Royal Ascot: Bring it on

Two weeks from next Tuesday will see the start of Royal Ascot and there is little doubt those magnificent five days have the potential to make or break a punter, writes Pat Keane.

That most of us now have no choice but to come out and play isn’t even up for discussion, in the light of what happened at the Curragh last weekend and for one or two other reasons as well.

We can basically sum up the entire Royal extravaganza with a glorious simplification, if Aidan O’Brien enjoys a good meeting then, more than likely, so will the punters of Ireland.