The Queen ready to roast bookies at sweltering Royal Ascot with a Reach For The Moon win to cost them the crown jewels

The Queen is at Royal Ascot. She's going to win the Reach For The Moon.

The Queen's horse Reach For The Moon is the favourite for the Hampton Court Stakes on Thursday. The horse is trained by John Gosden and will be ridden by Frankie Dettori. He is 4-5 favourite with Ladbrokes. The five-day Festival gets underway on Tuesday. It's hot and dry at Royal Ascot.

The Queen has owned 23 winners at Royal Ascot. Her most memorable one was the Gold Cup in 2013. Here are the Queen's other significant wins: Choir Boy, Aureole, Landau, Restoration, Above Suspicion, Hopeful Venture, Magna Carta, Expansive, Colour Sargeant, Blueprint, Free Agent, Butress, 2012 Queen’s Vase and Estimate.

The Queen's horses are popular bets at Royal Ascot. Her Majesty is expected to watch the meeting at home. She could have as many as ten horses across the five days. Reach For The Moon is a banker bet in the Hampton Court Stakes on Thursday. King's Lynn is trained by Andrew Balding and is first up in Tuesday's King’s Stand Stake. Perfect Alibi is an 11-1 chance for the Queen”s Vase on Wednesday. Just Fine is 5-2 chance in Friday's Duke Of Edinburgh Stages. Discretion is 12-5 for Sandringham and Spring Is Sprung 20-30 for Holyroodhouse Stables.