Don’t miss the return of the Maksud June 22, 2023 YOU MIGHT think that in a 19-runner 1m4f handicap at Ascot a low draw would be an advantage, but that certainly hasn’t been the case in the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes (3.40pm). In the past decade, every single winner has come from a double-figure stall and the last two have exited from 18 and 19. [...]
Coltrane set to strike Gold for Balding team June 21, 2023 AT AROUND 4.25pm today, another name will go down in the history books after winning the Gold Cup (4.20pm), Royal Ascot’s oldest race which began in 1807 and is the pinnacle of the five-day meeting. This year’s field of 14 will burst from the stalls at the six-furlong start on the straight course, before making [...]
Al Asifah’s star to shine bright on Ladies Day June 21, 2023 THERE is a very good chance that we may just see a real top-class filly in action at Ascot this afternoon. AL ASIFAH only made her racecourse debut last month at Haydock but created a really good impression when quickening away to land her maiden in good style. She then reappeared at Goodwood less than [...]
Burke’s Status can cement his place amongst the Elite June 21, 2023 AHEAD of Royal Ascot, I’m not sure if any juvenile has made quite as big an impression as Karl Burke’s ELITE STATUS and he is a worthy 5/4 favourite for today’s opening Norfolk Stakes (2.30pm). A comfortable winner of a soft ground five-furlong maiden at Doncaster in early May, he took his form to a [...]
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 [...]
