Ascot Royal Procession

Just like Oysters are to Champagne and Strawberries are to Cream……then the Ascot Royal Procession is to Royal Ascot.

Each day of the Royal Meeting sees the procession starting from the end of the racecourse near the straight one mile start and taking the carriages, their horsemen and the dignitaries of the Royal Family past the enclosures where the crowds are able to wave and take pictures.

The Queen of course is the main attraction and will of course be at the meeting at some point during the week. We are not sure which days due to other committments but we can be sure to see her on Gold Cup day and hopefully during the whole meeting.

The tradition of the royal procession has been laid down for many years and is part and parcel of the television coverage from the BBC.

In 1825, the Royal Procession as an annual tradition began. The King, leading four other
coaches with members of the Royal party, drove up the centre of the racecourse in front of the
crowds and this has continued to the present day.

There will be a fantastic new initiative at Royal Ascot this year in 2010 as trumpeters will be used for the first time to welcome back the winning horse after the feature race on each day of the festival.

Betting on the colour of the Queen’s hat on Gold Cup Day is available from any bookmaker worth his salt. Just be wary of believing all the post arrival hype about leaks from the Palace and betting coups being landed by palace insiders.

It’s a novelty betting market and really caters for the more general public fun betttors, and by the way take no notice of the stories of betting coups and bookies saying “we were hit for hundreds of thousands!” this sort of story is becoming a Royal Ascot fairtale in itself!

If you have to have a bet on the colour of the Queens hat then make it a FREE BET

All the Best

Richard
a.k.a The Longshot King

P.S. This image is kindly reproduced under a Creative Commons Licence with permission from Devan