When Is The 2025 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes? History, Trends & Prize Money

The Prince Of Wales’s Stakes is due to take place on Wednesday 18th June 2025, which is the second day of this year’s Royal Ascot meeting.

What Time Is The 2025 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes?

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes will get underway at 4.20pm on Wednesday 18th June 2025.

• Group/Class: Group 1
• Distance: One mile, two furlongs
• Age: Four year old & upwards

Race History

The Prince of Wales’s Stakes, first run at Royal Ascot in 1862, is named after the son of Queen Victoria (later to become King Edward VII).

Originally staged over a mile and five furlongs, the race often attracted horses that had participated in the Classics. There was no Prince of Wales’s Stakes from 1946 until 1968, a year before the Prince of Wales’s investiture in 1969, then it was reintroduced and the distance changed to one mile and two furlongs.

In 2000, The Prince of Wales’s Stakes was upgraded to Group 1 status and restricted to four-year-olds and upwards. The race is now worth £1 million in prize money and is one of the feature races of the week.

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes Prize Money

There is a total prize fund of £1,00,000 for the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, with winning connections claiming £567,100 of the pot – which makes this race the most lucrative at Royal Ascot 2025.

• Winner: £567,100
• Runner Up: £215,000
• Third: £107,600
• Fourth: £53,600
• Fifth: £26,900
• Sixth: £13,500

Prince Of Wales’s Stakes Trends & Statistics 

• Group Wins: 6/12 winners had at least one previous Group 1 win, 12/12 winners had at least one previous win in a Group 1-3 race.

• Age: 12/12 winners were aged four or five.

• Starting Price: 3/12 winners were favourites, 10/12 winners have come from the top three in the Royal Ascot odds market.

• Last Run – 6/12 winners won on their last run before the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, 9/12 winners at least placed on their last run, 8/12 winners ran within the last 32 days.
  3/12 winners ran in the Tattersalls Gold Cup on their last run.

• Previous Course Form: 8/12 winners had one previous run at Ascot, 2/12 winners had at least one previous win at Ascot.

• Previous Distance Form: 10/12 winners had at least two previous runs over 10 furlongs, 11/12 winners had at least one win over 10 furlongs.

• Rating – 10/12 winners had a rating of 119 or higher.

Fate Of The Favourites

Horses from the head of the horse racing betting tend to perform well in this contest.

2024: Auguste Rodin – Ryan Moore / Aidan O’Brien (13/8)

2023: Mostahdaf – Jim Crowley / John & Thady Gosden (10/1)

2022: State Of Rest – Shane Crosse / Joseph Patrick O’Brien (5/1)

2021: Love – Ryan Moore / Aidan O’Brien (11/10)

2020: Lord North – James Doyle / John Gosden (5/1)

2019: Crystal Ocean – Frankie Dettori / Sir Michael Stoute (3/1)

2018: Poet’s Word – James Doyle / Sir Michael Stoute (11/2)

2017: Highland Reel – Ryan Moore / Aidan O’Brien (9/4)

2016: My Dream Boat – Adam Kirby / Clive Cox (16/1)

2015: Free Eagle – Pat Smullen / Dermot Weld (5/2)

2014: The Fugue – William Buick / John Gosden (11/2)

2013: Al Kazeem – James Doyle / Roger Charlton (11/4)

2012: So You Think – Joseph O’Brien / Aidan O’Brien (4/5)