National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame to play host to Royal Ascot Tea Party, presented by Brown Road Racing, on June 20
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will play host to a Royal Ascot Tea Party on Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event is presented by Brown Road Racing. In celebration of the prestigious Royal Ascot race meeting in England, guests are invited to gather in their most splendid hats and race-day attire for a delightful affair steeped in the elegant traditions of British racing society.
The Royal Ascot Tea Party festivities will include:
- Dainty lite bites, fine teas, and refreshing mocktails
- Live racing broadcast from Royal Ascot in the Hall of Fame
- Design your own race-day badge
- Graceful models and display tables from the shoppe Gilded
- Decoupage and arts and crafts
- Complimentary Sisterly sachet
- A 50/50 raffle and gift auction
- An authentic set of racing silks belonging to Queen Elizabeth II from the Museum Collection will be on display throughout the event
Purchase tickets here: Royal Ascot Tea Party tickets
Royal Ascot is a unique event that combines top-class racing with British royal tradition and social occasion. The meeting has evolved from a single race on Berkshire heathland into a globally recognized festival that attracts racing fans from around the world. The story began in 1711, when Queen Anne, out riding near Windsor, remarked that the flat ground looked ideal for horses to gallop at full stretch. The first race, known as Her Majesty’s Plate, was held on Aug. 11, 1711. Ascot was later designated as “Royal Ascot” in 1825, and the meeting became a fixture of the British social calendar.
The Royal Meeting, held in June each year, remains the highlight of the British summer social calendar, attracting more than 350,000 spectators for the week. At 2 p.m. sharp, each of the five days begins with the Royal Procession — the arrival of the royal party in horse-drawn landaus, which parade along the track in front of the racegoers. The inaugural Royal Procession was in 1825 when King George IV led four other coaches with members of the Royal party up the Straight Mile. A diarist commented that the “whole thing looked very splendid.”
