Simon Nott gives it large round the betting ring for Ascot’s Royal highlight

Where do you think you are – Royal Ascot?’ That was one of the favourite bluff calls by bookmakers back in the days when I was often seen tearing around betting rings having back bets.
That’s what they’d say if you asked for a bet bigger than they wanted to take, though in reality it didn’t really matter what the size was, you were bluffed.
Royal Ascot certainly lived up to its billing this year, I was shadowing Star Sports which are one of the firms that are known f...