Royal Ascot Top Jockey Betting

The Royal Ascot top jockey betting sees Johnny Murtagh installed as the even money favourite with totesport to be top jockey at Royal Ascot. Other key players in the market are Ryan Moore are 9/4 with Frankie Dettori the 5/1 chance and last years champion jockey Jamie Spenser at 11/1 and last year Royal Ascot top jockey Jimmy Fortune at 14/1. The fact that Murtagh has a terrific book of rides throughout the five days, including red-hot favoutites such as Henrythenavigator, Yeats and Duke Of Marmalade. as he rides for Aidan O’Brien who will also be strongly represented in the juvenile races, so it will probably have been a disappointing week for the Ballydoyle team if Murtagh can’t land the top jockey award.

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In other Royal Asoct betting news fast ground horses Darjina (6s from 7 for the Queen Anne) and Raven's Pass (8 from 10s and 7/2 from 9/2 w/out Henrythenavigator for the St James's Palace Stakes) who were the best backed horses with Stan James on the eve of the Royal meeting. The declarations are also out for Wednesday's card and Pipedreamer has been supported from 10s into 8s for one of the features the Prince Of Wales's Stakes although Duke Of Marmalade remains the 13/8 favourite. Bankable has been drawn in stall 25 for the Hunt Cup and has drifted slightly out to 7/4 from 13/8 for one of the biggest betting races of the year.

Evens Murtagh, 9-4 Moore, 5 Dettori, 11 Spencer, 14 Fortune, 28 R Hills, Hughes, 40 Drowne, C-P Lemaire, Manning, McEvoy, Peslier, Robinson, Sanders, Smullen

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