How did Royal Ascot go for you?
I'm not going to lie... it wasn't my best year... too many of my punts were winning on their side of the draw but finding 1 or 2 (or more!) too good for
them on the other side of the draw...
It was also a bit of a favourites benefit this year... and those years (at the big meetings) are ones where I'm most likely to have a rougher week...
Part and parcel of the game though... I've been
doing this long enough that it's all just part of the rollercoaster ride... 🎢
Back to those favourites though...
I had a look at the past ten Royal Ascot's (excluding this year) to see what the average strike-rate of favs/joints
favs at the meeting was...
These were the figures...
🏇 Favs/Joint Favs at the last 10 Royal Ascot's (2015 - 2024)
📊 92/349 | 26% S/R | -£15.83 - 11% below expectation
Then I fired up the stats for this year...
🏇 Favs/Joint Favs at this
year's Royal Ascot (2025)
📊 14/36 | 39% S/R | +£13.97 - 24% ABOVE expectation
Which backs up what I've been
saying... this was a year that 'favoured the favourites'...