Simon Nott spends three highly-charged days at Royal Ascot working on the Star Sports pitch

TALES FROM THE BETTING RING
TUESDAY
Where did that year go? Time flies in racing but it didn’t take long for Royal Ascot to get into top gear for the opening Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) The office laid some chunks Recoletos £60,000- £10,000, Yoshida £70,000 – £5,000 and £42,000 – £12,000 Benbatl then the commission agents piled into us on course.
They all wanted to be Rhododendron including £70,000 – £20,000, £52,000 &ndash...