Royal Ascot

scotia Wrote:

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> Agree Mac


you too

davetheflower Wrote:

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> Ahern 2.30 Ascot
> I tipped this when it won its debut at
> Mussleburgh,it easily beat Satsuma by 3 lengths
> and it
> ran very green. Satsuma finished 7th yesterday in
> the Queen Mary from a low draw(2).
> This is David Barrons best 2yr old and with
> Ladbrokes offering 5/1 an ew bet looks risk free.
> I can see there being money for this so take the
> price

yes you did. I think it was a bit of a roughie if i recall. Sticking it in my l15 today

Day 3 Selections:

R1 - Annunciation
R2 - Princess Highway
R3 - Fame and Glory
R4 - Prince Alzain
R5 - