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6f Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) (No Geldings) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo) The Commonwealth Cup looks like one of the races of the week, and it’s set to be run on rattling fast-ground. Perfect Power lines up as favourite, dropping back from a mile over the Guineas that was…

5f Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (2yo) Only 11 runners so this isn’t as trappy as a typical running, and I have this between the form pick Walbank and the runaway maiden winner BRAVE NATION, whose sire was a 16/1 winner for these pages a few years back (plug!). On…

1m4f King George V Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo 0-105) The London Gold Cup raced at Newbury is often an excellent trial for this race and the beautifully bred Israr who won that affair comes in to this with solid credentials and a progressive profile. But I can’t quite…

1m4f Ribblesdale Stakes (Group 2) (Fillies) (Class 1) (3yo) The Ribblesdale looks pretty wide-open with many of the runners having some sort of form angle with those fillies that contested the Oaks. With it being that wide-open, I’m not too keen to take a short price as both Sea Silk…

5f Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2) (Fillies) (Class 1) (2yo) I could name four or five potential winners in here if you can see past the American raider, who was faultless on her debut but lacks much substance to her form. That could all change with another Wesley Ward trained demolition job but…

5f Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed Race) (Class 1) (2yo) Little Big Bear has looked like a very smart prospect on his first two starts for Aidan O’Brien, winning cosily in a maiden on his previous start against some good sorts having failed to reel in a rival over 6f. He…

1m6f Queen’s Vase (Group 2) (Class 1) (3yo) It doesn’t look a standout renewal of the Queen’s Vase, which also makes it a little tricky to pick one as I think you are betting more for potential improvement at this extended trip than previous formlines. Eldar Eldarov probably looks like…

1m2f  (1m1f212y) Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series)  (Class 1) (4yo+) Sir Michael Stoute won the Derby and I suspect his Bay Bridge wouldn’t be so short here if he hadn’t, as his best form is a 5l Group Three success over a horse who too hasn’t won above the same…

6f Coventry Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (2yo) This looks a hot renewal of the Coventry and tricky as ever for punters. I’ve tried to contextualise the limited form we have through sectional timings – widely available for British racing but not in Ireland – and whilst Bradsell was a big eye catcher…

1m2f Wolferton Stakes (Listed Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) There isn’t really a stand-out pattern-level performer in the Wolferton field. Currently, Caddilac lines up at the top-of-the-market for Jessica Harrington. A Group 2 and 3 winner in Ireland, he sets the level here, but he’s hardly the most solid of favourties…