Bookies hit back on day two

Victories for So You Think in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes and Duntle in the finale were the only bright spots in an otherwise dismal afternoon for punters on the second day of Royal Ascot.

Aidan O’Brien’s Australian import So You Think was available at odds against in the morning but was hammered into 4-5 favouritism with one reported bet of £100,000 at even money struck.

Duntle was the 4-1 favourite in the Sandringham Handicap which closed the card. Other than that Ishvana at 20-1, Joviality at 11-1, Prince Of Johanne at 16-1 and Ceiling Kitty at 20-1 hit backers hard.