Bookies finally take their revenge as favourites flop

Bookmakers finally clawed back some of the losses from what had a been a punter-friendly Royal Ascot as the six races on day four of the showpiece meeting failed to produce a single winning favourite.

For the first time in the week, the opening race was a positive result for the bookmakers as 14-1 chance Cursory Glance swooped late to deny American challenger Sunset Glow and 9-2 joint-favourite Patience Alexander.

And the momentum stayed with the layers in the Wolferton Stakes, with 2-1 favourite Bold Sniper, owned by the Queen, gunned down late on by Contributer (9-1) in the Wolferton Handicap.