2025 Queen Anne Stakes Tips - Hannon's star ready for second Royal Ascot success
The 2025 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot is set to be a thrilling race featuring top milers. Rosallion leads the betting odds, followed by strong contenders like Lead Artist and Dancing Gemini, who are expected to perform well. Notable Speech is another strong contender, with expectations of improvement from previous performances. Racing enthusiasts are eagerly anticipating this prestigious event, with expert tips highlighting Rosallion as the horse to watch. Stay tuned to experience an unforgettable racing event at Royal Ascot.
- Odds and betting predictions for the 2025 Queen Anne Stakes
- This Group One takes place on day one of Royal Ascot on Tuesday 17th June
- Rosallion is our best bet at 11/4
Royal Ascot kicks off in fantastic fashion, as many of the best milers in the sport battle it out in the Queen Anne Stakes. This historic Group One has been won by many legendary horses and this year's renewal is shaping up to be one of the races of the whole meeting.
Here's our free guide to the 2025 Queen Anne Stakes, including our best betting tips.
2025 Queen Anne Stakes Odds
| Name | Odds |
|---|---|
| Rosallion | 11/4 |
| Dancing Gemini | 4/1 |
| Lead Artist | 9/2 |
| Notable Speech | 11/2 |
| Sardinian Warrior | 7/1 |
| Lake Forest | 12/1 |
| Bar | 16/1 |
2025 Queen Anne Stakes Runners
The first four from last month's Lockinge Stakes will clash again at Royal Ascot. Lead Artist claimed a somewhat surprising victory that day, having finished last on his reappearance at Sandown. Dancing Gemini was the unlucky loser, finishing a very close second after a difficult trip from stall one.
Despite finishing third in the Lockinge, last year's St James's Palace Stakes winner Rosallion tops the betting heat. 2024 2000 Guineas winner, Notable Speech, placed fourth at Newbury, but he, like Rosallion, is expected to improve for their seasonal reappearance.
Sardinian Warrior joined stablemate Lead Artist in the field, following a narrow defeat to Sosie in the Prix Ganay. Docklands was beaten half-a-length by Sardinian Warrior in the Queen Anne Trial here in April and last year's runner-up takes his chance once again.
Lake Forest has been talked up as a potential challenger in this year's Royal Ascot opener. However, I'm struggling to see why a horse who has never raced over eight furlongs will topple four proven Group One performers over a mile.
Diego Velazquez heads to the Royal meeting fresh, having been withdrawn from the stalls on his return to the track at Leopardstown. Quddwah is a course-and-distance winner, but all of his best form has come on softer ground.
Carl Spackler is a multiple Group One winner on US soil and makes his British debut here, before heading to Australia, where he'll represent new connections. The field is completed by Alice Haynes' Cairo who, on all known form, has plenty to find.
2025 Queen Anne Stakes Tips
I'm not going to take the Lockinge Stakes form literally, as I fancy the third and fourth for that Group One have more scope for improvement than Lead Artist or Dancing Gemini. Notable Speech is a Classic winner who should love the track at Royal Ascot, but did completely bomb out when finishing seventh of eight in last year's St James's Palace Stakes.
ROSALLION (11/4) came out on top that day, running up to an RPR of 124 when beating Henry Longfellow by a neck. Richard Hannon's star finished second to a race-fit Notable Speech on his reappearance in last year's 2000 Guineas, and improved plenty to win the Irish version of that Classic, before producing a career-best performance at the Royal Meeting.
Going into the Lockinge, Hannon said openly that there was every chance Rosallion would need the outing. Sean Levey's mount was fairly strong in the market during the build-up, but travelled keen in the early stages and couldn't pick up when asked for an effort, trailing across the line back in third place.
Hannon has been much more bullish ahead of Royal Ascot, stating that Rosallion was "a good bit fitter now, and he will improve a lot for his first run". I think he's the best horse in this excellent race.
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Verdict
Obviously, the draw is all-important on the straight course at Ascot and, if Rosallion is handed a tough stall, I might have an each-way punt on Docklands - who always seems to produce his best at this track. However, barring a draw of calamitous proportions, Richard Hannon's star will be my selection in the opener on day one.
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