Paul Jacobs on the Ascot stayers’ crown

Paul Jacobs
June is really all about one racing festival, Royal Ascot, but you can forget about all the over the top hats, Champagne and those dreadful fashion commentators on TV, it’s the racing that counts, pure and simple.
There are handicaps galore through the five days and we will come to some antepost events in that arena in a moment, but the feature race for many remains the Ascot Gold Cup.
Last year’s winner ORDER OF ST GEORGE is the 2/1 favourite at the time of writing despite being given a less than satisfact...