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1m (Str) Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) (Class 1) (4yo+) What a cracking way to start the meeting with a hugely competitive Group 1. There are many chances from the Locking Stakes competing here and Rosallion might be the pick of that bunch. He needed his comeback run and I…

5f King Charles III Stakes (Group 1) (Class 1) (3yo+) Asfoora chases back-to-back wins in this race, however she comes here without a UK prep run and off-the-back of a comprehensive defeat in Australia last time out so perhaps she is not quite in the same form as last year.…

1m4f (1m4f6y) Betfred Derby (In Honour Of His Highness Aga Khan IV) (Group 1) (No Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) It feels a long time since tipping the Derby winner three years running at odds between 13/2 and 40/1 (plug!), but Minnie Hauk’s Oaks win was our third in a row…

1m½f Princess Elizabeth Stakes (Sponsored By Oddschecker) (Group 3) (Fillies & Mares) (Class 1) (3yo+) It’s hard to split many of these fillies and mares and plenty of them have questions to answer. Skellet might be the class act in the race, but she’s not been the most straightforward so…

1m4f (1m4f6y) Betfred Oaks (Group 1) (Fillies) (Class 1) (3yo) Desert Flower has been sensational so far for Godolphin and the 1000 Guineas winner might have enough class to defy a huge step up in trip in the Epsom Oaks. However she is unproven at this distance and her pedigree…

1m2½f Qatar Prix du Jockey Club (Group 1) (3yo Colts & Fillies) (Turf) (3yo) There doesn’t appear to be a standout colt in this year’s French Derby and so often the French 2000 Guineas is a great trial for this race. Camille Pissarro finished third in the French 2000 is…

1m Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (Group 1) (No Geldings) (3yo) Field Of Gold probably should have won the English Guineas and will relish this stiffer mile. There are no obvious negatives but it’s a competitive race and he’s very short. Cosmic Year has a good chance but a stiff mile…

3m5f BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase (Extended Handicap Chase) (Grade 3) (5yo+) Gavin Cromwell looks to have a very strong hand here and his challenge is spear-headed by NOW IS THE HOUR who might just be the type to put it altogether today over this trip and in awful ground…

7f (Str) Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes (Group 3) (Colts & Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) Wide open as top of market looks very beatable. I’m backing SARACEN who is one of the least exposed runners having won easily in his maiden at Curragh last season, quickening off a slow galop to…

3m (3m20y) CPMS Novices’ Champion Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (Class 2) (5yo+)  The top two set a decent standard here but have to give quite a bit of weight away to WHISTLE STOP TOUR who I fancied to run a big race in the Ultima before getting badly hampered by a faller early on…