Royal Ascot Betting / Joe Dyer / 19 June 2009 / Leave a comment

It's the final day of Royal Ascot but Big Mac and Gary are still bullish about their chances of winning...

Big Mac says: "My Thursday was ruined after that fat guesser somehow managed to pick Radiohead in the first - and at a Betfair SP of [14.0], too, with the industry return only 10-1. How lucky can a fat man get? (hopefully very lucky if the man in question is me).

"But that creature has no stamina - the last exercise he did was when wiggling his legs coming out of the womb - and he will tie up in the closing stages.

"Mac to get up on the line in the Battle Of The Bulge!"

Golden Jubilee Stakes (3.45)

I was at Windsor when JJ The Jet Plane won and I was hailing him as the best horse ever to race on the course, alongside with the mighty Halling. Mike De Kock came on ATR before the race and told all the South African ex-pats to lump and he ran a great trial for this; giving weight and a trouncing to second-raters would have teed him up nicely for this prize. He is a superstar and at around [4.0] he is a decent bet.

Wokingham Stakes (4.25)

I like Jimmy Styles in the Wokingham. It may be unoriginal as he is the 11-2 favourite in a 28-runner field but he is very progressive, is ideally drawn in stall one and is from the red hot Clive Cox stable.That'll do for me.

Queen Alexandra Stakes (5.35)

I like Halla San in the marathon contest. He is not far off on the ratings, is in fair nick, should love the trip and hails from the in-form Fahey stable, who got on the Ascot scoresheet with a 66-1 winner on Thursday.

Like the look of JJ The Jet Plane, Jimmy Styles and Halla San? Back them in a multiple here.

Lay of the Day.

It is all about price in this game and i think Doctor Fremantle is too short in the Hardwicke at 7-4 on Betfair. He is a high class animal has always promised more than he has delivered, and connections were expecting him to win by more than a nose on his reappearance. He could be vulnerable.

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Gary Wiltshire says: "After Radiohead scored as expected on Thursday - though the Betfair SP of [14.0] staggered me, as I thought it would be 13-2 - I seem to have left a certain grandad trailing in my considerable wake. I surely can't lose it from there - that would involve Big Mac having a winner and he hasn't done that for the duration of Channel 4 career. It's a pity he wasn't that good at identifying losers when he was a bookmaker!

Golden Jubilee Stakes (3.45)

Mike De Kock left to bit to work on when JJ The Jet Plane ran at Windsor, but he still romped home. He had high class form in South Africa and he can step up the plate here in this high class international field.

Hardwicke Stakes (3.05)

Doctor Fremantle looks a class above these. He only scrambled home at Chester on his reappearance but presumably he will come on for that run and the balance of his three-year-old form, including a Derby fourth, suggests that he should eat these.

Queen Alexandra Stakes (5.35)

I love to play in the last race of the day and Caracciola in the Queen Alexandra. He is a tremendous racehorse - he is amazing for a 12yo - and Nicky Henderson is superb with his stayers on the Flat.

Will Wiltshire get the upper hand on day five? Back his multiple here.

Lay of the Day

The highlight of the week has been the performance of the American juveniles and the betting surrounding them, I think the betting is now showing them too much respect, so i am opposing Honor In Peace in the Chesham.