From the Breeders’ Cup Media Team:

OMBUDSMAN DOMINATES TOP FOES IN PRINCE OF WALES’S TRIUMPH

Win By Favorite Comes Day After Longshots Conquer Challenge Series Races
 
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 17, 2026) – Europe’s finest turf horses, as well as several invaders from across the globe, continued top-flight competition on Day Two of the Royal Ascot meeting highlighted by Ombudsman’s dominating win in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1).
To read this week’s recap, click here, or view the Challenge Series schedule here.
At Royal Ascot, there are four opportunities to punch a ticket to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships this fall through the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In – an international series of stakes races, the winners of which receive automatic starting positions with fees paid into a corresponding race of the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course Oct. 30-31. Click here for the Ascot Challenge Series race previews.
Each of the races will receive extensive television and streaming coverage in the United States by NBC Sports. The coverage continues Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBC, and continues through Friday (beginning each day at 8:30 a.m. ET). NBC and Peacock will present a live 4.5-hour Royal Ascot program on Saturday, June 20, starting at 9 a.m. ET.