It's been a tough week for punters at Royal Ascot as a succession of long priced winners have romped to victory. You'd have banked £550,000 for a £1 accumulator on the first five races on Wednesday and £910,000 for the same bet on Thursday, aided by a record 150-1 winner of the first.
Friday's card is never easy but there is plenty of value to be found and some real quality too, if you hold your nerve after three difficult days for backers. LITTLE BIG BEAR did little wrong in an award-winning two-year old campaign and bounced back from a last place finish in the 2000 Guineas to win well at Haydock last month.
You must forgive him that run at Newmarket - the horse was later reported to have finished lame - and a drop back to six furlongs in the Commonwealth Cup (3.05pm) will certainly suit a horse with a Group One already in the bank from last year's Phoenix Stakes.
