WELLS FARHH GO was an eye-catcher at Royal Ascot, attempting tactics which hadn’t worked for any runner on the round course the whole week: coming from off the pace on fast ground. He did make up ground at the finish and stayed on strongly to suggest the extra furlong of…
1pt win Preening @6/1, 13:30 Sandown, Saturday
There is plenty of hype surrounding Roger Varian’s new German recruit in Narella. She did look hugely impressive when winning a Group 3 in Baden-Baden last season before bombing out in the Prix Marcel Boussac when last seen. Narella could be much better than this level, but has a few…
1pt win Happily @8/1, 14:10 Sandown, Saturday
Saturday’s big race is the Coral Eclipse over ten furlongs at Sandown, where the Classic generation, including three of the first four home in the Derby, take on the older horses for the first time at Group One level. The market is expecting the three-year-olds to dominate and it’s no…
0.75pts each-way Growl @16/1, 0.75pts each-way Tis Marvellous @20/1, 17:00 Royal Ascot, Saturday
The Wokingham is possibly my favourite race of the season and this year the market looks slightly peculiar with the heavily-fancied Dreamfield as short as 11/4 in certain places. He may well be group-level, but the Wokingham requires some luck as well as ability to win it and with 28…
1.5pts win Redkirk Warrior @5/1, 16:20 Royal Ascot, Saturday
Saturday’s feature race at Royal Ascot is the Diamond Jubilee Stakes over six furlongs for older horses, and the 2018 renewal is brilliantly international with runners from Britain, Ireland, France, America and Australia. Group One sprints are hard to dissect at the best of times, so the international flavour makes…
Windsor Castle Stakes bets: Mutawaffer (10/1) and Sabre (11/1)
The Windsor Castle Stakes looks an tough punting conundrum this year with 28 runners over five furlongs on fast ground. Here’s my shortlist: Mutawaffer – 10/1 Trained by spring king Charlie Hills and by a notable sire of two-year-olds, Kodiac, this colt bolted up at Goodwood over six furlongs and…
1pt win Angel's Hideaway @14/1, 1pt win Stillwater Cove @18/1, 14:30 Royal Ascot, Friday
John Gosden and Frankie Dettori have combined to win several times this week already, and they team up again with ANGEL’S HIDEAWAY in the opener on Friday’s Royal Ascot card. It looks a good renewal of the six-furlong Albany Stakes for filles, and Aidan O’Brien dominates the market with Just Wonderful, the…
1pt each-way Rostropovich @7/1, 15:05 Royal Ascot, Friday
The ‘Ascot Derby’ or King Edward VIII Stakes looks a good competitive renewal with Derby sixth Delano Roosevelt trading favourite. I’m not convinced he truly wants a mile-and-a-half and I’m not sure Ryan Moore partnering him is as big a tip as it might seem. Aidan O’Brien is firing three…
1pt win Billesdon Brook @6/1, 16:20 Royal Ascot, Friday
We’re treated to a tasty renewal of the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday as three Guineas winners and the leading juvenile filly of 2017 clash in a race that should clarify the pecking order. I’ll start with Clemmie, who trades second favourite, as vibes have not been good…
1pt win Charming Kid @9/1, 14:30 Royal Ascot, Thursday
The Norfolk Stakes over five furlongs opens Royal Ascot’s Thursday card, and I can’t really work out why Kochek is favourite after not winning last time out in a bunched finish, which usually suggests the runners were closely matched. Hardly stand-out form, then, and I’m not too excited by Wesley…