Ramazan worth chancing at 22/1 for Fahey in Britannia June 21, 2023 RUN OVER the same distance as the Royal Hunt Cup 24 hours earlier, the Britannia Stakes (5.00pm) is always one of the most difficult races of the week at Royal Ascot. With 30 three-year-olds taking each other on down Ascot’s straight mile, it isn’t a contest for the faint-hearted and punters are advised to tread [...]
My fancy can keep Luxembourg at Bay in Prince Of Wales June 20, 2023 WITH just six runners going to post for the Group One Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (4:20pm), we could be set for a very tactical 10 furlongs. Ryan Moore will be sensing a soft lead aboard Luxembourg, who shares the head of the betting with Adayar at 9/4, and if he’s not made to work for [...]
Don’t miss another stop on Frankie’s Prosperous Voyage June 20, 2023 THERE are loads of potential stories involving Frankie Dettori this week, but the charismatic Italian would love nothing more than taking out a big race or two for his mates. In this afternoon’s Group Two Duke Of Cambridge Stakes (3.40pm), he climbs back aboard PROSPEROUS VOYAGE who is jointly owned by his friends Andrew Rosen [...]
Chesspiece looks the right move in competitive Vase June 20, 2023 WHILE it occupies a later position on today’s card than in the last few seasons, the Group Two Queen’s Vase (5:35pm) looks a contest well worth waiting for. A field of 14 lightly-raced individuals are set to go to post for a race that often comes down to staying potential, as has been proved in [...]
Intellogent play won’t leave you feeling Blue in Hunt Cup June 20, 2023 FOR MANY, the Royal Hunt Cup (5:00pm) is one of the highlights of the week at Royal Ascot. It’s a contest where established handicappers meet improving youngsters on the straight mile course at Ascot. A full field of 30 will be sent on their way at 5:00pm today and it could be profitable to stick [...]
Yer the one that I want in the Kensington Palace Stakes June 20, 2023 A FULL field of 20 are set to go to post for the Kensington Palace Fillies’ Handicap (3.05pm) and it looks a wide-open contest. Tamarama, ridden by Frankie Dettori, is bound to be popular after her good win at Kempton last time, though this looks a deeper race and she’s gone up five pounds in [...]
Haynes looks set to make a real Impact with Maximum June 20, 2023 A NEAR full-size field for the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes (6.10pm) over five furlongs will make for intriguing watching. Over half of the 26 two-year-olds come here with a win on their CV already, and the likes of Charlie Johnston’s Barnwell Boy and Aidan O’Brien’s Johannes Brahms make appeal, both having won their debuts and [...]
Buckaroo to play Games with his Wolferton rivals June 19, 2023 AS HAS become the norm at Royal Ascot, the five-day meeting gets underway with the Queen Anne Stakes (2.30pm) and this year’s renewal, on paper at least, looks a cracker. The market is finding it hard to split Inspiral and MODERN GAMES, but while I respect the former hugely, I’m firmly in the latter’s camp. [...]
Time to get aboard Royal Scotsman in St James’s Palace June 19, 2023 TODAY’S third and final Group One, the St James’s Palace Stakes (4.20pm) pits the winner of the English and Irish 2000 Guineas against each other as CHALDEAN takes on Paddington. Some have crabbed the form of Chaldean’s 2000 Guineas win, but I thought he was much the best at Newmarket and bar unseating Frankie Dettori [...]
Bring on the Ascot Stakes for Mullins’ unexposed Night June 19, 2023 THERE was a sense of disappointment for favourite backers in last year’s Ascot Stakes (5.00pm) when BRING ON THE NIGHT couldn’t get past Coltrane having been produced perfectly inside the final furlong. Looking back on that performance now, it can be seriously upgraded considering Coltrane is rated nearly 20lbs higher and is favourite for Thursday’s [...]
