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Queen Anne Stakes tips, odds and free bets - Royal Ascot 2024
Here are the latest tips and betting news for the Queen Anne Stakes, the first race of this year’s Royal Ascot, which begins on Tuesday
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Tuesday is the first day of Royal Ascot 2024, the biggest Flat meeting in Britain. There are five days of top-quality racing in store, kicking off with the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes for older milers.
This race has been won in recent years by greats of the turf such as Frankel and Baaeed but has also produced its share of shock winners, so punters seeking value have something to get their teeth into as well.
A field of 14 has been declared for Tuesday’s race and our expert has picked out a pair to follow.
Queen Anne Stakes odds
- Charyn @ 11/4
- Facteur Cheval @ 3/1
- Big Rock @ 9/2
- Audience @ 13/2
- Maljoom @ 11/1
- Docklands @ 12/1
- Dolayli @ 14/1
- Royal Scotsman @ 16/1
- Poker Face @ 22/1
- Witch Hunter @ 28/1
- Brave Emperor @ 33/1
- Flight Plan @ 40/1
- Cairo @ 40/1
- Hi Royal @ 50/1
Queen Anne Stakes tips
- Selection Facteur Cheval @ 3/1 with talkSPORT BET
- Next best Royal Scotsman @ 16/1 with talkSPORT BET
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French raider has X-Facteur
Ever since he won on his debut at Saint-Cloud in April 2022 at odds of nearly 14-1, Facteur Cheval has been proving the doubters wrong.
By the end of that year, he had won a Group 3 race and he built up an excellent spring record in 2023, culminating in him being beaten by just a head in the Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan at Longchamp.
In spite of this, he was still sent off at big odds when he turned up in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood last August. He chased home Paddington that day, following that with sound placed efforts in the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp and in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes over Ascot's straight mile.
You might think that Facteur Cheval had proved himself by now. Yet when he arrived in Meydan for the Dubai Turf in March, he was sent off at 20-1. There he finally got his first Group 1 win, prevailing by a short head over Japanese raider Namur.
It looks like he is finally getting his due respect. He is joint-favourite with Charyn, but you could easily argue that he should be a clear favourite. The reason he isn’t is because of his particular affinity with softer ground, but as his Meydan win showed, he does not need it and he is the one to beat today.
Selection: Facteur Cheval @ 3/1 with talkSPORT BET
Flying Scotsman back on right track
While Facteur Cheval is the likeliest winner, those looking for a low-stakes or each-way option should consider Royal Scotsman. Now four, he placed in the Dewhurst as a juvenile and the 2,000 Guineas last year before things started to unravel.
His three-year-old season was quickly stopped in June last year and, after a 210-day break, he ran in the Lockinge last month to get fit, then looked back to his old self when winning handily at Epsom on Derby day.
While Royal Scotsman did tend to come up short in Group 1 races as a two- and three-year-old, the older milers’ division is nothing like as strong and he deserves another shot. Jamie Spencer rides Ascot’s straight mile better than just about anyone and he can guide this horse into a place at least.
Selection: Royal Scotsman @ 16/1 with talkSPORT BET
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