Success Days was a 4/1 winner yesterday while Ulysses was best of the rest behind flat racing’s new superstar Enable in the King George. A month of Sunday Group Ones at northern French track Deauville begins today, kicking off with the Prix Rothschild for the filly milers. With dual-Royal Ascot…
Author: Joel Roberts
1pt win Ulysses @9/1, 15:35 Ascot, Saturday
We’ve had some weak renewals of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes in recent seasons but the ten declared for Saturday’s edition buck that trend. Much of the pre-race speculation has been around the participation of dual-Oaks heroine Enable from John Gosden’s yard, and despite only running as…
2pts win Barney Roy @3/1, 15:35 Sandown, Saturday
We were out of luck last weekend with both tips sustaining injuries, presumably mid-race, with 40/1 Derby winner Wings Of Eagles sadly having been retired after a fracture. Sandown hosts Saturday’s big race where the three-year-olds clash with the older generation in the Group One Coral-Eclipse, run over the intermediate…
1pt each-way Robin Of Navan @12/1, 14:55 Saint-Cloud, Sunday
Over in Paris this afternoon, there must be a bet in the Group One Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud as last year’s winner Silverwave trades 4/1 favourite from a classy field. My gut says there are better horses behind him in the market, so he must be taken on. Last year’s…
1pt win Wings Of Eagles @3/1, 17:20 Curragh, Saturday
It’s Irish Derby day at the Curragh and we’re treated to a quality international field featuring some of the leading players from the English and French equivalents. Andre Fabre sends over his French Derby second Waldgeist, a Galileo colt, to take on Aidan O’Brien’s five-strong home team, mostly also by…
1pt win Idaho @9/2, 15:40 Ascot, Saturday
No luck yesterday in what was a really difficult day of punting, but we’re nicely up for the week with three winners, including a 16/1 on Thursday, and look to Saturday’s closing Royal Ascot card to transform a good week into a great one. Saturday isn’t much easier but there…
Royal Ascot Friday tips: Clemmie (7/1), Bound For Nowhere (10/1)
Friday looks a tough betting day with not a lot of obvious value about, mainly as the two feature Group Ones are dominated in the betting by two of Aidan O’Brien’s best three-year-olds. There seems little point taking on Winter in the Coronation Stakes after her brace of 1000 Guineas…
0.75pt each-way Gracious Diana @18/1, 15:40 Ascot, Thursday
I’m taking on the favourite, Mori, in the Ribbesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot on Thursday. Favourites are having a pretty good week and the bookies are feeling it, but I can’t quite see why the horse that easily beat Mori in a maiden earlier in the season, GRACIOUS DIANA, is several…
1pt win Mcerin @5/1, 0.5pt each-way Sioux Nation @16/1, 14:30 Ascot, Thursday
Qemah and Le Brivido combined to bag us two winners on Wednesday’s Royal Ascot card, both favourites, and market leaders are having a good week. American trainer Wes Ward is having a good week with two winners and a close second, so it’s hard not to like the claims of MCERIN in…
1pt win Le Brivido @10/3 or best morning price, 14:30 Ascot, Wednesday
Tuesday’s Queen Anne Stakes winner Ribchester won the opening Jersey Stakes on day two of Royal Ascot last year after placing third in the 2000 Guineas, and Classic form again looks key to unlocking the 2017 renewal as horses from the 2000 Guineas, 1000 Guineas and French 2000 Guineas top the market.…