Rakti odds-on for opening day glory

RAKTI is odds-on for the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot at York today with connections hoping he will be in the same mood as he was for his phenomenal recent victory at Newbury.

Although he has been troublesome at times, the Michael Jarvis-trained six-year-old was on his best behaviour in last month’s Lockinge Stakes, where he smashed the course record by well over a second.

The horse has already won at the Royal meeting, having landed last season’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes over 10 furlongs.