Our man is looking forward to a day of fierce competition at Royal Ascot and has four high priced selections to consider.
Matt’s recent Value Bet winners: Desert Crown (25/1 forefront), Swilcan Bridge (14/1, 20p R4), Tees Spirit (12/1) – column of more than 140 profit points for 2022. .
Value Bet Royal Ascot Tips: Wednesday, June 15th
1st Crispy Cat win at 2.30 Royal Ascot at 12/1 (William Hill, Coral, Ladbrokes)
Deauville Legend 1-point victory at 3.05 Royal Ascot 16/1 (BetVictor, Unibet)
1pt ew Coy Coy at 5.00 Royal Ascot at 20/1 (General 1/4 1,2,3,4)
1pt ew Star Of Orion at 6.10 Royal Ascot on 25/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
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Take Ferguson back to the track
Thursday’s King George V Stakes looks like one of the toughest races of the week with very few of the unexposed three-year-olds worth hastily dismissing.
Aidan O’Brien mentioned Newfoundland at the same time as the Cazoo Derby earlier this year and is obviously starting to put it all together after opening his account the fourth time he asked when he was seen. for the last time.
She had to overcome traffic problems that day and was worth more than the bare margin (length and a half), but she was still just a pretty weak Navan maiden, so I’m sure we can throw the net a little wider in such a deep race like this.
Mark Johnston has won it five times in the past and it should be noted that the yard – which has sent at least two runners in this over the last six seasons – depends solely on Achnamara, who definitely stays on an upward curve despite suffering a narrow. defeats Doncaster as he tries to keep up with Beverley’s success.
I have a slight suspicion that Johnston’s three-year-olds are generally not on the same level as in recent seasons, although the initial reaction to Schmilsson was a 28/1 shot was that he looked a little big. to the bettor.
However, the winner of Andrew Balding’s Bath Maiden (third well-kept won a minor foal handicap in Leicester since then) has not yet been tested on good, firm ground and his half-sister upper-class Izzi Top preferred a little digging underfoot, which is just a little nasty, rightly or wrongly.
The best bet could be DEAUVILLE LEGEND, who has been preparing for this since making a winning comeback on a Windsor maiden in late April.
Coach James Ferguson has been completely cold since then (0-28 through May and June so far), but there have been one or two indications in the last fortnight that things could be about to change. better, including the stable star El Bodegon who proves his Dante went wrong when he was second in the Prix du Jockey Club.
It must have been very tempting to get out of Deauville Legend and get in the way of the disabled before now, but the connections have been cunningly seated in their hands and could be about to be rewarded as they don’t I doubt it has a bit on the sleeve of an initial brand. of 89.
Even going back to his only outing at two, when he is fourth in Haydock behind a pair of horses that now have three-digit ratings (New Kingdom and Dark Moon Rising), he has a very good grade and I love how he broke his duck. more than 10 stays last time, overcoming the cosmic desert of Charlie Appleby, who has not dropped the form to finish a next third in a good beginner in Lingfield since then (the fifth of this race has come out and has earned later).
Deauville Legend looked at Windsor with all his might, sitting down easily and settling in at a pleasant pace before quickly putting him to bed on the straight. He was getting on the line even though they help him close to home and stepping up to a mile and a half here could bring considerable improvement.
She will certainly do so if her pedigree is anything to go by, as it is for Sea The Stars of a Hernando mare, while her sister, Sea La Rosa, just won the Three Pinnacle Stakes Group during this trip last month. .
If I had been trained by Haggas or the Gosden, it would be half the price, but that’s something I’m willing to swallow, as it looks pretty exciting on its own.
I have several concerns about most of them in the Golden Cup, so I won’t be forced to choose between Kyprios and Stradivarius, who are looking to have it sewn in this field, while Ribblesdale would never be my type of career. . even if they had risked Emily Upjohn and the rapid change. Roger Varian’s Mukaddamah is probably the bet, but its price has adjusted a bit and it’s a pretty tricky race.
Cream to climb to the top …
The main attraction of the Norfolk Stakes is that Karl Burke has found that Pillow Talk is smart enough to face the boys instead of stepping up the journey through the Albany and could be an inspired move, especially after to win Queen Mary on Wednesday with Dramatized – her The youthful pastures are clearly top notch.
Walbank seemed like a fair bet at the end of last week, but their price has contracted remarkably thanks to several favorable reports and the inclination now is to have a dart at the other foal owned by Amo Racing on the field, CRISPY CAT.
She’s a fraction more exposed after three starts, but she’s barely made a mistake, winning her Cork maiden before a second short lead in Tuesday’s fourth Coventry Stakes Blackbeard and a second neck in third Maria Branwell’s third. Queen Mary Stakes on Wednesday.
Sandown’s second seemed an unfortunate shadow, as he showed great speed to catch him between the two and the marker of a furlong, before being worn by the foal, to whom he yielded 5 pounds.
He is expected to enjoy this first taste of fast terrain and by Ardad, who spawned last year’s Norfolk winner (Perfect Power) as well as Coventry’s third (Vintage Clarets) in his first season with runners on the ground, Crispy Cat has a lot to recommend. at a double-digit price.
Don’t be Koy for Balding’s bet
I’ve been looking forward to KOY KOY’s return from his unfortunate second at the May Chester Festival and the fact that the ground has been raised seems a boost to his Britannia Stakes claims.
We don’t know for sure if he will definitely improve, but he won his rookie at Newbury last season and most of Acclamation’s best offspring have absolutely enjoyed a real summer surface: think Equiano, Expert Eye, Romantic Warrior , Mehmas and Oh This Is Us to name a handful.
Running smoothly for the first time in Roodee, Koy Koy slipped out of the stops and lost some initial vital ground that are usually curtains over there, and he proved it.
He still raced hard to finish a long second behind Outgate, who has made his way into a good third in the Silver Bowl at Haydock and a valuable handicap victory at Chester last Saturday.
He has now gone from 10 pounds to 98 with Koy Koy lifting just 3 pounds despite looking like the best horse in the race, with so much more to offer when he increases to a mile. It gets it here and is Timeform’s fourth highest rated (with a small ‘p’ to start with), suggesting it’s being seriously underestimated in the marketplace.
Second time off strike time
STAR OF ORION stands out for its prices at Buckingham Palace Stakes, after being reduced a couple of pounds to a mark of 98 after its perfectly credited comeback behind Vafortino during this route and distance last month.
That’s just 1 pound more than when Danyah hit a short head against bigger horses on the International Stakes (also running along the route and distance) last July, while I can excuse her relatively poor previous effort at the Britannia from last year as it was drawn six and all the action took place next to the bleachers. The mile probably stretches it a bit too.
There shouldn’t be many excuses up front on Thursday’s draw, as Rob Hornby can effectively pick where he’s going from the center (stop 16), and the conditions under his feet seem ideal for this two-time winner of good to firm.
There’s more to come from the four-year-old and if he’s physically squeezing in for the comeback, like he did when he returned to Newmarket for the second time out last quarter, he won’t be far behind in that company.
Published at 1600 BST on 15/06/22
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