William Hill boosts Field Of Gold to 40-1 for St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot 2025

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William Hill’s 40-1 on Field of Gold to win the St James’s Stakes offers a fantastic chance to back a horse ready to make headlines on the track today. Well fancied and full of promise, Field of Gold could be the standout story of day one, and this generous price gives punters a cracking opportunity to get involved.

William Hill’s Field Of Gold 40-1 Royal Ascot betting offer

One of the standout offers this Royal Ascot is from William Hill, featuring an eye-catching boost on the favourite in the St James’s Palace Stakes:

• 40-1 enhanced odds on Field Of Gold to win the St James’s Palace Stakes(16:20, June 17)
  • £1 bet qualifies you for:
  • Standard odds paid in cash if your bet wins
  • Enhanced winnings paid as free bets
  • 4 x £10 free bets win or lose
• New customers only, using promo code EPR40FOG, with eligible payment methods via app

This offer is only available to new customers who register via the app and deposit using eligible payment methods (excluding Paysafe, PayPal, Neosurf, NETELLER, Nuvei Apple Pay, Skrill, ecoPayz, Kalibra, or Postpay). Terms and conditions apply, and only one account per person is permitted.

When is the St James’s Palace Stakes run?

The St James’s Palace Stakes takes place on Tuesday, 17 June 2025.

What time is the St James’s Palace Stakes?

It’s scheduled for 4:20 pm.

St James’s Palace Stakes Preview

Also over a mile, but this time on the Round course, the St James's Palace Stakes is also worth a whopping £650,000 in prize-money. The race often sees the best milers of the Classic generation compete against each other.

A race which has been won by the likes of Palace Pier, Paddington and Rosallion in recent years, the Group 1 could see Ruling Court, Field Of Gold and Shadow Of Light, who finished 1-2-3 in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, take each other on again.

Trained by Charlie Appleby, Ruling Court defeated Field Of Gold by half a length in the first Classic of the season and remains his biggest rival in the ante-post market. 

Cosmic Year, who is trained by Harry Charlton, is fourth favourite for the Group 1 after stretching his unbeaten record to three when landing a Listed race at Newmarket last weekend.

Aidan O’Brien has produced three winners of the top-level contest since 2015 and could be well represented again, with unbeaten duo The Lion In Winter, Twain, Camille Pissarro and Expanded just some of his stars who hold an entry for the race.

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