1m3½f (1m3f133y) (Inner) Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+)
CONTENT is a confident selection here at a generous 9/1 as she has every right to be considered the best horse in the race. The Yorkshire Oaks winner is top on ratings without accounting for her 3yo allowance and is proven on softer ground. Her run in the Opera from a wide draw over an inadequate trip – her best form is at 12f – looked like a prep run to me and her price mystifies me.
1pt win Content @9/1, 14:25 Ascot, Saturday
Update: I have the feeling the Coolmore horses and their purple pedigrees will come to the fore here and I’m also backing their second string WINGSPAN whose dam won this in 2017 when trying the trip for the first time. In her last two starts she’s looked like she wants to go up in trip and she’s got form on slower ground already. She’s progressing fast, unexposed and her prominent racing style is a positive on the tighter Ascot inner track.
1pt win Wingspan @12/1, 14:25 Ascot, Saturday
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