Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes Tips – Royal Ascot
The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes is the feature race on the final day of Royal Ascot 2025. This 6f Group 1 is open to horses aged 4yo or older as well as 3yo’s foaled in the Southern Hemisphere. The race was renamed in 2002 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and then named the Diamond Jubilee to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. The race once again held a new title in 2024 – the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, in honour of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes Tips in 2025
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes Notable Trends
Undrafted (2015, 14/1) Naval Crown (2022, 33/1) and Khaadem (2023, 80/1, 2024, 14/1) all won the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee at double-figure prices, but the other six winners in the past ten years went off at odds of 9/2 or shorter, so this is a race that the market has flipped wildly between correct and incorrect in recent years. However, given three of those big-priced winners have prevailed in the last three years in succession, it can also be a race to find exceptional value in,
The creation of the Commonwealth Cup, a Group 1 for 3yos over the same course and distance, result in organisers upping the minimum age of Platinum Jubilee participants to 4yo in 2015, but 3yo horses foaled in the Southern Hemisphere can still participate. Merchant Navy took advantage of this quirky qualification system when landing the race for Aidan O’Brien and the Coolmore operation in 2018, despite still being classed as a 3yo in the Southern Hemisphere. 9 of the last 10 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee winners were aged between 4yo and 5yo, with the exception being 2021 winner Dream Of Dreams (7yo).
All of the last 10 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee winners held an official rating of between 111-120, with the highest rated horse to have won it this century being the 132-rated Australian sprinter Black Caviar.
8 of the last 10 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee winners had run at least once that year, with the exceptions being last year’s winner Naval Crown (2022) and Hello Youmzain (2020), as that victory came in a Covid-interrupted race program, it could be suggested that he may have had a run prior if given the opportunity to do so.
Seven of the last ten Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee winners (including six of the last seven) were previous Group 1 winners, and all of the last ten Platinum Jubilee winners had at least seven career starts to their name prior to their respective victories.
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes History
The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes was first established in 1868 and held the title of the Cork and Orrery Stakes between 1926-2002 when it was renamed to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee. A decade later the Diamond Jubilee brought about another name change, and in 2022, the race once again changed the title to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. This year, the race has been renamed the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee stakes to honour her late Majesty Queen Victoria II, who sadly passed away in 2022.
The most successful horse in the race’s history is Prince Charlie, who took three straight renewals from 1872 to 1874.
In terms of successful jockeys, Lester Piggott took a remarkable ten renewals of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee with his final success in the race aboard College Chapel (1993) coming some 35 years after his first victory in the race with Right Boy (1958). Vincent O’Brien’s five wins make him the most successful trainer in the race’s history.
Legendary Australian sprinter Black Caviar made the trip over to contest the then Diamond Jubilee back in 2012 where she was sent off a very prohibitive 1/6F having won all 21 of her previous racecourse starts, yet it almost ended in disaster for the mare, whose jockey Luke Nolen decided to stop riding approaching the post before realising that two horses on his inside were closing fast. He narrowly got Black Caviar to prevail in a head-bob of a finish, but the moment has gone down in Royal Ascot history and it was ultimately the closest that Black Caviar came to losing her 25-race unbeaten career record.
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes Past Winners
| YEAR | HORSE | JOCKEY | TRAINER |
| 2024 | Khaadem | Oisin Murphy | Charles Hills |
| 2023 | Khaadem | Jamie Spencer | Charles Hills |
| 2022 | Naval Crown | James Doyle | Charlie Appleby |
| 2021 | Dream Of Dreams | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute |
| 2020 | Hello Youmzain | Kevin Stott | Kevin Ryan |
| 2019 | Blue Point | James Doyle | Charlie Appleby |
| 2018 | Merchant Navy | Ryan Moore | Aidan O’Brien |
| 2017 | The Tin Man | Tom Queally | James Fanshawe |
| 2016 | Twilight Son | Ryan Moore | Henry Candy |
| 2015 | Undrafted | Frankie Dettori | Wesley Ward |
All the other races on Day 5 of Royal Ascot
| TIME | RACE |
| 2.30pm | Chesham Stakes: The final day of Royal Ascot 2025 begins with the Chesham Stakes, this 7f Listed contest is exclusive to 2yos sired by horses that won over 10f+. |
| 3.05pm | Hardwicke Stakes: The Hardwicke Stakes is a 1m4f Group 2 for horses aged 4yo or older, trainer Sir Michael Stoute has won a remarkable 11 renewals of this event. |
| 3.40pm | Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes: The feature race on the final day of Royal Ascot 2025 is the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, this 6f Group 1 has been renamed again this year. |
| 4.20pm | Jersey Stakes: The Jersey Stakes is a 7f Group 3 for 3yo horses, it often attracts participants that failed to stay the 1m trip in a 2000 Guineas. |
| 5.00pm | Wokingham Stakes: The feature handicap on Royal Ascot Day 5 is the Wokingham Stakes, which is run over the same course and distance as the Platinum Jubilee. |
| 5.35pm | Golden Gate Stakes: This 1m2f handicap is exclusive to 3yo horses and many runners will be hoping to use this as a springboard for stakes races. |
| 6.10pm | Queen Alexandra Stakes: The Queen Alexandra Stakes concludes Royal Ascot 2025 and the 2m6f trip makes this race the longest of the entire week. |