It is King George day! Auguste Rodin heads the marketplace for the newest renewal of the Ascot Group One showpiece, with Insurgent’s Romance, Bluestocking and Luxembourg all in competition – watch stay on Sky Sports activities Racing.
3.40 Ascot – Auguste Rodin headlines cracking King George discipline
Aidan O’Brien saddles three of the 9 runners within the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes with ante-post favorite Auguste Rodin the choose beneath Ryan Moore. A six-time Group One winner, he faltered when fancied for final 12 months’s race however ought to take loads of beating after comfortably claiming the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot final month.
Stablemate Luxembourg bounced again to kind when taking the Group One Coronation Cup at Epsom on his final begin and has each-way claims as he stays unexposed at this 1m 4f distance.
Charlie Appleby’s Insurgent’s Romance has been a positive horse for Godolphin, profitable top-level races everywhere in the globe and he have to be feared as he seeks a five-timer beneath William Buick.
Bluestocking landed her first top-table success when seeing off Emily Upjohn within the Fairly Polly Stakes on the Curragh and an identical effort would see her go shut as she steps up in journey beneath Rossa Ryan.
3.00 Ascot – Carrytheone and Aalto fancied for Worldwide glory
Ian Williams’ Aalto recorded a well-deserved success when readily touchdown the Bunbury Cup at Newmarket 14 days in the past and he might be fancied to comply with up from a useful attract 14 within the Moet & Chandon Worldwide Stakes.
The Michael Bell-trained Carrytheone loved no luck in working when ending third behind English Oak at Royal Ascot earlier than struggling the identical destiny when fourth behind Aalto within the Bunbury Cup and appears well-handicapped off the identical mark right here.
Charlie Hills’ Wokingham third Orazio steps as much as seven furlongs, whereas Buckingham Palace runner-up Billyjoh is one other for the shortlist.
4.05 Chester – Issues Most and Heat Spell conflict
Ralph Beckett’s Issues Most returned to kind with a strong third at Pontefract final time and he would have robust claims off the identical mark regardless of a large attract stall 9 within the Greenhous DAF Handicap.
Roger Varian’s Heat Spell has been gelded since final seen ending down the sector on his reappearance at Newmarket and would wish to return to the shape that noticed him rating at Newbury as a two-year-old.
Loads of others maintain probabilities, together with latest course runner-up Balon D’Or and Archie Watson’s class-dropping Motion Level.
Better of the remaining
Godolphin runner Devoted Queen places her unbeaten file on the road within the Group Three Valiant Stakes at Ascot (2.25), earlier than Al Qudra faces Chancellor and Brian within the Pat Eddery Stakes (4.15). Tryfan goes to publish alongside Thundering at Newcastle (2.35), with Dingle and Bateman headlining a later contest at 3.50.
Lingfield hosts night motion stay on Sky Sports activities Racing, with Miss Stormy Evening bidding for a hat-trick at 7.15. Saratoga takes centre stage Stateside tonight, with Nakatomi representing Wesley Ward within the Grade 1 Alfred G Vanderbilt earlier than stars Sierra Leone and Fierceness conflict within the characteristic Jim Dandy Stakes.
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