Antepost bets for Royal Ascot

[Middle_Of_March]

So I saw there was a thread like this for Cheltenham so I thought I’d start one for Royal Ascot.

For me, I’ve got:
– Al Wukair @ 5/1 and 6/1 as the main antepost bet in the St James’ Palace.

– Fas @ 16/1 for the Commonwealth Cup

– Main Desire @ 6/1 for the Queen Mary

And will soon play a multiple with Minding, Lady Aurelia, Ribchester and Order of St George.

What we gone for folks?

[CharlesOlney]

I think you can still get 20/1 about Fas with SkyBet and Ladbrokes if you have accounts with them.

So far I only have Alice Springs at 16/1 for the Queen Anne and Marsha at 16/1 for the Kings Stand.

Thinking about 10/1 Bound For Nowhere (Commonwealth) and 6/1 Somehow (Duke of Cambridge).

[stevecaution]

I’ve got Blue Point at 9/1 and Fas at 20/1 for the Commonwealth.

I did Solow for the Queen Anne but he’s out, so I did Ribchester at 7/2 for the race instead, prior to his Lockinge win.

I did Wesley Ward’s Fairyland at 8/1 for the Queen Mary but she’s going for the Albany instead. I think that’s a big mistake myself, with today’s winner Alpha Centauri likely to line up a warm order and Wesley’s filly is unlikely to have the physical stature advantage over Jessica Harrington’s horse that some of his previous Ascot runners have had. Alpha Centauri is huge herself!

I have been waiting on odds for Richard Hannon’s Denaar, since his debut win. He screamed Coventry to me that day. He’s paid for his bet, as I had him at 15/8 yesterday. Bookies went 20/1 so I had some of that. O’Brien’s horse was impressive last time but he beat nothing special at long odds-on. I expect Denaar to progress again and not that long after I backed him the price was cut. He’s 10/1 at best now. I think he’ll go close and 20/1 is OK I feel.

I haven’t had many bets this year, so many races are up in the air regarding who will be running. The picture should be clearer after the Derby.

I am happy with Ribchester at 7/2, I feel he’ll be very tough to beat and Galileo Gold’s connections seem all at sea regarding what to do with him now. There was even talk of going for a soft race to try to regain some confidence.

Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.

[Middle_Of_March]

stevecaution wrote:

I’ve got Blue Point at 9/1 and Fas at 20/1 for the Commonwealth.

I did Solow for the Queen Anne but he’s out, so I did Ribchester at 7/2 for the race instead, prior to his Lockinge win.

I did Wesley Ward’s Fairyland at 8/1 for the Queen Mary but she’s going for the Albany instead. I think that’s a big mistake myself, with today’s winner Alpha Centauri likely to line up a warm order and Wesley’s filly is unlikely to have the physical stature advantage over Jessica Harrington’s horse that some of his previous Ascot runners have had. Alpha Centauri is huge herself!

I have been waiting on odds for Richard Hannon’s Denaar, since his debut win. He screamed Coventry to me that day. He’s paid for his bet, as I had him at 15/8 yesterday. Bookies went 20/1 so I had some of that. O’Brien’s horse was impressive last time but he beat nothing special at long odds-on. I expect Denaar to progress again and not that long after I backed him the price was cut. He’s 10/1 at best now. I think he’ll go close and 20/1 is OK I feel.

I haven’t had many bets this year, so many races are up in the air regarding who will be running. The picture should be clearer after the Derby.

I am happy with Ribchester at 7/2, I feel he’ll be very tough to beat and Galileo Gold’s connections seem all at sea regarding what to do with him now. There was even talk of going for a soft race to try to regain some confidence.

Harrington said regarding her fully that she weighs 330 which is the same as her NH horses. And she’s a 2 year old filly.

I do love a Wesley Ward 2 year old for Royal Ascot and tend to find the right one every year (probably more luck than judgement) but usually I wait until the weekend beforehand to really study his runners.

It’s not that they are better horses. It’s that they are usually much bigger in size than the British challengers.

[Middle_Of_March]

Caravaggio in lots of multiples until Ascot now

If he’s beaten, hopefully it’s by Fas who I already played but I will be backing Caravaggio for the race from now onwards.

I should never have doubted him. My main antepost for Ascot last year. I was worried despite having a few commonwealth cup multiples of him at 7/2. Even in my most optimistic mind, I couldn’t see him showing that turn of foot again.

Poor opposition but he’d have been everything performing like that.

[Venture to Cognac]

Royal Hunt Cup
Bossy Guest 33’s to 50’s
Von Blucher 50’s

Ascot Gold Cup
Sheikhzayedroad 14’s

Ribblesdale
Astronomys Choice 25’s

Wokingham
Big Time 33’s to 46’s
Aeolus 33’s

Will add another couple Ante-Post in The Hunt Cup, and The Wokingham, but don’t expect too many more.

[Voleur]

So far:

Ascot Gold Cup – Torcedor 16/1

Commonwealth Cup – Caravaggio 5/1

Coventry – Declarationfopeace 8/1

King’s Stand – Marsha 6/1

Ascot Stakes – Rashaan 16/1

Albany – Alpha Centauri 3/1

[Middle_Of_March]

Chelsea Lad for the Saturday handicap (Royal Hunt Cup)at 14s looks a decent price.

[Nathan Hughes]

Son of the Stars 11/1 Britannia
Harry Angel 10/1, 8/1 Commonwealth
Qemah 14/1 Queen Anne
Cloth of Stars 8/1 Prince of Wales
Wall of Fire 33/1 Gold Cup……
Barney Roy 4/1 St James Palace
Declarationofpeace 12/1 Coventry

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