Moore still favourite as race for Royal Ascot top jockey enters final furlong
There’s all to play for in the race to be top jockey at Royal Ascot after the fourth day and four of the leading riders are all in with a shout ahead of the final six races.
A victory apiece for Frankie Dettori and Richard Hughes this afternoon means they share the lead with three winners each whilst a brace for Johnny Murtagh means he is firmly back in the reckoning alongside Ryan Moore on two winners.
Moore still heads the market at 11/10 with totesport with Richard Hughes next in the betting at 7/4. Murtagh is a 5/1 shot with Dettori the outsider of the quartet at 7/1.
‘The race to be top jockey at Royal Ascot is usually done and dusted by the fourth day but there’s still all to play for with four of the leading riders going toe to toe at the top of the table,’ said totesport spokesman George Primarolo.
The bookmakers are facing an uphill battle to make the Royal meeting respectable after several well-backed horse obliged on the fourth day.
‘Rainbow Peak’s victory combined with a brace for Johnny Murtagh means we’re staring down the barrel of a gun going into the final day of the Royal meeting,’ said totesport spokesman George Primarolo. ‘If Harbinger obliges in the Hardwicke Stakes on Saturday, then we may as well pull the trigger ourselves.’
Royal Ascot Top Jockey – totesport bet: 11/10 R Moore, 7/4 R Hughes, 5 J Murtagh, 7 L Dettori.











