Hayley’s Lover and Murtagh’s Church look perfect pair for the Holyrood June 16, 2022 LOOK down the home straight at Ascot this afternoon and you’ll see the air wobble. By the time they line up for the King Edward VII Stakes (5:35pm), temperatures will be well into the thirties and the ground will be rattling quick. That race looks a toss-up between the top two in the betting, marginal [...]
Quick ground to crown Sandrine Coronation Dame June 16, 2022 THERE don’t look many better races this week than the Coronation Stakes (4.20pm), which sees all the best three-year-old fillies in the mile division – with the notable exception of Homeless Songs – clash. Many will be looking forward to seeing the delayed return of John & Thady Gosden’s unbeaten filly Inspiral after a setback [...]
Fresh Hope that Fellowes and Turner can win the Sandringham yet again June 16, 2022 TRAINERS are creatures of habit. They have certain races they target and Charlie Fellowes will be hoping he can continue his love affair with the Sandringham Stakes (5.00pm) this afternoon. Thanks Be gave the young handler his first Royal Ascot win in this race three years ago when ridden by Hayley Turner who was becoming [...]
Jet looks good bet to take out Commonwealth June 16, 2022 FEW PEOPLE have crabbed the decision to introduce the Commonwealth Cup (3.05pm) in 2015, and the short but select roll of honour confirms that this has already become a highly prestigious race. Muhaarar, Caravaggio and Campanelle have already won today’s Group One contest, so it usually takes a classy type to emerge victorious and the [...]
Strad’s not lost his Mojo but Kyp can be king June 15, 2022 IS IT time for a new king to take to the throne of the stayers’ division? Thursday’s Gold Cup (4:20pm), the jewel in the crown of Royal Ascot’s five-day bonanza, looks set to be a duel between eight-year-old three-time winner, STRADIVARIUS, and improving four-year-old, KYPRIOS. The heart says Stradivarius, and the head isn’t far from leaning that [...]
You should put a few quid on Cox’s Britannia contender June 15, 2022 TODAY’S Britannia Stakes (5.00pm) is another incredibly tricky race to work out with a whole host of the 30-runner field looking like types who have bundles of improvement in them. Appealing cases can be made for several, but I was pretty keen on WHOPUTFIFTYINYOU in the days leading up to this and after Tuesday’s St James’s Palace, [...]
Chiefofchiefs can prove he’s a very good Fellowes for Charlie and Jamie June 15, 2022 LADIES Day closes with the 30-runner Buckingham Palace Stakes (6.10pm) over seven furlongs, so if you’re still looking for a winner here then you’re in big trouble. William Haggas’ unbeaten Montassib is the potential Group horse in a handicap, but he’s drawn in stall one and that may well not be the place to be. [...]
Talented duo Israr and Mist can confirm priceless London Gold Cup form June 15, 2022 THREE-year-old handicaps are often notoriously difficult to solve, with many unexposed horses all potentially ahead of their opening marks. However, playing on the World Pool with tote.co.uk is perfect in these situations as it allows you to stick several horses together in a Quinella, offering the chance of a big return. This season’s Coronation Cup [...]
EP: 140 Royal Ascot – Friday June 15, 2022 The Coronation Cup for fillies and the Commonwealth Cup for sprinters are the two Group 1 feature races on Friday at Royal Ascot. Today we are joined by classic winning trainer George Boughey who runs Cachet in the Coronation and Alice Haynes who sends her 2-year-old filly Lady Bullet to the Albany Stakes. City AM [...]
Shahryar to cross Bridge to Ascot history for Japan June 14, 2022 SIR MICHAEL Stoute has won the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (3.40pm) four times in the past and looks to hold strong claims of making it five courtesy of Bay Bridge. Typical of a horse from Stoute’s Stonemason Lodge yard, this four-year-old has been steadily brought through the ranks and won on his seasonal return in [...]