Royal Ascot 2022: Confident punter puts £110,000 bet on Bay Bridge in Prince of Wales’s Stakes

Star jockey Frankie Dettori, gearing up for his final Royal Ascot, will have a cracking chance of signing off with victory in one of the meeting's main events following the news he will replace Richard Kingscote on Desert Crown, who this week produced a piece of work that left gallop watchers drooling. That leg stretch on the gallops in Newmarket…

Sandown's Brigadier Gerard Stakes - which takes place on Thursday evening - might only have Group 3 status but the names of Sir Michael Stoute's 11 winners of the race spanning four decades is a rollcall of many of the best middle-distance performers he has trained. In fact, most of his winners have used the race as a springboard towards winning,…

Shahryar will bid to become the first Japanese-trained horse to win a race at Royal Ascot when he lines up in Wednesday's (15 June) G1 Prince of Wales's Stakes (2003m). After winning last year's G1 Tokyo Yushun (2400m) - also known as the Japanese Derby - the four-year-old made his mark on the international scene when beating a strong field in the…

The New Bay colt - who this time last year was winning a handicap at York off a mark of 105 - looked a star in the making himself when running out a most impressive winner of the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown in May. He went from there to the Prince of Wales's Stakes, finishing second to State Of Rest, before picking up a knock when the beaten…

Bay Bridge will have his first run since being a beaten favourite in the Coral-Eclipse when he lines up in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot, with co-owner James Wigan admitting he would be happy to settle for minor honours. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained four-year-old has had just three runs this season, winning the Brigadier Gerard at Sandown in…

Bay Bridge will have his first run since being a beaten favourite in the Coral-Eclipse when he lines up in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot, with co-owner James Wigan admitting he would be happy to settle for minor honours. The Sir Michael Stoute -trained four-year-old has had just three runs this season, winning the Brigadier Gerard at Sandown…

Bay Bridge has been given the green light to take on Baaeed in the Qipco British Champion Stakes at Ascot, despite joint-owner James Wigan describing his chances of winning as "rather a forlorn hope". Bay Bridge won all four of his races last year and took the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown in impressive style on his seasonal debut in May. The…

Bay Bridge has been given the green light to take on Baaeed in the Qipco British Champion Stakes at Ascot, despite joint-owner James Wigan describing his chances of winning as "rather a forlorn hope". Bay Bridge won all four of his races last year and took the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown in impressive style on his seasonal debut in May. The…

Bay Bridge has been given the green light to take on Baaeed in the Qipco British Champion Stakes at Ascot, despite joint-owner James Wigan describing his chances of winning as "rather a forlorn hope". Bay Bridge won all four of his races last year and took the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown in impressive style on his seasonal debut in…

Sir Michael Stoute will continue to weigh up his options for Bay Bridge as the colt nears a return to action. From the first crop of foals sired by Prix du Jockey Club winner New Bay, he notched up five successive wins in taking the Group Three Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown on his seasonal debut in May. He was then beaten a length by State Of…

Sir Michael Stoute will continue to weigh up his options for Bay Bridge as the colt nears a return to action. From the first crop of foals sired by Prix du Jockey Club winner New Bay, he notched up five successive wins in taking the Group Three Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown on his seasonal debut in May. He was then beaten a length by State Of…

The Coral Eclipse runners and riders for the 2022 renewal are starting to take shape as a high-class field of middle distance performers battle it out for the £448363 top prize. We take a look at the 2022 Coral Eclipse runners and riders ahead of this weekend's huge Sandown Park Group One race. VADENI @ 15/8 with 888Sport Trainer: J-C…

State Of Rest held off odds-on favourite Bay Bridge to win the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot. Shane Crosse dictated the pace perfectly on the 5-1 winner to give him and trainer Joseph O'Brien their first victory at the meeting. The Irish challenger beat the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Bay Bridge by a length, with Grand Glory in…

A supremely confident punter has placed an eye-watering £110000 bet on Bay Bridge in the Prince of Wales's Stakes. The four-year-old is currently a short-priced favourite for the Price of Wales's Stakes (3.40) on Wednesday's Royal Ascot action. One punter bet £110000 at 10/11 odds with Star Sports as they clearly feel comfortable that the…

The Prince Of Wales's Stakes is the feature race on day two of Royal Ascot. The Group 1 contest is run over 1m 2f and it is open to four-year-olds and above. Five runners have been declared to contest this year's renewal of the middle-distance contest, including Sir Michael's Stoute's colt Bay Bridge, Japanese Derby winner Shahryar, Dubai Turf…

Sportsmail's expert tipster Sam Turner delivers his verdict ahead of day two at Royal Ascot. 2.30: LOVE REIGNS hails from an American trainer who has won this race four times and he rates this year's runner on a par with those champions. The US raider overcame a sluggish start on debut at Keeneland to blitz her rivals from the turn and register a…

Top tipster Simon Rowlands has two selections on Wednesday at Royal Ascot, live on Sky Sports Racing, as the Prince Of Wales's Stakes takes centre stage. Following the red-hot competition of the opening day at Royal Ascot, Wednesday's card boasts quantity to go with the quality in most areas. The Group One Prince of Wales's Stakes (3.40) is the…

The Prince Of Wales's Stakes has been won by overseas-trained horses on just 12 occasions and Shahryar is bidding for a particularly special slice of history on Wednesday. Nine runners from Japan have competed at Royal Ascot but none have finished higher than sixth, a place achieved most recently by Mitsuru Hashida's Deirdre in the 2019 renewal of…

Sky Sports Racing ambassador Hollie Doyle assesses the chances of her three rides on day two of the Royal Meeting and expects a big run from Bay Bridge in the Group 1 feature, the Prince Of Wales's Stakes. The best of my three rides for my boss Archie Watson on Wednesday must be the classy TEMPUS in the Royal Hunt Cup, a traditional cavalry charge…

The most lucrative meeting in the UK is racing into sight… but how much prize money is on offer for every race at Royal Ascot 2022? The five-day festival, which runs from June 14 to June 18, is worth a total of £8652500, which represents an 18 per cent increase on the sums on offer in 2019. All 35 races on the schedule will be run at least £100000…

Mirror Racing asked the leading bookies which horses they don't want to win, with punters expecting decent payouts if the likes of Golden Pal and Bay Bridge live up to the hype Royal Ascot is here again with its top class racing, fashion and entertainment throughout the week. The five-day fixture, summer's biggest occasion for fans of the sport,…

ROYAL ASCOT gets underway next Tuesday - but already punters have been placing thousands on their most fancied runners. The pinnacle of the Flat racing season attracts all the top superstars. And with some clear favourites for their respective races, it's obvious punters are backing the big names to oblige. But just where is the money going and who…

Tony McFadden highlights the significant changes to the Timeform ratings, headlined by Bay Bridge's Brigadier Gerard Stakes success. No winner of the Brigadier Gerard Stakes this century - not even Derby winner Workforce - put up a better performance in the race than Bay Bridge, who earned a Timeform rating of 128p (from 119p) for his scintillating…