Sacred’s prayers answered with fast ground June 23, 2023 AN ABILITY to handle fast ground conditions has become increasingly important as this week has gone on and, with a dry forecast, the Ascot straight course come Saturday’s big race, the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (3:40pm), is likely to be lightning quick. Those are conditions that I think will be ideal for [...]
Shaquille could be Oh-so-good to defeat the Bear June 22, 2023 AIDAN O’BRIEN and Group-level sprint races are a combination that has gone hand-in-hand over the last few weeks. River Tiber in the Coventry Stakes, The Antarctic in the Lacken Stakes, and Little Big Bear in the Sandy Lane Stakes are prime examples. Although he has a great chance of doing it again in the [...]
Meditate has winning mindset to upset Tahiyra on fast ground June 22, 2023 FOR FANS and punters alike, the Coronation Stakes (4.20pm) was robbed of a much awaited clash when Mawj was forced to withdraw earlier this week after suffering from a cough. This had been billed as the big 1000 Guineas rematch and a chance for Tahiyra to avenge her defeat by Mawj on the Rowley Mile [...]
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 [...]
