At 12/1 AMAZING MARIA is once again a ridiculous price to land back-to-back victories in the Group One Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on Friday. She won the race last year also at 12/1 – our first-ever winner at 2pts win – so clearly has the class and it looks like she’ll…
Author: Joel Roberts
0.75pt each-way Hawkbill @10/1 or best morning price, 15:45 Sandown, Saturday
Apologies for the lack of tips last weekend – we were at Glastonbury and the going was certainly heavy. Sandown hosts its big flat card on Saturday, with the mile-and-a-quarter Group One Coral Eclipse the feature – traditionally a race where the Classic generation of three-year-olds meet their elders for…
1pt win Highland Reel @12/1, 15:40 Ascot, Saturday
Usual pilot Ryan Moore may have jumped off to ride easy Newmarket winner Exosphere for Sir Michael Stoute, but HIGHLAND REEL looks the class horse in this renewal of the Group Two Hardwicke Stakes and appears generously priced at 12/1. This is a Group One winner in two different continents – he…
0.75pt each-way Besharah @20/1, 0.75pt each-way Tanaza @20/1, 16:20 Ascot, Friday
In taking the notable scalp of Guineas and Oaks winning filly Minding at the Curragh, Jet Setting sets the form standard for this one-mile Royal Ascot fillies’ Group One. It might dry somewhat throughout the day but Jet Setting will certainly get her favoured softer conditions and will be very…
0.75pt each-way Clever Cookie @10/1, 16:20 Ascot, Thursday
On a day where England’s football team inject a dose of St George’s cross-clad over-the-top patriotism into the nation, Ascot, the epitome of British culture, hosts its biggest race in the marathon Ascot Gold Cup, with Aiden O’Brien’s Order Of St George, ironically named after a Russian military honour, trading odds-on favourite. This…
1pt win Blue De Vega @5/1, 15:05 Ascot, Thursday
This looks a tricky and competitive renewal of this mile-and-a-quarter Royal Ascot Group Three. Hawkbill seemingly sets the form standard for Charlie Appleby, having beaten the favourite, Abdon, on good-to-soft ground on their seasonal reappearances. The market seems to be expecting a reversal on this softer ground, but I’m not…
1pt win Architecture @10/3, 15:40 Ascot, Thursday
It might be too soon after The Oaks for ARCHITECTURE to run to her best, but at 11/4 and almost a stone clear of all her adversaries on ratings and she might be good value. She hasn’t won yet this season, finishing second the last twice, but that might be a blessing…
0.5pt each-way Tryster @28/1, 16:20 Ascot, Wednesday
Japanese raider A Shin Hikari, the highest rated racehorse in the world, sets the loftiest of standards and appears a certainty for the Prince Of Wales Stakes, the feature race on Royal Ascot’s Wednesday card. A wide-margin demolition of a top-class Group One field on very soft ground last time…
1pt win Lady Aurelia @3/1, 15:05 Ascot, Wednesday
I’m a big fan of American trainer Wesley Ward. He lets punters know when he’s got a good thing and the noises he’s making about his Queen Mary Stakes raider LADY AURELIA are too positive to ignore. This is a race he targets as he’s won it twice since 2009, most recently…
1pt win Tepin @5/1, 14:30 Ascot, Tuesday
We’re set for a rare soggy start to Royal Ascot and the deteriorating going has had a big impact on the betting market for the opening Queen Anne Stakes, won last year by superstar miler Solow for France, in what’s possibly the race of the week. A setback has prevented a…