The Commonwealth Cup is due to take place on Friday 20th June 2025, which is the fourth day at this year’s Royal Ascot meeting.
What Time Is The 2025 Commonwealth Cup?
The Commonwealth Cup will get underway at 3.05pm on Friday 20th June 2025.
- Group/Class: Group 1
- Distance: Six furlongs
- Age: Three year old (colts & fillies)
Race History
The Commonwealth Cup was a completely new race in 2015 and joined the King’s Stand Stakes and Platinum Jubilee Stakes to become the third Group 1 sprint at Royal Ascot.
The race, run over six furlongs, is restricted to three-year-old colts and fillies and was put in place as a Europe-wide measure to create a better Pattern for young sprinters and improve the quality of sprint races across the continent.
Commonwealth Cup Prize Money
There is a total prize fund of £650,000 for the Commonwealth Cup, with winning connections claiming £368,615 of the pot – and readers can find prize money for every Royal Ascot race here.
- Winner: £368,615
- Runner Up: £139,750
- Third: £69,940
- Fourth: £34,840
- Fifth: £17,485
- Sixth: £8,775
Commonwealth Cup Trends & Statistics
- Group Wins: 8/10 winners had at least one previous Group 1-3 win.
- Age: three-year-olds only.
- Starting Price: 4/10 winners have been favourites/joint favourites, 6/10 winners have come from the top three in the horse racing betting.
- Last Run: 4/10 winners won on their last run before the Commonwealth Cup, 8/10 winners had their last run within the last 48 days.
- Previous Course Form: 7/10 winners had at least one previous run at Ascot, 3/10 winners had a previous win at Ascot.
- Previous Distance Form: 8/10 winners had at least three previous runs over six furlongs, 10/10 winners had at least one previous win over six furlongs, 6/10 had at least two previous wins over six furlongs.
- Rating: 8/10 winners had a rating of 113 or higher.
- Season Form: 8/10 winners had at least one run that season, 6/10 winners had at least one win that season.
Fate Of The Favourites
Over the last ten renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Eqtidaar in 2018, winning for Sir Michael Stoute at Royal Ascot odds of 12/1 and there have been 4 winning favourites in the race.
2024: Inisherin – Tom Eaves / Kevin Ryan (9/4)
2023: Shaquille – Oisin Murphy / Julie Camacho (9/1)
2022: Perfect Power – Christophe Soumillon / Richard Fahey (7/2)
2021: Campanelle – Frankie Dettori / Wesley Ward (5/1)
2020: Golden Horde – Adam Kirby / Clive Cox (5/1)
2019: Advertise – Frankie Dettori / Martyn Meade (8/1)
2018: Eqtidaar – Jim Crowley / Sir Michael Stoute (12/1)
2017: Caravaggio – Ryan Moore / Aidan O’Brien (5/6)
2016: Quiet Reflection – Dougie Costello / Karl Burke (7/4)
2015: Muhaarar – Dane O’Neill / Charlie Hills (10/1)
