2026 Queen Anne Stakes odds, horses, field: Racing insider offers best bets, top picks for Tuesday's race at Royal Ascot

Tuesday is opening day at the Royal Ascot meet in England, and the racing begins with a monster matchup: Notable Speech vs. stablemate Opera Ballo and others in the 2026 Queen Anne Stakes. Both Notable Speech and Opera Ballo are owned by Godolphin and trained by Charlie Appleby. Notable Speech has won three of his last four starts and is tied for fifth in the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. Meanwhile Opera Ballo has won seven of nine career starts and is tied for eighth. 

For Tuesday Notable Speech is the 2-1 favorite in the live odds for the Queen Anne Stakes, while Opera Ballo is the 7-2 second choice in the nine-horse field. 

With some of the world's best horses set to leave the starting gate, you NEED to see what racing reporter and insider Michelle Yu, who's in England to cover the meet, has to say before making any 2026 Queen Anne Stakes picks.

Few people in racing are as well-connected as Yu. An on-air host and reporter who has provided racing analysis for TVG, HRTV and the Breeders' Cup, Yu has spent a lifetime in racing. Prior to her television career, she worked for trainers Steve Asmussen and Ron Moquett. She also is married to Santa Anita-based trainer Ryan Hanson.

She started off 2025 by correctly going all-in on Citizen Bull to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, and she also predicted Forever Young's win in the Saudi Cup, Journalism's win in the San Felipe Stakes, Sandman's win in the Arkansas Derby and Mindframe's win in the Churchill Downs Stakes. She also hit the exacta in the 2025 Kentucky Derby.

In March she nailed the Renegade-Silent Tactic-Taptastic trifecta in the Arkansas Derby. And on the Kentucky Derby undercard, she smashed two races: Crude Velocity's win in the Pat Day Mile and Stark Contrast's win in the American Turf.

For the 2026 Queen Anne Stakes, Yu has made her picks and constructed her bets. One surprise: Her top pick is not Notable Speech, even though he is the 2-1 favorite.

Instead, Yu's top pick is a horse who is a "juicy option." She is including this horse in her 2026 Queen Anne Stakes bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see her picks before locking in any of your own.

So which horse wins the 2026 Queen Anne Stakes? And how has Yu constructed her wagers? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Michelle Yu's 2026 Queen Anne Stakes picks and bets, all from the racing insider!

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