Punters with online bookmaker sportsbet have come out in force to back Australia’s two main chances at Royal Ascot this week.
So You Think is the dominant $1.40 favourite in Wednesday night’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, while Star Witness is the $4.00 favourite in tonight’s King’s Stand Stakes.
Sportsbet.com.au is offering a $7.00 double on Star Witness winning the King’s Stand Stakes and So You Think winning the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes.
“Literally as soon as we opened the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes market we were flooded with bets on So You Think,†sportsbet.com.au’s Haydn Lane said.
“The only reason he’s not shorter is there’s a good spruik for the French horse Planteur, but really he should simply be too good for these. Too good for almost any horse to be fair.
“We took a bet of $100,000 on So You Think to win his last race and no doubt the big punters will come to play again close to the jump.â€
There has also been good support for the Danny O’Brien-trained Star Witness in tonight’s King’s Stand Stakes over 1000 metres.
“He might be taking on Britain’s best, but thankfully for him the mighty mare Black Caviar is not in the field and we think he’s got a great chance of joining the list of Aussie sprinters to dominate in the old country,†said Lane.
“Reports are that his work at Newmarket has been sharp and Australian punters are certainly in his corner.â€
All markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
G1 King’s Stand Stakes
$4.00 Star Witness
$9.00 Kingsgate Native, Sole Power
$12 Bridgetown
$13 Overdose, Prohibit, Astrophysical Jet, Sweet Sanette
$15 War Artist, Swiss Diva
$19 Monsieur Chevalier
$21 Tangerine Trees
$26 Group Therapy, Rose Blossom
$31 Holiday For Kitten
$41 Arctic, Iver Bridge Lad
$51 Mar Adentro
$61 Stone Of Folca
G1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes
$1.40 So You Think
$4.80 Planteur
$12 Twice Over, Rewilding
$26 Jan Vermeer
$41 Debussy
$101 Sri Putra
Royal Ascot Special
$7.00 Star Witness to win the King’s Stand Stakes and So You Think to win the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes
