Well, Swop was a winning tip today, coming in at 9/4 at Doncaster. Monday looks a tricky day. Piverina is certainly nothing special but started favourite a couple of runs ago so must have shown something to somebody! She has dropped down to a mark of only 52 and that might enable her to get into contention in the 4.15 at Carlisle. Piverina is with Julie Camacho and another from the same yard is Pegasus Prince. This one is related to various winners in Latin America and has won 3 of his last 4 starts, all at Southwell. He has a turf pedigree but has seemed less effective on that surface thus far. He is upped inn trip in the 5.15 at Carlisle but strictly on what we can glean from his pedigree you would think he was an obvious stayer. He won easily enough over 12 furlongs on his last start though and he is an interesting runner. Tom Eaves has the ride.
I has Cecily (pictured below) down as a sure fire winner based on her pedigree but she didn’t show a lot on her racecourse debut. This filly by Oasis Dream might be worth another chance in the 7.10 at Warwick.
Gallantry was only beaten a short head at Chester last time out and this course and distance winner looks the one to beat in the 8.10 at Warwick.
In the 7.30 at Windsor One Cool Quest makes his debut. He is a half brother to the multiple winner of a few seasons ago, Macaw, and is by the new sire One Cool Cat. Speed Ticket only had one run last season but ran with promise when 3rd at Kempton. He makes his seasonal reappearance in the 8.30.
Moving on to Tuesday and Royal Ascot I will start with the 2.30. Horses that were beaten in the Lockinge are often worth noting in this race and Tariq, who was 3rd at Newbury, is the one I like in this. He didn’t entirely get the run of the race in the Lockinge, but likes fast ground and has won at Ascot before.
The Australian raiders look likely to dominate the King’s Stand at 3.05. If there is to be a home based winner it could be Kingsgate Native (pictured below). In any event it will be fascinating to see how he gets on as a 3 year old.
It is hard to see past Henrythenavigator in the 3.45. Raven’s Pass, Twice Over and Rio de la Plata represent our list to follow and look like competing for the minor placings.
Four year olds have won 7 of the last 10 runnings of the 4.55. Bukit Tinggi and Basalt who were first and second at York would be the two that most interest me. I see that Waverley runs here having been off the track since September 2005. He was a Royal Ascot winner back in 2003 when he won the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes.
At Thirsk Shanafarahan represents our list to follow in the 3.25.
Bye for now
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