Erics Racing

Royal Ascot Festival or simply the Royal Ascot is noted to be the biggest flat racing meeting for the year. It is of course held at the Ascot Racecourse, featuring the best flat racing tracks as well as unique ambience. The best way to enjoy the Royal Ascot Festival is to visit Ascot Racecourse directly, since you will be able to get utter excitement throughout the event.

Since Royal Ascot is a highly anticipated event, it would be best to book your seats or enclosures early if you plan on attending the race directly at Ascot Racecourse. The trip will be well worth it indeed, although you might want to book early if you want to get the best seats in the house. The Ascot Racecourse is capable of welcoming thousands – no less than 300,000 to be exact – of horseracing fans from around the world at their amazing facilities, with amenities and other excitements to keep you amused at all times.

The Royal Ascot consists of 7 Group One races and 10 other group races. You will certainly be able to watch top horses compete against each other, especially because these Group One races are superbly prestigious. Aside from the St. James Palace Stakes, you can also watch King’s Stand Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes, Prince of Wales’ Stakes, Coronation Stakes, and the Golden Jubilee Stakes. Let’s not forget the highlight of Royal Ascot, the Ascot Gold Cup, which guarantees exciting 2 miles 4 furlongs run; exciting moments are to be expected.

Grand National is one of the most anticipated horse races in the world. Held at the Aintree Racecourse, the Grand National is captivating indeed, offering superbly interesting and action pumped races as well as nice – often surprising – twists to make the event that much more interesting. This year’s Grand National will be even more interesting as a lot of top horses are preparing for the event.

The Tricky Trickster is favored to win the Grand National, but this doesn’t mean we have a sure winner at all. We all remember how Mon Mome, a horse that was not favored at all – with no less than 100 to 1 odds against him – compared to other contenders, won the 2009 Grand National and surprised everyone watching. This is exactly the kind of twists that would make Grand National always interesting to watch.

Aside from Tricky Trickster, we will see top horses such as Big Fella Thanks as well as Niche Market competing for the title of champion this year. Vic Venturi, State of Play, and last year’s winner Mon Mome will also be competing in this year’s Grand National, so this will be an interesting race for sure.

If you are also a horseracing punter, you should really start calculating odds and placing your bets today. The Grand National is still several months away, but you will certainly get the best odds if you place your bets early. Make sure you compare horses properly to avoid surprises and to stay profitable at all times.