Royal Ascot Tips

Ascot in Berkshire is one of the top Flat and National Hunt tracks in the UK. For 5 days in June, it showcases Royal Ascot. The best flat horses compete in 8 Group 1 races, with daily prize money of over 1 million pounds.

Favourites can be vulnerable due to the size of the fields, especially on the flat. As a Grade 1 track, it attracts the best horses, which leads to competitive fields at most of the meetings.

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If you are going to Royal Ascot then be sure to download the OLBG app to get all the latest Royal Ascot tips from OLBG horse racing tipsters. Royal Ascot is a good time of year to take advantage of some very generous free bet offers.

* All statistics below are based on the previous ten festivals at Royal Ascot

Royal Ascot Outright Favourite Statistics

• Handicaps: 17-87 (20%) -13.92
• Non-Handicaps: 66-212 (31%) -27.73

Right-handed track, race distances up to one mile are run on the straight course. The St James' Palace Stakes over one mile is run on the round course.

Ascot Racecourse Address: High St, Ascot SL5 7JX

Ascot Racecourse Telephone Number: 0344 346 3000

To buy tickets for a race day at Ascot, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

With an LSP of +81.50, the most successful stall at Royal Ascot is stall 10 when backing runners over a trip of 6f over the last five years. For the least profitable stall at Royal Ascot, you need to look at races over 1m and focus on stall 6 as this has produced an LSP of -61.00 over the last five years.

Here we have the draw bias for Royal Ascot taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Sprints (5f to 7½f)
• Mile (1m to 1m1½f)
• Middle Distance (1m2f to 1m5½f)
• Long Distance (1m6f or further)

The following table shows a breakdown over a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12), the positions will always be lowest stall number to highest.

The following owners, trainers and jockeys have enjoyed the most wins in the five big Group 1 races on each day of Royal Ascot over the past twenty years:

Day 1 – King Charles III Stakes

• Leading Trainer - Edward Lynam 2 winners and 1 place from 5 runners

• Leading Jockey - Jim Crowley 2 winners and 2 places from 10 rides

Day 2 – Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

• Leading Trainer - Aidan O'Brien 5 winners and 7 places from 24 runners

• Leading Jockey - James Doyle 3 winners from 5 rides

Day 3 – Gold Cup

• Leading Trainer - Aidan O'Brien 9 winners and 3 places from 24 runners

• Leading Jockey - Frankie Dettori 5 winners and 1 place from 17 rides

Day 4 – Commonwealth Cup

• Leading Trainer - Richard Fahey 1 winner and 2 places from 5 runners

• Leading Jockey - Frankie Dettori 2 winners and 2 places from 6 rides

Day 5 – Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes

• Leading Trainer - Charlie Appleby 2 winners and 1 place from 6 runners

• Leading Jockey - Ryan Moore 3 winners and 4 places from 19 rides

OLBG Member Teddy T has unearthed some great jockey stats for Royal Ascot particularly focused on Ryan Moore.

At face value, those odds look pretty appealing considering Moore’s impressive record but is there a way of increasing the profit level by honing in on the areas where Moore particularly excels?

The basic facts for Ryan Moore’s rides over the last ten years at Royal Ascot look like this:

Ryan Moore at Royal Ascot 2015-2024 - 315 bets for 58 wins (18% strike rate) and an LSP of -19.59.

Just backing Moore’s mounts blind in each of the last ten years would only have returned a profit twice so we need to dig deeper.

Watch out when he teams up with an Aidan O'Brien 2-year-old runner, he has won on 15 of his 55 rides (27%) for an LSP of +15.62 (+31.64 BSP).

His Group 1 rides are the source of most of the loss with an LSP of -26.83 for 79 Group 1 rides.

Consider the horse's position in the odds market too, when his rides have been either 2nd or 3rd in the market his LSP is +20.69 (21% strike rate), his LSP of those at the top of the market is -25.41 and those 4th or worse his LSP is -11.00 (8-113 7%).

You can read more on the forum thread for Royal Ascot Jockey tips where other members have joined in with further stats, tips and trends around the jockey's past performances at Royal Ascot.

Jamie Spencer may not have the best of records at Royal Ascot, but since 2008 he has ridden 258 runners and produced just 16 winners (6%) for an LSP of +20.38.

So why mention him, I hear you say with such a low strike rate and a profit made up of 2023 winners at 50/1 & 80/1.

Well, there is a way in which he has produced a steady profit year after year and that is backing his runners to place.

From his 258 rides, he has placed on a total of 71 of those, which is a 28% place strike rate, now backing all his rides eachway (5+ runner fields) does produce a profit of +101.03 but again mainly due to his 2023 winners.

However, had you backed all 258 of those on the Betfair exchange to place at SP, then the LSP would have been a very impressive +153.83! That is a profit of £1,538 if you had placed £10 on each!

