The Royal Lodge Stakes is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for two year old colts and geldings run over a distance of 1 mile at Ascot Racecourse during September. (worth £100,000 in 2004). Conditions races are horse races for the very best of horses and are split into: Pattern Races Group 1 - (Classics and other races of major international importance) Group 2 - (less important international races) Group 3 - (primarily domestic races) and Listed Races - have less prestige than the group races but are... Horse racing in the United Kingdom is generally of three types, and is a major contributor to the UK economy. ... Flat racing is a term commonly used in the United Kingdom to denote a form of horse-racing which is run over a predetermined distance and in which the horses are not required to jump over obstacles such as hurdles or fences as in National Hunt racing. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... A gelding is a castrated animal—specifically, a castrated male horse. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Ascot Racecourse is a racecourse, located in the village of Ascot in the English county of Berkshire. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ...