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...
Royal Ascot always begins with a big splash on the Tuesday – three Group One race on the menu for racegoers in the shape of the Queen Anne Stakes, the King’s Stand Stakes and the St James’s Palace Stakes and here is the lowdown on the runners in each...
The five-day Royal Ascot jamboree is almost upon us with famous old races like the King’s Stand Stakes, Prince Of Wales’s Stakes and the Gold Cup to name just. Here are the ante-post prices for the biggest races at the festival. TUESDAY, JUNE 18 2.30 Queen Anne Stakes: The...
Looking to Net the Derby winner Steve Hughes provides his best bets for Derby day at Epsom This does not look a vintage renewal of the Derby, and I think this can go to the favourite. However there are other good betting races on the card, so...
