Royal Ascot: Golden Gates Handicap

The Golden Gates Handicap is a Handicap flat race, over 1 mile 2 furlongs for 3-year-olds, and was introduced in 2020 to extend the programme in a Covid hit year. It was felt that a gap remained in the programme for improving 3-year-olds to show their potential over 10 furlongs.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Golden Gates Handicap took place on Thursday 18th June 2020 when won by the Mrs Fitri Hay owned Highland Chief (20/1) who defeated Tritonic (9/1), Global Storm (7/2 fav) and 11 others by 1/2 length and 2 1/4 lengths.

Golden Gates Handicap 2021 Handicap 1 mile 2 furlongs
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 FOXES TALES Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding King Power Racing 13/2
2 VISUALISATION Declan McDonagh Joseph O'Brien Mrs A M O'Brien 16/1
3 IRISH LEGEND Colin Keane Hugo Palmer Boniface Ho Ka Kui 22/1
4 KING FRANKEL Frankie Dettori Mark Johnston Mohammed Obaida 4/1 fav
5 WITHOUT REVENGE Jason Watson Roger Charlton Carter, Dean, Gerber, Inglett 25/1
6 SIR RUMI David Egan Richard Hannon jnr Amo Racing Ltd 40/1
7 GLENTANEOUS Martin Dwyer Brian Meehan R Sinclair & Partner 25/1
8 PYTHAGORAS Paul Hanagan Richard Fahey Sir Robert Ogden 16/1
9 ALFAADHEL Jim Crowley Roger Varian Shadwell Estate Company 11/2
10 RIVER ALWEN Jamie Spencer Richard Hannon jnr Sun Bloodstock Racing 20/1
11 SEASETT Ben Curtis Richard Fahey Nick Bradley Racing 15/2
12 FANTASTIC FOX Silvestre De Sousa Roger Varian King Power Racing 11/2
13 BATON ROUGE Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien Magnier, Smith, Tabor 20/1
14 STAY WELL Tom Marquand Hughie Morrison Ben & Sir Maryyn Arbib 22/1
The Golden Gates Handicap took place on Saturday 19th June 2021 and the winner, a bay colt by Zoffany out of Starfish, won a first prize of £33,501. Over round 116%
Golden Gates Handicap Handicap 1 mile 2 furlongs 2020
2020 2021