Like Saratoga, Royal Ascot unveils lightly raced 2-year-olds with regal bloodlines from the best stables. On Saturday, the venerable Norfolk Stakes (G2) will showcase potential stars going 5 furlongs in the first race (9:30 a.m. ET, NBC) on the meeting’s last day. First run in 1843 as the New Stakes, it has aged well. It was renamed in 1973 to honor the 16th Duke of Norfolk, whose pedigree dates to 1397, more than three centuries before the roya…
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