On Tuesday 20^th June, Royal Ascot got under way. This 5-day long meeting is one of the highlights of the racing calendar and features a total of eight top quality Grade 1 races across the five days of action, as well as enjoying Royal Patronage on each of the days of the meeting. Rumour has it, that this is the Queen’s most favourite week of the year.

Royal Ascot is all about tradition and that starts with the Royals arrival in their open topped carriage, right down to the thousands of punters that attend each day, fully dressed up in top hat and tails to enjoy some of the best racing of the year.

The action began with Ribchester showing why he was the dominant favourite in the Queen Anne Stakes which opened the meeting up, but there was a real surprise in the St James Palace Stakes at 4.20 when the much fancied favourite and 2,000 and Irish Guineas double winner Churchill was well beaten by Barney Roy. Indeed, it was a great first day for Godolphin as Sound and Silence won the final race of the day, the Windsor Castle stakes, to make it a treble of winners for Sheikh Mohammed’s team.

A look ahead to the rest of the week at Royal Ascot

After such an exciting opening day of racing, there’s still plenty more to enjoy across the next few days. Wednesday sees an interesting day of racing with the Prince of Wales Stakes at 4.20pm being the highlight of the day. Thursday is Ladies Day at Royal Ascot and as well as high quality fashion, it is a high quality card with the Ascot Gold Cup the pick of the days racing.

Friday sees the finest three-year-olds battle it out in the Coronation Stakes, and then on Saturday the meeting concludes with a further two big Group 1 races the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes.

Top Bet365 Betting Offers you can access for Royal Ascot

• Bet365 Price Promise Available From 10am Each Day

On each of the five days of the Royal Ascot meeting, Bet365 will be offering their sports betting punters their Price Promise offer for all bets made on the Win, Each Way or Fixed Odds markets on any of the Royal Ascot races that are shown live on television by ITV Racing (which includes all of them).

What this means is that if you place a bet from 10am onwards on any day of the meeting, on a horse that is running that day at Royal Ascot, then Bet365 will continually check its prices against those of six other leading bookmakers (Ladbrokes, William Hill, Paddy Power, Coral, SkyBet and Boylesports) to ensure that Bet365 offers equal to or better than the best price available with any of their competitors.

This offer is only ever applied to races that are shown live on ITV or ITV 4 and this means that no matter what selection you want to back, if you want the best available odds on that horse, then Bet365 will likely be the bookmaker offering you the best value bet.

• Bet365’s ITV Racing 4/1 Promotion

Bet365 run this promotion every time ITV Racing has a show that transmits live racing coverage on either ITV or ITV 4. With ITV Racing covering all the races at Royal Ascot this year, this means that you have a full race card of options available to you for this outstanding and great value promotion.

All you need to do is make a bet on any race on any horse running in a live race at odds of 4/1 or greater. If your horse then goes on to win the race, then not only will you get back your winnings, but Bet365 Sport will also give you a free bet on the very next live race, to the same value as your original stake.

This bet is entirely risk free as if your free bet doesn’t win, then Bet365 will return your original stake to you, however if your bet does win (again at odds of 4/1 or greater) then you’ll receive back your winnings and then get ANOTHER free bet on the next live race. Indeed, if you can keep picking winners at 4/1 or more, then Bet365 will keep giving you free bets.

The maximum free bet bonus you can earn as part of the ITV Racing 4/1 promotion is £50, which means that if you bet over £50 on your original stake that qualifies for the offer, the maximum free bet you will get back is £50.

With so many live races being screened this week on ITV Racing this is an outstanding opportunity to pick a few winners and get yourself some free bets with this great value promotion at Bet365 Sport.

• Bet365 Best Odds Guarantee

Bet365 always offers customers the Best Odds Guaranteed on any bets placed after 10am each day at any UK or Irish race meeting, and that includes Royal Ascot of course. This offer is automatically applied to any qualifying bet and all you need to do is place your bet on your selection from 10am onwards each day.

If the price you take at 10am is greater than the Starting Price for your selection, then Bet365 will pay you out at the original price you took when you placed your bet. However, if the Starting Price for your selection is greater than the price you originally took when placing the bet, then Bet365 will pay you out at the higher price.

For example, if you placed a £10 bet on a horse at odds of 10/1 at 11am and by the time the race started at 3pm, your horse’s odds had come in to 8/1, you’d still be paid out at 10/1 if it won. However, if the Starting Price for your horse drifted from 10/1 out to 12/1, then Bet365 would pay you out at the greater value price if your selection wins.

Bet365 does generally offer horse racing punters some of the best value long term deals and even on a week such as Royal Ascot, when other sports betting sites are churning out offers all over the place to try and get you to bet with them, you’ll still find that Bet365’s core three horse racing promotions offer you the best value deal.