Royal Ascot Raises Prize Money To £4m

Ascot Racecourse has increased the prize money on offer at Royal Ascot in 2008
to £4m – an increase of £335,000 on this year’s winnings.

In tandem, Ascot also announced that ticket prices for general admission and
the Silver Ring area have been frozen at 2007 rates for the Tuesday and
Wednesday of the Royal Meeting with new advance booking incentives available on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Additionally, £10,000 has been added in each case to the Hardwicke Stakes (to
£150,000), Windsor Forest Stakes (to £140,000), Queen Mary Stakes (to £80,000),
Norfolk Stakes (to £80,000) and the Albany Stakes (to £70,000).

The Jersey Stakes goes up by £5000 to £70,000 and, to ensure that no race at
Royal Ascot is worth less than £60,000, an additional £5,000 has been added in
each case to the Ascot Stakes, Windsor Castle Stakes, Sandringham Stakes,
Hampton Court Stakes, King George V Stakes, Wolferton Stakes, Buckingham Palace
Stakes, Chesham Stakes, Duke of Edinburgh Stakes and the Queen Alexandra Stakes.