Author: Joel Roberts

The time is right for SANDS OF MALI to bounce back to his Group One-winning best over the same course and distance of his finest hour in the Champions Sprint. He’s been labeled a mudlark but has plenty of form on faster ground, including when 2nd in the Commonwealth Cup…

Wesley Ward is always full of enthusiasm for his Royal Ascot chances but he said of his Norfolk Stakes chance GOLDEN PAL ‘I really think he’s one of the best horses I’ve ever brought to Royal Ascot – believe me, this horse is the real deal’. Bizarrely for Ward’s best…

FANNY LOGAN is a right good bet in the Hardwicke Stakes at 11/1. She gets the mares’ allowance against the colts and is proven on softer going which many of the market principles, including the favourite Antony Van Dyck, are known to dislike. John Gosden has been in good form…

With the rain falling, my old favourite SIR DRAGONET is looking more and more like a banker each time I look at the market for the Listed Wolferton Stakes. Sent off favourite for the Derby last year after bolting up at Chester and in his maiden, his form tailed off…

I think FINAL SONG has an outstanding chance in the Jersey Stakes, back over 7f with a little bit of juice in the ground at a course she’s proven at. On ratings she has work to do – and thanks to three winless efforts on dirt in Dubai this winter…

I’m probably a dunce for trying to find the winner of a 19 runner two-year-old race at this stage of the season but I’m going to have a go with GET IT from the Clive Cox yard. A son of first-season sire Twilight Son, winner of the Diamond Jubilee Stakes…

With 2018 and 2019 winner Blue Point retired, Battaash has an open goal in the King’s Stand provided he’s on a going day. Odds-on quotes are just about fair, but certainly not of betting interest given he’s never a sure thing. The reality is, Ascot is a stiff 5f and…

I like FOX CHAIRMAN for the Queen Anne Stakes. Unraced at two, his four starts at three were all good ones, with hard luck stories at Chester and Ascot’s round course keeping him fairly under the radar. He’s by Kingman and out of a Galileo mare so has the pedigree…

Where were we? Sunday’s rescheduled 1,000 Guineas has 15 runners so the draw is relevant. Raffle Prize looks the likely pace angle to the race, but I don’t think she’ll stay, for all she has smart form. I’m not sure the favourite Milisle’s stamina doubts are factored into her price…

2m1f  (2m179y) (New) JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1)  (Class 1) (4yo) I’m a huge advocate of backing front runners at Cheltenham, particularly on the New Course, and ALLMANKIND is guaranteed to make the pace in this classy renewal of the Triumph Hurdle. His jumping is solid and he seems to stay two miles at his…