1m4f Sky Bet Great Voltigeur Stakes (Group 2) (Colts & Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) All of the hype obviously surrounds Gregory for the Great Voltigeur and whilst the current St. Leger favourite has clearly got a fantastic chance, I’m not overly convinced the drop back in trip from his Royal…
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1pt win Monsieur Kodi @11/2, 1pt win Sophias Starlight @11/1, 15:15 Ripon, Saturday
6f William Hill Great St Wilfrid Handicap (Class 2) (3yo+) It generally pays to be drawn high in the Great St Wilfrid Handicap except when there is rain about. And overnight there is plenty of thunderstorms that could mean the ground is closer to soft rather than good for this…
1pt each-way Aleezdancer @12/1, 1pt each-way Tanmawwy @14/1, 15:35 Goodwood, Saturday
6f Coral Stewards’ Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo+) There has been plenty of hype around Orazio for Charlie Hills. He was sent off favourite for the Wokingham, but may have been unsuited by the faster going and the return to a softer surface can see him in a much…
1pt win Docklands @5/1, 14:25 Goodwood, Friday
1m Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (3yo) Baeed won this race in 2021 on his way to becoming a Group 1 superstar and connections of Nostrum are hoping he can go on to reach top pattern-class level too. Nostrum has eye-catching two-year-old form and looked fairly impressive on…
1pt win Olivia Maralda @6/1, 15:05 Royal Ascot, Saturday
7f Jersey Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (3yo) The Frankie factor probably means that Covey has been overbet here and although he looks like a progressive horse, the form of his recent Haydock success has taken quite a few knocks. The Antartic received a strong form boost with Ocean Quest…
1pt win Khanjar @11/1, 1pt win Kings Lynn @20/1, 17:00 Royal Ascot, Saturday
6f Wokingham Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo+ 0-110) Class and an ability to stay +7 furlongs have tended to produce the winner of the Wokingham in recent years and that’s where we have landed with our selections. There were big things expected of KHANJAR as a three-year-old last season…
1pt win Shaquille @9/1, 1pt win Ocean Quest @20/1, 15:05 Royal Ascot, Friday
6f Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (No Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) The market is priced up based on last season’s juvenile sprinting form and I’m not so keen on following those horses that have tried their luck in a Guineas contest over a mile this season. Little Big…
1pt win Bertinelli @15/2, 1pt win Davideo @8/1, 15:05 Royal Ascot, Thursday
1m4f (1m3f211y) King George V Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo 0-105) So many promising three-year-old middle distance horses race in the King George V Stakes handicap. It’s very hard to call, but a cracking betting heat. Sometimes in a handicap you just have to go with a horse who…
1pt win Silver Sword @10/1, 1pt win Perfect Play @12/1, 15:55 Epsom, Saturday
1m2f Betfred Lester Piggott Handicap (Class 2) (3yo 0-100) A fiercely competitive three-year-old handicap here with Torito looking a potential pattern-level perfomer with his close second to Derby entrant Artistic Star looking like a particularly strong formline. However Torito has not gone unnoticed by the handicapper with a mark of…
1pt win Tunnes @8/1, 15:10 Friday, Epsom Downs
1m4f Dahlbury Coronation Cup (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (4yo+) A really top renewal and nothing can be ruled out from this high quality five-runner field. Hurricane Lane is arguably better on softer ground and Emily Upjohn, despite being top-class, is having her first run of the season.…