Horse Racing Tips: James Boyle's Best Bets For Royal Ascot Day 4

For today's horse racing tips, our analyst James Boyle looks at the flat racing for Day 4 of Royal Ascot, with one selection now online.

As always, you’ll find the most up-to-date odds at the best horse racing betting sites, but our tipster’s predictions are researched early in the day and those prices could soon change. Odds stated are correct at the time of publishing.

15:40 Royal Ascot – Hopewell Rock – 1.50pts @ 9/2

Hopewell Rock is easy to find in the betting but that’s with good reason, as he should have a serious chance if stepping forward from his comeback third at Newmarket in early May.

It’s far from rocket science to be attracted by that form, given the winner and second filled the same two positions in the 1m 6f handicap on Tuesday, and they had a positional advantage.

George Boughey’s charge was ridden with a bit more restraint than usual on his first run following a gelding operation and I’d imagine he was expected to come on for it.

The handicapper has left his mark unchanged, one that I already felt was generous prior to the form boost, and he promises to be even better suited to the nature of Ascot’s course.

Having only made the track on seven occasions, there’s bound to be more to come from him and I fancy he’ll be heavily involved. I would have preferred a higher stall – he breaks from seven with the reserves removed – but it’s not the end of the world if he’s as well-in as I feel he is.