an unprecedented third edition of the race.
Matthew Sutcliffe’s Best Bets – Royal Ascot Day 5
2.30pm Norfolk Stakes
The final day of Royal Ascot begins with the Norfolk Stakes. Promoted to Group 2 status in 2006, the Norfolk Stakes is run over 5f and open to horses aged two years old. The race acts as a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint run at the backend of the year. Lester Piggott’s nine Norfolk Stakes wins make him the most successful jockey in the race’s history.
3.05pm Hardwicke Stakes
The Hardwicke Stakes is a Group 2 for horses aged four-year-olds and older that is run over a 1m4f distance. The Hardwicke often acts as a good trial for the following month’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, which is run over the same course and distance. Sir Michael Stoute’s Harbinger was the last horse to complete the Hardwicke – King George VI double back in 2010. Harbinger’s Hardwicke victory was just one of an incredible 11 in the race for trainer Sir Michael Stoute – who is the most successful trainer in the race’s history.
3.40pm Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes
The feature race on the final day of Royal Ascot 2026 is the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes. This race has been renamed in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, whose passion for horse racing and Royal Ascot was there for all to see. This 6f Group 1 is open to horses aged four or older – and three-year-old runners foaled in the Southern Hemisphere. Aidan O’Brien took advantage of this quirky race qualification when training the Australian-bred Merchant Navy to land the 2018 Diamond Jubilee. The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes tends to attract entrants that participated in the opening day’s King’s Stand Stakes, with Blue Point the last horse to complete the Diamond Jubilee – King’s Stand double back in 2019. Khaadem became the first horse for over 60 years to win the race in back-to-back seasons in 2024.
4.20pm Jersey Stakes
The Jersey Stakes is the first Group race run on day 5 of Royal Ascot 2024. Assigned Group 3 classification, the Jersey Stakes is run over 7f on Ascot’s straight track. Sir Michael Stoute is currently the most successful trainer in the race’s history, having trained six winners – the most recent of those wins coming courtesy of Expert Eye (2018). The Jersey Stakes is usually contested by horses that didn’t quite see out the mile distance of the British, French and Irish 2000 Guineas’. Therefore, it is worth keeping an eye on any entrants in 2024 that took part in those contests.
5.00pm Wokingham Stakes
The Wokingham Stakes is a 6f sprint handicap and is often considered one of the week’s toughest punting puzzles to solve, with upwards of 20 runners regularly taking their chance in the race. Five horses have won the Wokingham Handicap more than once, with the most recent of those dual winners being Rohaan, who followed up his 2021 win with victory in the race in 2022.
5.35pm Golden Gates Stakes
The Golden Gates Stakes is a 1m2f handicap that is open to three-year-old horses. This race had its inaugural renewal as recently as 2020, which was won by the Paul & Oliver Cole trained Highland Chief.
6.10pm Queen Alexandra Stakes
Royal Ascot 2026 concludes with the Queen Alexandra Stakes. This race is open to horses aged four or older and is run over a distance of 2m5f – making it the longest flat race run in Britain. The Queen Alexandra Stakes often features runners who contested the opening day’s Ascot Stakes. With the Willie Mullins trained Simenon the last horse to complete the Ascot Stakes – Queen Alexandra double back in 2012.
Royal Ascot Day 5 Betting Tips
In six of the last seven years at Royal Ascot, the ground has been good or quicker, with the only exception being on soft ground in 2021, after heavy ground on day four that year. As such, every year since 2015 has seen the ground run at least as quickly as the previous day, but mostly quicker.
In terms of the feature race and favourite backers, only three of the last ten renewals of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes have gone to the market leaders with there having been a dramatic shift in the last two seasons. 33/1 and 80/1 winners claimed the race in 2022 and 2023, so do not rule out the big outsiders.
Recommended Bookmaker to Place your Bet on Day Five
Our recommended Royal Ascot special offer for Day 5 is BetMGM. They are offering £40 in free bets when you sign up and bet £10.
Royal Ascot Day 5 Underdogs
With 33/1 and 80/1 winners since 2022, the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes knows how to produce some enormous shocks. However, the market for the 2026 running is yet to be determined, and it could be a sprinting superstar will go off at odds-on for the contest.
One race which will throw up some underdogs is the Jersey Stakes, which saw a 25/1 winner in 2025 courtesy of Noble Champion.
Expected Ground Conditions on Day 5
With the ground racing quickly for the start of the week, do not expect too many changes between Tuesday and Saturday. Rain looks set to stay away, but as is always the case with the British weather, this is a fast moving situation.
Other Days of Royal Ascot 2026
Day 5 of Royal Ascot is the culmination of the action but you can take a look back at the previous four days’ action by checking out our dedicated daily tips pages below.
- Royal Ascot Day 1: Queen Anne Stakes headlines Tuesday’s card
- 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