It's been talked about on the final furlong podcast last weekend with Emmet Kennedy he wanted everyone to do a lucky 15 and turn it into a golden day stranger things have happened
With the ground having gone soft they should just switch to the hurdle/chase course and get some slow old plodders out at Ascot. A friend of mine is on the Johnston hotpot in the Norfolk but like the rest that have not encountered soft ground yet, anything could happen. With the testing ground, does anyone want to give Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck another chance? No wins since Epsom 2019 and the principle form race for the Hardwicke seems to be the Coronation Cup, which provides three of today’s other runners. Is it really possible to suggest that the Coronation form was franked by Stradivarius in the Gold Cup? Elarqam is too expensive to follow these days but his Brigadier Gerard conqueror is now a Group 1 winner. The Queen’s Vase could turn out to be a right slog in the ground so all that leaves is the one that I had picked out at the start of the week. The Commonwealth Cup features a number of non-stayers from the Classics. I presume that Oisin was told to ride Millisle like a miler at HQ but she did not get home and George Baker’s French import Les Hogues finished second last; but both will definitely go in the ground. Mums Tipple was last in the 2000 Guineas, a race whose form has hardly been advertised this week and he has never encountered soft ground. I was at York when he bolted up in a valuable sales race and a repeat is hard to envisage. Of the four Ballydoyle contenders Lope Y Fernandez, third at The Curragh, is an interesting contender having won twice on easy going as a juvenile. There will be plenty of takers for Roger Varian’s Pierre Lapin after the winners he has sent out in the last couple of days but his two race career is fast ground form although he does hold Shadn and Royal Commando on Mill Reef running. Golden Horde’s second in the Middle Park to Earthlight reads well (Lope Y Fernandez and Mums Tipple behind) but he also ventures onto soft ground for the first time. Royal Crusade will have no problem with the going but drops to six furlongs having only raced over seven. So that leads me to last year’s Queen Mary runner-up, beaten in a photo on easy ground over five, hoping to go one better for Wesley Ward this time over six: KIMARI. Come on Frankie!
1:15 - Classy Moon 22/1 Ew 1:50 - Dandalla 11/1 Ew & Flying Aletha 6/1 Win 3:35 - Millisle 10/1 Win 4:10 - Berkshire Rocco 4/1 Win 4:40 - Scarlet Dragon 40/1 Ew Also done a win Lucky 15/Acca elsewhere: 12:50 Newmarket - Rock Boy Grey 3/1 2:00 Newmarket - Lily Like 7/1 4:25 Lingfield - Solar Park 4/1 4:30 Tipperary - Kinch 5/1
Just watched that Navan race in which Mother Earth finished like a train over 5f. GF that day, which is a concern, but I’m liking this animal.
Hope you have a good day especially with your two big price handicap picks - have also two others with stick's one and Berkshire Royal
Keep Busy Dandalla Eye Of Heaven Millisle Born With Pride (NAP) Indianapolis No idea on the big race, and to be honest without knowing what the going really is, and where they are going to come on the straight track, its a very tricky day. Born With Pride should love the trip and the ground on the round track (which is going to be soft). She hated Kempton but still showed enough in the final stages to suggest that she is one with massive potential. They missed the race earlier in the week because of the ground, so it looks to me like they've no excuses today. Worth remembering that her sire has an awful record on the all weather, so its probably fair to draw a line through her last run.
Standside: 6.8, Centre: 7.0, Farside: 7.1. Round: 6.1 So if you believe the good old goingstick, you'd want to be down the farside. However yesterday they shunned that rail so I think we have to expect them to come down the middle.
He is 26 winners from 342 rides at the course (expected wins is 31). In June that goes to 6 from 166 rides.
13 weeks of home schooling a 7 year old and a 9 year old. 13 weeks of constantly working from home. Yep. So, as it's Poets Day, I can't see any reason why I shouldn't make a few selections and watch the action on the telly. ( I've worked hard this week ) Here's where my darts have fallen: 1.15 Dancin Inthestreet 1.50 Setarhe 2.25 The Lir Jet 3.00 Morando 3.35 Shadn 4.10 Berkshire Rocco 4.40 Scarlet Dragon Hope everyone is well Cheers Si J.
Top man. I've got a 4 year old and a 7 year old and done nothing with them. School sent a load of worksheets to print out but i don't have a printer so thats useful and both myself and my wife have been working the whole time so i respect anyone who managed to get some home schooling done.
Ascot Day 4 selections - 1:15 - Classy Moon, City Walk 1:50 - Golden Meleody, Dandella 2:25 - Imperial Force 3:00 - Elarqam 3:35 - Millisle, Kimari, Shadn 4:10 - Born With Pride 4:40 - Medal Winner, Indianapolis Well, that's gone quick, we must have had some fun... Good luck to all who's playing today...
We have a 14 year old who fortunately gets on with her home schooling on her own, I had a conversation with of the teachers two weeks ago who said that 70% of those homeschooling had sent no work in. I had Eye of Heaven at 7/2 earlier in the week so I'm hoping that pays off
13:50 Ascot - Undertake e/w (Stable's second string I believe, but has a sporting chance on breeding. Both sire and damsire seemed to have bred racehorses that don't mind a bit of give in the ground. Distance should be ideal. Good young rider on board.)
