Royal Ascot Betting Sites & Event Review: Odds, Offers and more

This page will serve as your complete guide to the prestigious Royal Ascot racing festival. By providing some insight into the kind of bonus offers that are normally up for grabs, talking you through the odds price offerings and also offering a few fun facts and some history behind the festival, we’ll make sure you have all the information you need so that you’re fully prepared for when the festival comes around in June of each year.

Royal Ascot Betting Offers & Promotions

Because Royal Ascot doesn’t draw quite the same demand as the Grand National or even the Cheltenham Festival betting bonuses don’t tend to be as plentiful. Best odds guaranteed will always apply throughout the duration of the festival, as will the odd enhanced odds deal here and there, however bet refund deals and are normally a little more difficult to come by.

Royal Ascot Odds Prices

Similar to the Grand National and Cheltenham, Royal Ascot attracts a large number of casual, one-time-only punters that aren’t too versed in the ways of handicapping. This means that there will be will be a number of opportunities to capitalise on careless judgements as large numbers of people back horses that are perceived to be the favourites without having giving it too much thought. For this, we recommend the Ladbrokes exchange, otherwise, standard odds prices set by the bookmaker for Royal Ascot normally range between 80-90%. To see how the odds change for different festivals, head on back to our events overview.

Some Interesting Facts

Anyone that’s had the pleasure of attending the Ascot Festival will know that much like the Cheltenham Festival, it’s not just about the horse racing. It’s a lavish, week-long social event laced with fine dining and first-class entertainment in the form live music and exclusive movie nights. It is one of Europe’s best attended racing meets, with some 300,000 spectators making the trip to the village of Ascot across the five days and over £5.5million worth of prize money being shared among the lucky race winners.

Racecourse Information:
First held:	1711	Festival location: Royal Ascot Racecourse Aidan O’Brian, successful Ascot trainer
Duration:	5 days
Number of races:	30
Grades:	Group 1 – listed
Surface:	Turf
Track:	Right-handed

In addition, the strict dress code in the Royal enclosure and around the stadium of day dresses and hats and morning dress and top hats for men means that the festival can at times appear to be a fashion showcase in as much as it is a racing meet. Leading fashion publications such as Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle and men’s GQ have been known to run full-length features on the festival offering detailed guides on what to wear, while also running post festival analyses on the who’s wearing what and which brands emerged proved to be the most popular.

Historical Info

The Ascot Racecourse was first founded in 1711 by Queen Anne who, it is said, first envisioned the idea of a grand racecourse when she was out walking one day near Windsor Castle. Since then, the course and the festival have undergone significant restructuring and redevelopment, with both now recognised as major attractions in the horse racing world.

With so many top-level races on display over the five days, the Royal Ascot has produced its fair share of memorable performances and heroes. Legendary Irish horse racing trainer, Aidan, O’Brien holds the record for the most Ascot Gold Cup wins – three with Yeats in 2006,2007,2008,2009, one with Fame and Glory in 2011, one with Leading Light in 2014, and one with Order of George in 2016 – while Lestor Piscott, now retired English jockey, holds the record for jockeying the most winning horses (11).