Ascot, July meeting · Group 1
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2026
Saturday, 25 July 2026 · Ascot · 1m 4f
Midsummer's all-aged championship over a mile and a half, first run in 1951 and long treated as Britain's answer to the Arc.
Runners & odds
1Calandagan Record & reads with Pro2.8 → 2.72.7
2Masquerade Ball Record & reads with Pro4.9 → 5.15.1
3Benvenuto Cellini Record & reads with ProBacked in17.0 → 5.35.3
4Minnie Hauk Record & reads with ProDrifting5.8 → 11.511.5
5Goliath Record & reads with Pro17.0 → 12.512.5
6Kalpana Record & reads with Pro13.0 → 12.512.5
7Wurttemberg Record & reads with Pro70.0 → 100.0100.0
8Lambourn Record & reads with Pro190.0 → 160.0160.0
9Action Record & reads with Pro260.0 → 430.0430.0
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King George at Ascot 2026: the market right now
Calandagan is favourite for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2026 at 13/8 (2.66), ahead of Masquerade Ball at 4/1 (5.10). 9 horses are priced in the antepost market, which is read from the Betfair exchange once a day and has been tracked here for 16 days. The race is run on 25 July 2026 at Ascot over 1m 4f.
Benvenuto Cellini has been backed since we started tracking; Minnie Hauk has drifted. Movement is measured against this market's own first reading, not against a bookmaker's board, so it shows where money has actually gone.
These are entries rather than the final field. When the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes field is declared a few days before the race, every runner is scored across the bot's 15 signals and the result settles in public afterwards, win or lose.
About the King George at Ascot
It is the race where the Derby generation meets the older brigade for the first time, and the winner usually heads the world rankings conversation for the rest of the season.
How the King George at Ascot has gone
2026
Ascot · 9 ran · Good To Firm
- 1stKalpana (GB)4267.5
- 2ndCalandagan (IRE)Bot pick5142.2
- 3rdBenvenuto Cellini (IRE)3535
- 4thLambourn (IRE)32951
2025
Ascot · 5 ran · Good
- 1stCalandagan (IRE)3082.1
- 2ndKalpana (GB)2578.5
- 3rdRebel's Romance (IRE)Bot pick3616
- 4thJan Brueghel (IRE)2893.5
Placings, starting prices and the bot’s score on the day, from our own archive. Every horse links to its full record. Past results never guarantee future ones.
King George at Ascot - your questions
When is the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2026?
The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is run at Ascot on Saturday, 25 July 2026. It is a Group 1 over 1m 4f, part of Ascot, July meeting.
Who are the runners and riders in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2026?
9 horses are currently in the antepost market for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, listed above with their live exchange price and how it has moved. That list is the entries, not the final field - jockeys are confirmed at declaration time, a few days before the race, and this page swaps to the declared runners with the bot's full scoring the moment they are published.
What are the odds for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2026?
Every entry's live Betfair price is on this page, updated daily, along with the direction it has moved since we started tracking. Prices before declaration are antepost prices - they will change, sometimes sharply, as the season's trials are run.
Will the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes runners be scored by the bot?
Yes. Ascot is on our racecard, so when the final field for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is declared, every runner is scored across the same 15 signals used on every other UK and Irish race that day - and the result settles in public afterwards, win or lose.
Why back the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes antepost rather than on the day?
Antepost prices are bigger because the risk is bigger - your selection has to get to July fit, in training and declared. What this page adds is the shape of the market over time: a horse that has halved in price since the spring is telling you something a single day's price cannot.
What does antepost mean?
Antepost betting is backing a horse before the final field is declared - often months before the race. Prices are usually bigger than they will be on the day, because there is more that can go wrong: the horse has to stay fit, stay in training and be entered and declared to run.
What happens to an antepost bet if the horse does not run?
On a traditional antepost bet, the stake is lost if your horse does not line up - there is no refund for a non-runner. That is the trade for the bigger price. Markets priced 'non-runner no bet' return the stake instead, and bookmakers usually switch to those terms closer to the race. Check the terms before you bet; we do not place bets and this is not advice.
Where do the odds on this page come from?
Live from the Betfair exchange, read and stored every day. That means the prices here are what people are actually trading at rather than a bookmaker's board, and because we keep every day's reading we can also show which way each horse has moved - the steamers and the drifters - rather than only where it stands today.
Is this page free?
The market, the movers and the entries are free and need no account. What is behind an account is the bot's own read: each entry's record dialled into the course and distance, and, once the final field is declared, the full 15-signal score on every runner.
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