Ascot Racecourse Signs Deal With Garrard To Become Track's Official Trophy Supplier

Ascot Racecourse announced that Garrard has been designated the official supplier of trophies, silverware and glassware at Ascot Racecourse in a three-year deal. Ascot Commercial Dir Juliet Slot: "Garrard’s design of the five new pure gold plated sterling silver cups, which they are now busy creating, have been selected and approved by Her Majesty’s Representative and the Trustees of Ascot. ... Although Garrard are keeping these designs secret until closer to Royal Ascot." The races for which trophies are given at Royal Ascot are the Gold Cup, the Royal Hunt Cup and the Queen’s Vase. Later in the year, such trophies are awarded for the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes in July and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in October (both races sponsored by QIPCO). Garrard was Crown Jewellers for 164 years and regularly supplied trophies to Ascot (Ascot).