Royal Ascot Betting 2009
The 2009 Royal Ascot race meeting gets under starter’s orders from Tuesday 16th – Saturday 20th June, and promises to deliver all the thrilling action and discernable style that it’s become renown for over the years in the eyes of the Horse racing loving, free bets enthusiast who watch the 5-day spectacular in their droves.
The long established gathering of the racing community in July is staged as it always has been at Ascot racecourse in Berkshire, and boasts an enviable record of attracting the highest attendance figures recorded in Europe, with in excess of a 300,000 footfall of keen race-goers passing through the turnstiles each and every year for what’s billed as the jewel in British racing’s already bedazzling crown.
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Sagara
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As well as drawing such massive crowds both in terms of gate receipts and a nationwide TV audience (estimated to be around 1.5 million viewers), further investment by key sponsors has seen the prize coffers swell in recent seasons; with the 2009 cumulative prize pot rumoured to be in the region of £4.5 million. Aside from distributing the funds between race winning owners and stables, a large part of the final revenue is ploughed back into the facilities at Ascot, which are second to none.
Like certain honeys, tweed manufacturers and celebrated convenience foodstuff-maker, Heinz, Royal Ascot comes by appointment to her right royal highness, her majesty Queen Elizabeth the second. And bearing in mind there’s no higher seal of approval in the land, this is quite an honour to have bestowed upon any product or service. Or in this case, the biggest flat racing meet in the race calendar.
Royal Ascot 2009 Welcomes The Royal Household
Royal Ascot – as the name implies – also attracts the regal presence (and the kudos that results in) of numerous members of the royal household. There aren’t many more loyal supporters of horse racing than the owner of quite a few of her own thoroughbreds, the Queen herself, who as we all know from seeing her mug slapped across the papers the day after such events, regularly makes the short horse drawn carriage journey from the nearby Windsor Castle for the occasion. Connections with royalty go back a lot longer than Elizabeth the second’s reign however, with the Royal Ascot meet generally believed to have come into being in the aftermath of Queen Anne purchased the grounds in 1711, right smack, bang in the middle of the time (1500 – 1800) that the royals of the period where embracing the newly emerging racing cause across the length and breadth of Britain.
The 2009 Royal Ascot Ladies Day Brings Out Track-Side Fashions
As is often the case at high profile race meets, Royal Ascot promotes its very own ‘Ladies Day’ to encourage women to involve themselves in both a sporting and social event like no other, whereby they can mingle with racing types and the sport of kings-orientated public at large whilst quaffing champagne and attempting to pin down remarkably un-ergonomic hats. Thursday is traditionally classed as ‘Ladies Day’ at Royal Ascot, and it’s often critically observed by the press-pack fashionsitas as one of the cultural high points of the style-led year. Again the origins of this spectacle can be traced back to times of yore and today’s haute couture offerings continue an enduring lineage that dates back hundreds of years, a time when the on-track histrionics were watched for the most part by English nobility who were treated to lavish banquets and dances once the day’s racing card was completed.
Royal Ascot Betting 2009
Royal Ascot Gold Cup Is The Biggest Free Betting Draw
There are a total of 30 races run at Royal Ascot during the 5-day festival of all things sportingly equine, including six group one events which as a free bets fan you’ll doubtless be savvy of. With the origins of their titles perpetuating the blue-blooded associations, the St. James Palace Stakes is the first headline-grabbing race of the week, and is run over 1 mile by 4 year old horses upwards. The Queen Anne Stakes takes centre stage hot on the hooves of this, and again entrants adhere to the same aforementioned applicative demands. On the second day of the meet the Prince of Wales Stakes is the feature race, which again stipulates the participation of 4 year olds or older thoroughbreds that compete over a 1 mile 2 furlong course.
Played out over 2 miles and 4 furlongs, the Ascot Gold Cup is the highlight of the week, and excluding the classics is considered the biggest group one outing. The fourth day of Royal Ascot sees the Coronation Stakes unfold, which gives 3 year old plus fillies a chance to shine over a 1 mile test of their steel and nerve, whilst the meet is brought to a close on the final day by the Golden Jubilee Stakes which is acknowledged as the fastest of the group one races of the week and whereby 3 year olds plus take on the challenge posed by the 7 furlong course.
2009 Royal Ascot Free Bets Tips
Those of you looking to make the most of your Royal Ascot free bets might like to consider the following received wisdom on just how you should place your bets on the days in question.
Single bet on an outright winner – Not exactly rocket science, this is probably the easiest free bets option for the novice or seasoned online punter looking for a simple, straight-forward, no-frills way of getting a decent return on your short-term investment plan. Scribble the name of the horse you fancy to win the particular race you’re interested in outright, and if the horse wins you’re quid’s in. Depending on the odds at the time you made your wager with the bookies that is.
Betting each way – Of course if you want to cover more options and possible eventualities then the smart punter usually bets each way. By that token we mean should the horse you choose come anywhere in the first four (top five finishers in the bigger races) then you will receive a percentage breakdown which effectively doubles your bet from the outset. Generally-speaking each way betting is the best choice when gambling on handicap events of rank outsiders.
Place betting – If you cant decide on which of the race favourites to back then many online punters instead decide on ‘placing’ the first 3, 4 or in some cases of a bigger field, 5 horses to pass the finishing post. Essentially you’re betting on a specific selection of horses to finish in a particular order within the top end. It’s probably one of the most effective ways in which to bet on a number of single race outcomes as part of a singular ticket.
Multiple bets – This is akin to an accumulator bet, in as much as the odds are calculated on a number of successive results (of individual races) going your way. So from what begins as a relatively small bet on a short odds favourite can progressively create a snowball effect over the course of as many races as you decide, ultimately meaning the predicted odds of the total multiple bet are far greater than the sum parts. Bear in mind though that all horses elected must win their races for the final bet to pay out.