This can be improved upon too, his rides over further than a mile do not produce a lot of placings, only 17 from 95 for an LSP of -27.55 so you could rule those out.

His record around the round course is not great either with 18 placings from 105 rides for an LSP of -34.91, Jamie seems much better navigating his way through on the straight course.

So if you focused on Jamie Spencer to place over no further than one mile on the straight course, then since 2008 the numbers are 153 Rides, 53 Places (35%), LSP of +177.72 (BSP) which is very good!

The most impressive thing about this is consistency, over the last sixteen festivals, using the rules above, Spencer has shown a profit in the place market in fourteen of those festivals!

Check the OLBG tipsters who are in good tipping form. We provide details on each of the tipsters by their tips. So simply drill down into the Royal Ascot tips and discover the records of the tipsters. 

OLBG every year runs a Royal Ascot tipping competition. This means the quality of the racing tips available can be even better than normal as our top tipsters are competing for even more prize money 

These 5 members topped the table Royal Ascot Tips table last year so look out for their tips for Royal Ascot 2024:

1. sheltonBL (+£814 to £10 stakes)
2. Dicky (+£618)
3. AceKing (+£554)
4. The All WeatherMan (+£554)
5. Jamesc415 (+£473)

• Check the OLBG tips pages for detailed comments on individual horses.
• Read the daily horse racing discussion on the OLBG Discord server.
• Check going and weather updates from the clerk of the course.
• Check stall placement and any early track bias.
• Look to the top trainers of the best-bred horses, note the offspring of Frankel, Galileo and Dubawi.
• Check trainers who have had previous race success in a specific race. Aidan O’Brien has won the St James Palace stakes numerous times in the last 20 years, plus he has numerous placed horses, it seems to be a race he targets with his Irish Guineas horses.
• Check previous handicap weight bands of winners of specific races, if the bulk of winners of a particular race come from the most common weight band, look deeper into those runners.

For 5 days in June, the highest quality of flat racing takes place at Ascot. 

Had you backed all Royal Ascot favourites over the last 5 years:

2024: 12 Won

Average SP of 12 Winning Favourites 3.43

Average SP of Favourites 4.12

Average Winning SP 10.39

2023: 8 Won

Average SP of 8 Winning Favourites 3.39

Average SP of Favourites 4.13

Average Winning SP 18.74

2022: 14 Won

Average SP of 14 Winning Favourites 3.28

Average SP of Favourites 3.55

Average Winning SP 10.98

2021: 9 Won

Average SP of 9 Winning Favourites 3.26

Average SP of Favourites 4.12

Average Winning SP 11.95

2020: 9 Won

Average SP of 9 Winning Favourites 3.08

Average SP of Favourites 3.54

Average Winning SP 13.41

Over the past 5 years, there have been 45 winning outright favourites and 7 joint favourites from 176 Royal Ascot races (29.55%).

Non-Handicaps: 40 winners from 124 (32.26%), £6.87 loss to £1 level stakes

Handicaps: 12 winners 70 (17.14%), £15.92 loss to £1 level stakes

2-year-old races: 8 winners from 30 (26.67%), £6.50 loss to £1 level stakes

3-year-old only: 23 winners from 74 (31.08%) £8.25 profit to £1 level stakes

3-year-olds & Up: 4 winners from 30 (13.33%) £12.84 loss to £1 level stakes

4-year-olds & Up: 17 winners from 60 (28.33%) £11.70 loss to £1 level stakes

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Royal Ascot?

Following Charles Hills would have returned a profit here at Royal Ascot with an LSP of +52.33 and their seven winners have them at the head of the profitable trainers' list. A P O'Brien does lead the trainers' list overall with forty-eight winners but shows an overall loss. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Royal Ascot and that would be C G Cox who shows the best eachway LSP which is +51.68 thanks to their fourteen placings (five winners). The trainer with the worst record at Royal Ascot based on LSP is A M Balding who has only a 4% strike rate with eight winners from one hundred eighty-eight runners who have returned an LSP of -114.00.

Ryan Moore is the leading jockey here at Royal Ascot with fifty-eight winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their rides whilst following L Dettori would have returned the most winners (thirty-two) from a profitable jockey. If you are looking for a jockey to follow in the eachway market then it is Rossa Ryan who leads the way at Royal Ascot, they have had a total of thirteen placings which includes four winners over the previous five for an eachway LSP of +80.18. A total of five winners from one hundred sixty-four rides at Royal Ascot has Silvestre De Sousa at the wrong end of the jockeys' list with their 3% strike rate and worst LSP of -137.17.

Royal Ascot Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Royal Ascot based on the number of winners:

• 43 Wins: A P O'Brien & Ryan Moore
• 17 Wins: J H M Gosden & L Dettori
• 10 Wins: Charlie Appleby & William Buick
• 5 Wins: C G Cox & Adam Kirby
• 5 Wins: Charlie Appleby & James Doyle

Royal Ascot Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Royal Ascot Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Royal Ascot hosts a total of 36 races over 5 days in June 2025.

More than enough opportunity to find an option to use your Royal Ascot offers.

There are eight Group 1 Races, complemented by a further eight Group 2 and three Group 3 races during the week.

Group Races at Royal Ascot

Group 1 Races

Beginning with the Queen Anne Stakes and completed with the Diamond Jubilee on Saturday, there is an impressive lineup of 8 top-class races during the week at Royal Ascot.

Ranging in distance from the frenetic dash of the King's Stand Stakes sprint over 5 furlongs to one of the longest races in the flat racing calendar, The Gold Cup over a gruelling two and a half miles, we will witness the very best flat trained thoroughbred horses competing this year.

Group 2 Races

Some really exciting races are encompassed in the group 2 classification, the Coventry Stakes is always a highlight and with 7 more races ranging from 5 furlongs up to 1 mile and 6 furlongs, there is real quality on show.

Group 3 Races

There is still plenty of class on show in the Hampton Court, Albany and Jersey Stakes. 

There are a further three class 1 events during the week, and eight class 2 races including heritage handicaps completing the 30-race lineup over 5 days at Ascot.

Whether you want to try to specialise in the group events or look for well-handicapped chances at big prices in the heritage events, there is not a better lineup of class racehorses on the flat all year than we see at Royal Ascot for this glorious week in June.

Below, we look into the week in more detail and which races are on which days, and offer you some help from our profitable Ascot tipsters to try to help you find winners and beat the bookies this week.

Day 1 is met with heightened anticipation as the action gets underway, punters are dressed to the nines and hoping for lots of winners to get the week off to a flying start.

Finding winners is not as easy as we have five highly competitive group events on the card.

The highlight of the day is the King Charles III Stakes.

OLBG tipsters will be competing to lift the trophy as the best Royal Ascot tipster of the week picking out their fancied runners across each of the races

The five-day Royal Ascot meeting kicks off on Tuesday with three Group 1 events on the seven-race card with the Queen Anne Stakes, King Charles II Stakes and St James's Palace Stakes all part of the British Champions Series.

Whether you are licking day 1 wounds or have heavy pockets after a successful start, day 2 is just as competitive with another 2 group events headlined by the Prince of Wales's Stakes.

Check the Royal Ascot Tipster Table to find the in-form tipsters and what they are picking on Day 2.

The feature race on the second day of Royal Ascot is the Prince of Wales's Stakes, a race which carries a prize fund of £1m and is part of the British Champions Series.

Reaching the halfway point and the top-class racing action from Ascot continues with Day three and the feature race is the marathon Gold Cup.

The OLBG Royal Ascot Tipping Competition has a clear leader and you can find out what they have tipped to win the races today in the tipster table.

There are a couple of decent handicaps on the third day of Royal Ascot, the highlight of the day though is the Ascot Gold Cup, a Group 1 marathon for the flat runners.

The Commonwealth Cup takes centre stage today, just one of five group races on the card.

There are a couple of very competitive lower-class races at the end of the day too, where big-priced winners can be found. 

Have you had winners this week? Are you looking for some Ascot tips for some big-priced winners?

A couple of British Champions Series races on the Friday at Royal Ascot, the Commonwealth Cup over six furlongs and then the Coronation Stakes over just shy of a mile.

It is the final day of Royal Ascot. No fewer than five Group races on the card, three of those being Group 1 races with the standout being the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes.

It's the final chance to check the OLBG Tipster Table and see who has been the best tipster over the first 4 days. Who are they tipping to win at Ascot today?

The final day of Royal Ascot is all about the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, a Group 1 race run over six furlongs which is part of the British Champions Series and carries a prize fund of £1m.

Of course, we need somewhere to place all our winning bets! We have written a separate guide which provides info on the best Royal Ascot betting offers.

It is a great time to open a new betting account as many bookmakers have great offers to entice you in for your royal ascot bets.

Every year OLBG host a Royal Ascot Tipster Competition which is free to enter with £500 in cash prizes to be won.

In past years there has been high-quality tipping and huge profits made by the leading tipsters.

Previous Ascot Top Tipsters

Current Top Horse Racing Tipsters

Racing tipsters are tipping every day throughout the year on OLBG and you can see which are the best on the best horse racing tipsters page.

There are many fun facts and numbers associated with Royal Ascot. Five days of racing, 300,000 racegoers call for a huge operation with lots of food and drink consumed.

• 56,000 bottles of champagne were consumed during the week
• 1000 limos and 400 helicopters will deliver racegoers to the course
• 1,200 tonnes of clotted cream will be consumed
• £7.2m in prize money will be won

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell. All of the data for Royal Ascot Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.