Royal Ascot Day One: Palace Pier tops Queen Anne contenders
Wed 9 Jun 2021
Palace Pier will face a maximum of 11 rivals when he bids for back-to-back Group One victories at Royal Ascot in the Queen Anne Stakes.
John and Thady Gosden’s star miler won a thrilling renewal of the St James’s Palace Stakes last summer – and will be a hot favourite to double his tally in the race which opens next week’s showpiece meeting on Tuesday, having made an impressive start to his campaign in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.
Circus Maximums provided Aidan O’Brien with a fourth Queen Anne success 12 months ago, and the Ballydoyle handler is once again likely to be represented – with both
The Leader Newspaper
By Andrew Atkinson
John and Thady Gosden trained Stradivarius is to go straight to Royal Ascot for the Gold Cup after winning at Ascot on April 27 under Frankie Dettori, when landing the Group 3 Longines Sagaro Stakes.
“I think he will come straight back here for the Gold Cup, I don’t think there’s any point running in between,” said John Gosden.
Seven-year-old Stradivarius gained a 1 length victory ahead of Roger Teal trained Ocean Wind, ridden by Jack Mitchell, when held up by Dettori to run on in the final furlong of the Class 1, 1m 7f race.
Our top tipster believes finding both Guineas winners could prove key 1 of 1 6:00PM, APR 26 2021
If you can get off to a flyer by landing both Guineas that will set you up well for the rest of the season because it’s likely those winners will go on to land even more bonus race points.
The 2,000 Guineas, in particular, is often one of the strongest races run all season and even the beaten horses are usually worth following. For that reason I’ll put two in for that contest.
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Wembley finished second and third behind St Mark’s Basilica in the Dewhurst last season but I suspect both might be better than they showed that day. Wembley looks likely to improve as the season goes on, but Thunder Moon might be an earlier type.
Horse racing tips for Monday: Harry Allwood s best bets at Market Rasen and Windsor
Sun 18 Apr 2021
Harry Allwood has been in fine form in recent weeks and reveals his best bets at Market Rasen and Windsor on Monday.
The racing may not be the highest quality, but there is still some competitive action taking place on Monday, with seven meetings across Britain and Ireland to get stuck into.
The Perth Festival, which gets underway on Wednesday, is one of the feature meetings on Racing TV this week, plus the 2020-21 jumps season comes to a close at Sandown on Saturday where the bet365 Gold Cup takes centre stage.
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