Horse racing tips for Ascot today

There’s no such thing as a certainty in horse racing and those who decided to back day one ‘banker’ Churchill found out the hard way, as one of the so-called good things of the week bit the dust at odds of 1/2. The loss must have been even more painful for two high rollers who are reported to have casually wagered £100,000 and £175,000 respectively on the horse, but if one should only bet what one can afford to lose these punters must have been particularly well heeled, even by Royal Ascot’sstandards.

Still, the bookies didn’t have it all their own way yesterday with Ribchester doing the business in the opener with tip for second Mutakayyef chasing the selection home to land a 1-2 . Thunder Snow also held on to 3rd in Churchill’s race to send us into the Wednesday of the meeting on the front foot.

Racing experts at betting data site Bet Bonus Code have crunched the numbers and here are the stats to bear in mind along with the top tips for every race on day two so you too can bet like royalty.

Top Wednesday Royal Ascot betting stats:

1. The feature race, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes has been good to favourites over the years, with market leaders winning on 50% of the occasions.

2. Two of the last ten winners of the race have been trained by Aiden O’Brien, but the trainer endured a disappointing start to the meeting drawing a blank on Tuesday with Churchill only managing fourth and Declarationofpeace, the big gamble in the 5.35 coming stone last.

3. The Royal Hunt Cup has been a graveyard for favourites with only one justifying their position in the market in the last decade.

4. Don’t worry if your fancy comes into the race in patchy form – only 3 of the last 10 Royal Hunt Cup winners had enjoyed a victory in the season leading up to Royal Ascot.

5. The Queen stunned hat punters by opting for a 20/1 shot lime green number on the first day of the meeting. Yellow is the favourite for day two at 3/1, followed by blue at 4/1.

Race by race tips

Wednesday

2:30, Jersey Stakes

Dream Castle (7/2) ran well behind Tuesday’s impressive winner Barney Roy last time at Newbury and with track and conditions to suit he looks set to make Josephine Gordon Royal Ascot’s second victorious female jockey in 30 years. Irish runner Glastonbury Song (20/1) would be a timely winner and those heading to Worthy Farm later on in the week could do worse than having a few quid on each way with the horse likely to find some improvement. In a wide open race, Escobar (20/1) is another runner with place claims at a fair price if he can live up to his early career promise.