Ascot ground set for for opening day of Royal meeting
By Racing TV
Last Updated: Mon 15 Jun 2026
Royal Ascot will get under way on Tuesday in almost perfect conditions with the ground described as good to firm, good in places.
With only light showers until Friday at the earliest, mudlarks need not apply for Flat racing’s showpiece meeting.
Clerk of the course Chris Stickels told Sky Sports Racing: “We had a bit of light drizzle this morning, but that has cleared away and the sun is starting to come out. We are good to firm, good in places.
“We’re very happy. We had what for us was a very useful wet couple of weeks at the beginning of the month. That gave us some moisture and we’ve needed to do a little watering, particularly on the straight course, just to maintain that.
“We’d want to be mainly good to firm and that is what we’ll be. I think it will go good to firm tomorrow through racing and then we’ll try to maintain that.
“It does look like it will be mainly dry with the chance of an odd shower on Wednesday and Thursday and maybe some thundery showers on Friday, but we’re too far away to be sure of that.”
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