Royal Ascot Day One Betting Tips PT 1

Now that the biggest feature of the flat season is finally upon us – and the summer social season is now in full swing – attentions are turning to Royal Ascot as the five day showpiece is set to unfold in Berkshire. This years iteration of the race meeting has so much talent set to blossom over what many expect to be an absolutely gorgeous few days of horse racing with the weather forecast featuring hot weather.

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This means firm ground and that's going to play to the benefit of the majority of the North American horses that will be shipping in to take on Europe's best in the assortment of high-profile Group 1 contests.

There is a lot to like about the opening days action and one of the biggest bankers in the entire festival is set to run in the debut contest in the Queen Anne as Ribchester looks to be taking even more betting volume in the ante post markets over the weekend as the firmer going looks to be playing to his strengths.

He had been bet down all the way to an even money price tag late last week with only Lightning Spear and Mutakayyaf emerging as single digit prices to take him on and get the upset victory in the first race of Royal Ascot. Right now, you'll find Ribchester trading at a best price of 5/6 and that's an indication that he is surely going to take even more money over the next couple of days.

That's also leaving out the fact that a large assortment of punters are likely using the Godolphin charge as a banker in a number of multi-race contests that will be unfolding over the next couple of days. With punters looking to get some odds-on fancies combined up with a couple of longer odds selections in their accumulator tickets, you have Ribchester very much emerging as the bogey horse for the bookmakers.