Rashabar’s shock win in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes set the tone for World Pool value throughout Royal Ascot with a record Win dividend.
Returning 129.90 versus an SP of 80/1, Rashabar is now the highest ever price paid in any World Pool race since it was launched in 2019. There were also over 20 winning overpays for World Pool punters betting with the Tote in the UK and Ireland.
Gold Cup Day saw the highest turnover of the week with HK$298.2m (£30.1m), followed by Prince of Wales’s Stakes Day with HK$297.8m (£30m) and Commonwealth Cup Day with HK$283.5m (£28.6m), becoming the three highest turnover World Pool days this year to date.
The record Win dividend success of Rashabar meant teenage youngster, Billy Loughnane, opened up a commanding advantage in the World Pool Jockeys’ Championship. Riding his first Royal Ascot winners this week, he claimed 129.90 points for his win on Rashabar and a further 19.65 aboard Sandringham winner Soprano.
Billy Loughnane said: “I’m delighted to be leading the World Pool Jockeys’ Championship after Royal Ascot. Winning the Coventry on Rashabar was a dream come true and then to win the Sandringham on Soprano for George Boughey and Highclere was incredible.
“It’s a great initiative by World Pool to donate £50,000 to charity and if I am still in front on Champions Day, then I’ll be donating it to the Christy Lambe Foundation, which is a charity very close to my heart.”
