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After yesterday's last-race victory in the Windsor Castle Stakes with Southern Hills, Coolmore is the current leading owner for 2019 with three victories.
- The Irish-based organisation won the owners' title in 2017, when it first began, as well as in 2018.
- US trainer Wesley Ward, the only international trainer with a runner today, has won the Norfolk Stakes (G2) twice, including last year with Shang Shang Shang. Maven represents him today.
- Since 1973, the only trainer to have won the Norfolk Stakes two years in succession is Peter Chapple-Hyam - he took the race in 2006 with Dutch Art and then in 2007 with Winker Watson.
- Trainer Robert Cowell won the Norfolk Stakes (G2) with Prince Of Lir in 2016, owned by the Cool Silk Partnership. The same combination are in action in the five-furlong race again today with Cool Sphere.
- Real Appeal runs in the Norfolk today for owner Zhang Yuesheng. He bought the horse just three days ago at the Goffs London Sale for £265,000 from previous owner Theresa Marnane.
- Frankie Dettori is easily the most successful jockey in the Ribblesdale Stakes (G2) with six wins - he rides Star Catcher for John Gosden and owner Anthony Oppenheimer, who is also represented by Frankellina,
a daughter of Frankel, trained by William Haggas.
- There have been 15 French-trained winners of the Ascot Gold Cup since 1946, the last being Westerner in 2005. This year the country's sole representative is Called To The Bar, trained by Pia Brandt. No woman has trained the winner of the Ascot Gold Cup since Rosemary Lomax sent out Precipice Wood in 1970.
- Stradivarius (John Gosden and Frankie Dettori) aims to become the 10th horse to win the Ascot Gold Cup two or more years in succession since 1946 (Yeats four years in a row 2006-2009, and Sagaro three times between 1975 and 1977).
- Stradivarius won the inaugural running of the £1-million WH Stayers' Million Bonus last year. His repeat Group 2 Yorkshire Cup victory this May puts him on target again for the big bonus pot.
- Ascot Gold Cup runner Master Of Reality is owned by the Lloyds Williams Syndicate. The Australian owner, who lives outside of Mebourne, was previously successful in the race as part of the Coolmore ownership group in 2016 with Order Of St George.
- The nine-year-old Thomas Hobson would be the oldest winner of the race since 1946 - Yeats won as an eight-year-old in 2009. Yeats also won as a seven-year-old, and the only other of that age group to win was Drum Taps in 1993.
- Four-year-olds have been the most successful age group in the Ascot Gold Cup with 40 victories since 1946.
- Jamie Spencer is the most successful jockey in the Britannia Handicap currently riding with four wins - today he is on board Dark Vision for trainer Mark Johnston.
- Baghdad, a son of Frankel,¬ won the King George V Handicap last year - the Juddmonte stallion has Fox Premier (Andrew Balding, Silvestre de Sousa) running in this year's renewal.
- Andrea Atzeni and Mark Johnston teamed up for Baghdad's victory - they are together again this year ¬with Sir Ron Priestley. Johnston is the winning-most trainer of the race with six victories.
- Female jockeys riding today are Nicola Currie on Emten in the Norfolk Stakes, an 80/1 chance for trainer and boss Jamie Osborne, and the three-pound claimer Jane Elliott. She rides Finoah in the Britannia Handicap for trainer Tom Dascombe. She has ridden the horse twice and won on the son of Kodiac at the beginning of June at Haydock. They are aiming to be the first female jockeys to win a race at the Royal Meeting since Gay Kelleway won the Queen Alexandra Stakes on Sprowston Boy 32 years ago. She is the only female jockey to have ridden a winner at Royal Ascot.
