Ten Bob Tony won the 2026 Queen Anne Stakes at 50/1, the longest-priced winner in the history of Royal Ascot's opening Group 1. The Ed Walker-trained five-year-old beat the well-fancied More Thunder by half a length, with the favourite, Notable Speech, well held in sixth.
The Queen Anne has a long record of catching the market out, which is part of why it stays one of the most followed races for anyone who likes to bet on horse racing on the opening day of the Royal meeting. Outsiders winning here is less a freak occurrence than a recurring feature, and this year's result took that pattern to a new level.
With the Flat season building towards its busiest weeks, plenty of punters are already weighing up their selections for this summer's feature races. In this article, we look back at the four biggest-priced winners the Queen Anne has produced in recent years, starting with the horse that now sits at the top of the list.
Ten Bob Tony's win caught almost everyone cold. Held up towards the back by Kieran Shoemark, the Irish-bred gelding was switched to the far side inside the final two furlongs and reeled in More Thunder close home. It was a first Queen Anne for Ed Walker, and at 50/1 it pushed clear of the two 33/1 winners that had previously shared the record. Only nine runners went to post, yet the established names at the head of the market, the favourite included, were left trailing in his wake. For a horse rated some way below the principals, it was as good as it gets at this level.
Until this week, Accidental Agent stood as the longest-priced winner the race had seen. The four-year-old travelled at the rear for most of the way under Charlie Bishop before producing a late run to beat Lord Glitters by half a length, having gone off at 33/1 on the back of a quiet effort in the Lockinge Stakes. It was a first Royal Ascot winner for trainer Eve Johnson Houghton and a first Group success for Bishop. The horse was owned and bred by the trainer's mother, Gaie, who had bought him back for £8,000 as a youngster after nobody else wanted him.
Five years after Accidental Agent, the Queen Anne threw up another 33/1 surprise. Triple Time, a son of Frankel trained by Saeed bin Suroor, lined up for his first start of the season and got up by a neck under Neil Callan. A field of 12 went to post, and few had given the Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum-owned horse much chance on a seasonal reappearance. He was retired to stud not long afterwards, with that Royal Ascot success the high point of his time on the track.
Docklands made amends for a near miss the year before, winning the 2025 Queen Anne at 14/1 having finished runner-up in the same race 12 months earlier. Held up at the back of the 10 by Mark Zahra, the Harry Eustace-trained horse worked through on the far side and held off the 5/2 favourite Rosallion by a nose. Zahra dropped his whip inside the final furlong and still got the job done, sealing a first Group 1 for his trainer. Owned by OTI Racing, Docklands had already shown his liking for the track when landing the Britannia Handicap at the meeting in 2023.
Favourites land the Queen Anne often enough, but its list of biggest-priced winners is now headed by a name few saw coming. Ten Bob Tony's 50/1 success has reset the mark, and given the race's history, it may not stand unchallenged for long.
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