Thursday's Royal Ascot

Very truncated message tonight.. No time, same likely tomorrow too.


2.30 - Norfolk Stakes
Monsieur Chevalier (13/8f) should win, but Yogaroo's 2 stablemates have hosed up in races on tues and weds, so he is now a big danger. Star Rover's (66/1) got decent form to get a place at huge odds, but ran averagely in tuesday's race.

3.00 - Ribblesdale Stakes
This revolves around 3 fillies. Leocorno (15/8f) hasn't done anything wrong so far, but has a tough race with Take The Hint (3/1) and Flying Cloud (9/1) challenging. Can't really split them.

3.45 - Gold Cup
Yeats (9/4f) has won this for the last 3 years. But he ran fairly pooly on his last run and no 8yo has won this for 90 years.
Geordieland (3/1) was runner-up the last 2 years and is also an 8yo. Patkai (10/3) is the up and coming horse that Geordieland beat last time.
Veracity (7/1) may get a place but probably won't win.

4.20 - Britannia Stakes
30 runner race. Should be sticking to horses drawn high or low.
The race today was won by those drawn low, so it could pay to stick with Brief Encounter (8/1) (drawn 6), Satwa Laird (40/1) (drawn 3) or River Captain (14/1) (drawn 2). Desert Creek (13/2f) is drawn the other side in 26.

4.55 - Hampton Court Stakes
Freemantle (5/4f) looks a good horse, but could be turned over by Monitor Closely (7/1). On Our Way (28/1) is an e/w shot.

5.30 - King George V Stakes
Quite a few at big prices to chose from. Again I'm going to stay fairly low on the draw as they definitely have an advantage.
I really fancy London Bridge (16/1) (drawn 8). Lasso The Moon (20/1) is drawn nicely in 6.
Those drawn a little higher are Dubai Crest in 10 (40/1), Chiberta King in 11 (9/1) and Takaatuf in 12 (20/1).