The opening leg of Saturday’s Scoop6 is the Group 3 Princess Elizabeth Stakes which is scheduled for 2:05pm. This race for fillies and mares is over 1m½f is set to have 9 runners go to post.
The biggest field this week comes in leg two with the 20-runner Betfred ‘Dash’ Handicap at 3:15pm. This 5f sprint has had winners at odds ranging from 6/1 to 33/1 in recent years.
The Epsom Derby will run at leg three, due off at 4pm. The £2m prize fund, a record for the race, has attracted a field of 14 runners this year. Aidan O’Brien sends a team of four runners, spearheaded by Benvenuto Cellini and Ryan Moore, in a bid to win Derby number twelve for the Irish trainer.
Three handicaps, each worth £75k make up the final three legs, starting with the 1m2f Lester Piggott Handicap at 4:40pm. The penultimate leg at 5:20pm will be the Northern Dancer Handicap which is run over the same 1m4f distance as the Derby. The sixth and final leg at 5:55 is the JRA Tokyo Trophy Handicap, a Class 2 6f sprint.
Scoop6 Races on Saturday 6th June 2026
- Leg 1: 2:05 @ Epsom – Princess Elizabeth Stakes
- Leg 2: 3:15 @ Epsom – Betfred ‘Dash’ Handicap
- Leg 3: 4:00 @ Epsom – Betfred Derby
- Leg 4: 4:40 @ Epsom – Cherryfield (Croydon) Lester Piggott Handicap
- Leg 5: 5:20 @ Epsom – HKJC World Pool Northern Dancer Handicap
- Leg 6: 5:55 @ Epsom – JRA Tokyo Trophy Handicap
The Scoop6 takes place every Saturday and occasionally through the week during big meetings such as the Cheltenham Festival, Kempton’s Christmas Festival, Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood.
The six races, known as legs, can be at one single meeting or across a number of meetings. Originally these races would have all been televised by a domestic broadcaster, such as ITV racing. Now they can be a mix of televised and non-televised afternoon races depending on field size, favouring races with more runners.
The Scoop6 itself is made up of a win fund for picking six winners and a place fund for those selecting six placed horses. If the prize fund isn’t won, it rolls over to the next available Scoop6.
