Six World Pool events in six days
World Pool
26/07/2024
Ascot kickstarts huge week with World Pool in action in the UK, South Africa and Germany
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Hukum (blue silks) got the better of Westover in last year’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Credit: Focus on Racing)
Friday 26 July 2024 – World Pool will be in operation across six meetings from Saturday 27 July to Thursday 1 August, with the globally commingled pools run and powered by the Hong Kong Jockey Club returning to the UK, South Africa and Germany.
Ascot’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day marks the beginning of the busy period, with a full card of eight World Pool races, featuring the Group 1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes which produced one of the great races of last season, as Hukum got the better of Westover in a thrilling finish.
Seven bet types – Win, Place, Quinella, Quinella Place (Swinger), Forecast (Exacta), Tierce (Trifecta) and Treble (pick the winner in three selected races) – will be available on the Ascot card to global punters from 28 different countries.
On Sunday 28, World Pool turns its attention to a dual raceday, with a full card of races from South Africa for Greyville’s Champions Cup Day, in which World Pool will continue to be the title sponsor of the meeting, including the World Pool Gold Cup. At the same time the global pools will also return to Germany, debuting at Munich Racecourse with two races on Grosser Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen Day.
Five bet types – Win, Place, Quinella, Quinella Place (Swinger) and Forecast (Exacta) – will be offered at Greyville, while in addition the Tierce (Trifecta) will also be available to punters on the action from Munich.
World Pool will then make a swift return to the UK, for the first three days of the Goodwood Festival, beginning with Goodwood Cup Day on Tuesday 30 July, and followed by Sussex Stakes Day (Wednesday 31 July) and Nassau Stakes Day (Thursday 1 August).
Last year, the three days at Goodwood produced some excellent performances, with Quickthorn’s win in the Goodwood Cup chosen as the World Pool Moment of the Day on the opening Tuesday, while Big Evs’ Molecomb Stakes win and Novus’ handicap triumph were fellow winners on the following two days.
The grooms of Quickthorn, Big Evs and Novus each received a £4,000 prize and once again there will be three Moments of the Day chosen at Goodwood, following a Moment of the Day on King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day at Ascot and on Champions Cup Day from Greyville.
All racedays bar Grosser Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen Day were part of the World Pool roster in 2023, with Champions Cup Day seeing the highest turnover of HK$292.2m from all World Pool bet types, followed by the HK$287.3m accumulated from World Pool bet types taken on King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day.
Sam Nati, Head of Commingling at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, said: “We’re excited to be back at Ascot on Saturday to kickstart one of our busiest periods of World Pool activity, with six meetings upcoming in the next week from the UK, South Africa and Germany.
“The King George is usually one of the races of the season in the UK, while both Champions Cup Day and Goodwood feature wonderfully competitive racing that our global customers are sure to enjoy.
“It’s also a pleasure to be adding our first races from Munich Racecourse to the World Pool roster, and we look forward to bringing two races on Grosser Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen Day to a global audience.”
Upcoming World Pool events in the next two months:
July
Saturday 27: King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes Day – Ascot Racecourse (F)
Sunday 28: Champions Cup Day – Greyville Racecourse (F)
Sunday 28: Grosser Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen Day – Munich Racecourse (P)
Tuesday 30: Goodwood Cup Day – Goodwood Racecourse (F)
Wednesday 31: Sussex Stakes Day – Goodwood Racecourse (F)
August
Thursday 1: Nassau Stakes Day – Goodwood Racecourse (F)
Sunday 4: Preis der Diana – German Oaks Day – Düsseldorf Racecourse (P)
Sunday 11: Grosser Preis von Berlin Day – Hoppegarten Racecourse (P)
Wednesday 21: International Stakes Day – York Racecourse (F)
Thursday 22: Yorkshire Oaks Day – York Racecourse (F)
Friday 23: Nunthorpe Stakes Day – York Racecourse (F)
*F: Full meeting - World Pool coverage on all races in the relevant meeting
P: Part meeting - World Pool coverage only on selected races in the relevant meeting
S: Single race - World Pool coverage only on this race in the relevant meeting
