When Is The 2025 Queen Anne Stakes? History, Trends & Prize Money

The Queen Anne Stakes is due to take place on Tuesday 17th June 2025, which is the opening day of this year’s Royal Ascot meeting.

What Time Is The 2025 Queen Anne Stakes?

The Queen Anne Stakes will get underway at 2.30pm on Tuesday 17th 2025.

• Group/Class: Group 1
• Distance: One Mile
• Age: Four year old & upwards

Race History

Founded in 1840, the Queen Anne Stakes commemorates the monarch who established racing at Ascot in 1711.

Run as the Trial Stakes until 1929, the Queen Anne Stakes was first awarded Group 3 status in 1971, becoming Group 2 in 1984.

The race, attracting Europe’s top older milers, achieved the highest three-year average rating of any Group 2 race in Britain from 1999 to 2002 according to the then International Classifications, and was elevated to Group 1 status in 2003.

Run as the opening race of the week since 2008, it will once again get the Royal Meeting underway and it’s recent roll of honour includes horses such as Frankel and Baaeed.

Queen Anne Stakes Prize Money

There is a total prize fund of £750,000 for the Queen Anne Stakes, with winning connections claiming £425,325 of the pot – making it one of the most lucrative races at Royal Ascot 2025.

• Winner: £425,325
• Runner Up: £161,250
• Third: £80,700
• Fourth: £40,200
• Fifth: £20,175
• Sixth: £10,125

Queen Anne Stakes Trends & Statistics 

• Group 1 Wins: 7/12 winners had at least one previous win in a Group 1 race.

• Group 2 Wins: 6/12 winners had at least one previous win in a Group 2 race.

• Group Wins: 11/12 winners had at least one previous win in a Group 1-3 race.

• Age: 9/12 winners were aged four.

• Starting Price: 7/12 winners were favourites, 9/12 winners have been in the top three in the Royal Ascot betting.

• Last Run: 5/12 winners won on their last run before the Queen Anne Stakes, 9/12 winners ran within the last 38 days. 7/12 winners ran in the Lockinge Stakes on their last run.

• Previous Course Form: 8/12 winners had at least one previous run at Ascot, seven of those eight had a previous win at Ascot.

• Previous Distance Form: 11/12 winners had at least  four previous runs over 8 furlongs, 11/12 winners had at least 1 previous win over 8 furlongs, 10/12 winners had at least 2 previous wins over 8 furlongs.

• Previous Flat Form: 10/12 winners had at least 7 previous flat runs, 10/12 had at least four previous flat wins.

• Rating – 9/12 winners had a rating of 112 or higher.

Fate Of The Favourites

The Queen Anne Stakes proved to be an awful affair for favourite backers in the first ten years of the current century, with the market leader failing to go in between 2000 and 2009. We did however see eight winning favourites in the horse racing odds obliging between 2010 and 2023.

20/24 winners returned a single- figure starting price (including Frankel at 1/10 !!!). Two winners were priced between 12/1 and 14/1, with two 33/1 shocks coming from Accidental Agent (2018) and Triple Time (2023).