Thoughts on Royal Ascot

Cheers, DG. I'm trying to think if Simon Rowlands's analyses are based on hand-timed sections.

Hopefully EC1 et al will share their thoughts with us.
 
Think he said the Coronation was hand-timed, DO. There weren't any Turftrax sectionals for it on their site yesterday.
Quick glance shows the first 3f were the fastest run, which indicates they went too quick early.
 
Last edited:
There have been issues with turftrax data at Ascot, all sectionals Simon has written about have been verified by hand for accuracy.
 
Two of Royal Ascot's "unlucky losers" take to the racecourse tomorrow in a bid to gain compensation.

Albasharah steps up in trip after a luckless run in the Listed Wolferton Handicap, finishing 5th and seemingly full of running after a poor run through from the back of the field. Chief danger would seem to be Moment In Time, a good winner of a G3 at Haydock last time, 3rd horse that day winning the G1 Pretty Polly in Ireland last weekend. Godolphin had Prussian behind MIT at Haydock so may have an idea of how they stand. Bannoffee will appreciate the better ground but at the prices I think the 9/2 about MIT is a decent e/w bet to nothing.

Wentworth is he second of the unlucky duo, reappearing in the 2.40 at Sandown. 4th in the Britannia, Wentworth made late headway from an unpromising position after a troubled passage in his previous race at Goodwood. Up 4lb to a mark of 98 tomorrow he meets another rival on the back of an Ascot run in the form of Windhoek. This horse ran a good race to finish 6th behind Remote fading in the closing stages over 10f. Dropping back to a mile tomorrow and will have the assistance of Ryan Moore in the saddle. It's no genius to tip up the front 2 at 6/4 coupled in such a big field, but these 2 might just have a bit more class than the others.
 
Field size an draw mean Wentworth could end up looking rather unfortunate again. Perhaps he'll have more luck in the big mile handicap at Goodwood.
 
Several fillies close up in the Sandringham Handicap at Royal Ascot take each other on again in the Coral Distaff today. Nargys is pretty short and there's no doubt she's weighted to win but did anyone else think she didn't get home over a mile last time? She looked the likely winner entering the final furlong but faded and the striking thing about her pedigree summary in the Post today is the preponderance of 7f performers in her pedigree. She looks opposable to me.
 
Sky Lantern looks worth opposing in the Falmouth. Having lost on The Fugue today I'm reluctant to back Elusive Kate so Giofra might be the bet as long as the ground isn't too fast.

Lahaag went on my tracker after a very good run at York over 10f in May but I left him alone in the Duke of Edinburgh because of the trip. He's overpriced at 16s for the John Smith's Cup next week.
 
Back
Top