City can go to Town in Jubilee Steve Hughes has selections for five races on the final day of Royal Ascot A cracking finish in prospect to Royal Ascot, both with the weather and with a brilliant card, highlighted by the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes. I have suggestions...
Day Four at Royal Ascot sees two Group 1 contests, the Commonwealth Cup over 6f which sees Aidan O’Brien saddle Ten Sovereigns. The Coronation Stakes 40 minutes later O’Brien saddles dual Guineas winner Hermosa, who is odds on to back that up at this meeting. 3.40 Commonwealth Cup TEN...
Ten is up for Cup Steve Hughes looks ahead to Friday’s action at Royal Ascot With the weather looking up I expect ground conditions to be improving dramatically for Friday. I have selections for four races on another star studded card. Ascot 3.05: Humanitarian The Derby form has...
4.20 Gold Cup: The long-distance race at Royal Ascot has had many returning heroes, Sagaro winning under Lester Piggott three times in the 1970s while Aidan O’Brien won four times with Yeats from 2006. Stradivarius aims to go back to back having won the 2m4f race for John Gosden...
Bee prepared for a Gold Cup shock Steve Hughes looks ahead to the middle day of Royal Ascot Another cracking day’s racing at Ascot, although once again the ground will be on the soft side after all the rain of the first two days. There are a good mix...
Ocean will love the water at Ascot Steve Hughes previews day two at Royal Ascot With heavy overnight rain expected, Ascot looks set to be very soft for the Wednesday of the Royal meeting. My selections are therefore based on horses expected to act well in testing conditions....
3.40 Prince of Wales’s Stakes: The rain came heavily on Day One of Royal Ascot but it didn’t affect the excitement one bit and rain, hail or shine we should have some good racing with the Group 1 contest on Day Two the Prince of Wales’s Stakes over the...
Pointing the way to a successful Royal Ascot Steve Hughes looks ahead to the first of five days of British racings’ biggest fixture. Three Group 1 races form the traditional strong start to the Royal meeting. Of those I have selections from two, plus an each-way fancy for...
4.20 St James’s Palace Stakes: This is one of the showdowns of Royal Ascot as John Gosden’s Too Darn Hot – a sensation as a 2yo but disappointing so far at three – takes on Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Phoenix Of Spain. There is a good supporting cast including...
3.40 King’s Stand Stakes: The dashers go to post for the 5f charge that is the King’s Stand Stakes on Day One of the Royal Ascot meeting and the race looks a wide open contest with 12 declared including Battaash for Charlie Hills, Charlie Appleby’s Blue Point, Sergei Prokofiev...
