Last year’s winner Outback Traveller sits near the top of the market at 8/1 and it would be pretty special if he could repeat his success, but that victory was on a softer surface and he looks vulnerable 4lbs higher than last year. Projection has also been supported, with his…
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…
0.75pt each-way George William @12/1, 0.5pt each-way GM Hopkins @28/1, 17:00 Ascot, Wednesday
El Vip and Abe Lincoln have been backed in off-the-boards over the last few weeks. The former has been the subject of a jockey change with Jamie Spencer switching from Banksea due to Frankie Dettori’s injury, and although unexposed, he lacks experience in these big-field events. Abe Lincoln is similarly…
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.…
1.5pts win Qemah @3/1, 15:40 Ascot, Wednesday
The Duke Of Cambridge for fillies and mares really does appear to be a battle between three horses at the top of the market, with the rest of the field lacking any consistent pattern-company performers. Laugh Aloud has been favourite for this contest ever since she hosed-up by five lengths…
1pt win Murillo @7/1, 15:05 Ascot, Tuesday
Royal Ascot’s second race each year, the Coventry Stakes for two-year-olds, is a really tough one to call with such little form in the book. I think the favourite Brother Bear is easy to take on on this ground as he’s by Kodiac, whose progeny generally appreciate some cut. His…
0.75pt each-way American Patriot @25/1, 14:30 Ascot, Tuesday
We deliberately kept our powder dry over the weekend in anticipation of a big week’s punting at Royal Ascot, which kicks off tomorrow in hot summer weather. As with every year, three Group One races punctuate the Tuesday card, starting with the Queen Anne Stakes in which Richard Fahey’s top-class…
Two ante-post tips for Royal Ascot's Prince of Wales's Stakes
Royal Ascot starts a week today and we’re keen to play a couple of cards early, starting with a couple of French raiders in Wednesday’s Prince of Wales’ Stakes. Christophe Ferland’s four-year-old HESHEM is 14/1 non-runner-no-bet with SkyBet at the time of writing, which on the strength of his fine Group One-second in…