{"id":57111,"date":"2025-07-26T06:33:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=57111"},"modified":"2025-07-26T08:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T08:01:13","slug":"ascot-king-george-vi-and-queen-elizabeth-stakes-stats-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ascot-king-george-vi-and-queen-elizabeth-stakes-stats-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"WEIRD 28-Year Ascot King George Stat Against Jan Brueghel and Rebel’s Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

There will only be five Ascot King George runners heading to post on Saturday – but despite the small field – you can certainly make big cases for four of them. Including the expected favourite Jan Brueghel, who will be looking to give trainer Aidan O’Brien a fifth victory in the race.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, if Jan Brueghel is to add to the Ballydoyle successes in the Ascot King George – there is a monster 28-year stat he (and also Rebel’s Romance) must overcome.<\/p>\n

Since 1997 Only ONE Ascot King George Winner Has Come From Stall 1 or 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Okay, horse racing fans will be shouting – there are only five Ascot King George runners this year.<\/p>\n

Plus, with the race being run over a trip of 1m4f – then why should the draw even come into play when trying to find the winner?<\/p>\n

However, if we rewind back to the Epsom Derby in June – which is also run over 1m4f – there have been some ‘bogey stalls’, <\/em>that for some reason have poor returns, in that contest too.<\/p>\n

You might remember us telling you stalls 2, 11, 16 and 20 have NEVER produced a Derby winner since the starting gates were introduced in 1967.<\/p>\n

And it’s one of those ‘graveyard’ numbers – STALL 2 – that has also eluded a lot of Ascot King George hopefuls over the years.<\/p>\n

In the last 28 runnings of the race – remarkably we’ve only seen ONE Ascot King George winner start the race from gate 2.<\/p>\n

And the same crazy trend applies to stall 1 – with only ONE winner from that berth too.<\/p>\n

Now, there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason for this and unlike the Derby, the King George tends to also have fewer runners – so less traffic issue and all that.<\/p>\n

In short – it’s a bizarre stat that’s built up over the years – one that some will dismiss easily, while others might continue to back the trend.<\/p>\n

Regardless – all this means two of the fancies runners with horse racing betting sites<\/a> – Jan Brueghel (stall 2) and Rebel’s Romance (stall 1) – both have this strange trend to overcome.<\/p>\n

The only Ascot King George winner from stall 2 since 1997 was Harbinger in 2010.<\/p>\n

While the only gate 1 winner in the race since 1999 was Daylami back in 1999.<\/p>\n

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Ascot King George Stalls 1 and 2 Have A Poor Recent Record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But What About The Average King George Field Size?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Some might ask this too – as generally the bigger fields at Ascot on the round course will favour higher numbers (7-8).<\/p>\n

However, the average King George field size since 1997 (if we take out when it was run at Newbury in 2005)<\/em> is still only eight.<\/p>\n

And this average goes down even more to 7.5 in the last 15 years.<\/p>\n

Which further adds to this weird draw stat that’s built up.<\/p>\n

What Has Been The Winning-Most Ascot King George Stall?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In contrast to the dire record in the King George from horses coming out of stalls 1 and 2 – this means there’s been several with much better records.<\/p>\n

Step forward gates 3 and 4.<\/p>\n

In the last 14 runnings – stalls 3 and 4 have produced a healthy 57% return with EIGHT winners – four each.<\/p>\n

So, applying that to this year’s race – we can probably rule out pacemaker and 100\/1 shot Continuous in gate 3.<\/p>\n

But many feel the French raider Calandagan heads here with a big say and with stall 4 – maybe his chance has just got better.<\/p>\n

King George <\/strong>VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes <\/span><\/strong>Runners 2025 and Stalls\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Horse<\/b><\/td>\nStall<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calandagan<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan Brueghel<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kalpana<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rebel’s Romance<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Continuous<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes<\/span> Race Details 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n

See below the details for the 2025 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.<\/p>\n

With the Ascot Group One being broadcast live on the ITV Racing schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc5Date: Saturday 26th July 2025
\n\u231aTime: 4:10pm
\n\ud83c\udfc3Trip: 1m 4f
\n\ud83c\udfc6Grade: Group One<\/span><\/span>
\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Ascot
\n\ud83d\udcb7Winner: \u00a3850,650
\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: RTV \/ ITV Racing<\/p>\n

Rebel’s Romance Also Has Another HUGE Ascot King George Stat To Overcome<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Godolphin’s globetrotting Rebel’s Romance is a horse a lot of punters would have backed over the years.<\/p>\n

This veteran 7 year-old has run in 26 races around the world and amassed a stonking \u00a310,805,099 in total prize money.<\/p>\n

He was last in action winning the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot in June (watch below).<\/p>\n

However, at the age of 7 – this Charlie Appleby runner has another of the big Ascot King George trends<\/a> against him.<\/p>\n

Since the current format of the race was first run in 1951 – EVERY winner has been aged 6 or younger.<\/p>\n

Meaning Rebel’s Romance – if he can win on Saturday – would be become the oldest EVER Ascot King George winner.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Rebel’s Romance Winning The Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot<\/strong><\/h3>\n