Royal Ascot 2017 Latest news

After weeks of waiting and anticipating, it is finally time for Royal Ascot Horse Racing Festival 2017!  Ready to get betting?  Here is a rundown of the latest news on horses and jockeys that will be running in this year’s Royal Meeting.

• On Tuesday in the Queen Anne Stakes, the favoured horse to keep an eye on is the four-year-old Ribchester.  Richard Fahey has stated that “he’s the highest-rated horse we’ve ever had so you’d have to say he’s the best.”  Considering that Fahey has other winners under his belt, this is saying something.  Also keep an eye on American Patriot and Lightning Spear as well as Miss Temple City.

• You may know that Barney Roy finished behind Churchill at Newmarket.  Considering how unbalanced he was at that point, it actually is remarkable he finished where he did.  Now the two horses will meet again in the St. James’s Palace Stakes.  Churchill is the favourite, but most pundits agree that he has a tough contest ahead of him if he wants to emerge victorious. 

• Lady Aurelia won the Queen Mary Stakes last year, and this year will be racing in the King’s Stand Stakes.  Trainer Wesley Ward is confident in her chances, especially since she seems to race best over five furlongs. 

• Trainer Jessica Harrington is running Brother Bear in the Coventry Stakes on Tuesday.  Presently, Brother Bear is the favourite for this race.  You probably remember Harrington’s impressive win in Cheltenham when Sizing John took the Gold Cup.  If Brother Bear does win the Coventry Stakes, this will be Harrington’s first win at Royal Ascot.

• If you have been following Colin Keane’s career, you know that he is rising swiftly in the ranks of top jockeys, having recently announced the goal of riding 100 winners.  Keane himself says that his chances of a winner at Royal Ascot are not the strongest, but “we’ve a nice team going there and with a bit of luck we might get one on the board.”  That team includes Ardhoomey, set to run in the King’s Stand Stakes, Black Sails, set to run in the Albany Stakes, and Glastonbury Song, set to run in the Jersey Stakes. 

• Jockey Danny Tudhope is hoping that he will get his first win at Royal Ascot in the Norfolk Stakes riding on Consequences. 

• Those who have been hoping to see Quiet Reflection back at Royal Ascot at the Diamond Jubilee Stakes will be disappointed to know that the filly isn’t going to make it.  She also will not be running in the July Cup, but her trainer hopes she will be ready to compete again in fall. 

• Highland Reel is one impressive horse, having won the Secretariat Stakes in 2015 and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes as well as the King George VI Stakes in 2016.  And on June 2^nd, he pulled in an impressive win at the Group 1 Coronation Cup at Epsom Downs.  Now, the five-year-old will be competing in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday.  Even so, he is not the clear favourite; challengers include Jack Hobbs, winner of the Group 1 Sheema Classic in Dubai this March, Ulysses, who placed fourth in the BC Tuf, and Decorated Knight, who won the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup in May.  Any one of these horses has a shot at winning the Prince of Wales’s Stakes.

• 19 horses have been confirmed for the Commonwealth Cup on Friday.  The favourite right now is Caravaggio, who is currently unbeaten.  In fact, Caravaggio won the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot last year.

Now you are all caught up on what is going on at Royal Ascot 2017.  You can go ahead and bet on the favourites, or you can delve deeper and do the research and come up with your own strategies for choosing horses to back in this year’s Royal Meeting. Whatever approach you end up taking, one thing is guaranteed, and that is that you will have a blast betting on Royal Ascot 2017 online!  Check out the latest promotions and odds offered by reputable betting sites in the Royal Ascot 2017 page. Good luck!