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 [...]
Prize fighter Eldarov to give his rivals a royal beating in the Queen’s Vase June 14, 2022 Prize fighter Eldarov to give his rivals a royal beating in the Queen’s Vase STRADIVARIUS won the 2017 renewal of the Queen’s Vase (3.05pm) before going on to become one of the greatest stayers of all time. It is highly unlikely there is a horse of his calibre in today’s field, but it looks [...]
Unbeaten Branwell might become Queen Maria in opener June 14, 2022 WESLEY Ward has won the Queen Mary Stakes (2.30pm) three times in the last seven years, so the obvious starting point when analysing today’s opener is his Love Reigns. A daughter of U S Navy Flag, she won on debut at Keeneland over five and a half furlongs in April by almost 10 lengths. You [...]
Don’t leave King out of your Hunt Cup Quinellas June 14, 2022 THERE aren’t many more challenging puzzles to solve than today’s Royal Hunt Cup (5.00pm). 30 runners hurtling down Ascot’s straight mile, almost all of whom could easily be well ahead of their handicap marks, means that finding the winner is very difficult, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to give it a good go. ASTRO [...]
EP: 139 Royal Ascot – Thursday June 14, 2022 The Gold Cup, run over two and a half miles, takes centre stage at Royal Ascot on Thursday when Frankie Dettori teams up with his old favourite stayer Stradivarius, who looks to win the Group 1 prize for a fourth time. The Norfolk Stakes and Ribblesdale Stakes, both Group 2 contests, also take place on [...]
EP: 138 Royal Ascot – Wednesday June 13, 2022 Wednesday at Royal Ascot sees the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes as the Group 1 feature race alongside a trio of Group 2 events. There’s also the Royal Hunt Cup cavalry charge, run over the straight mile course for us to look forward to. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Wednesday’s action, [...]
It’s in my Nature to take on jollies with Arecibo June 13, 2022 THERE’S certainly a very international feel to this year’s Royal Ascot and no more so than in the King’s Stand Stakes (3.40pm). Both Nature Strip and Golden Pal have proven their class in their native homelands of Australia and America, but now must prove they can strut their stuff on these shores. Nature Strip is [...]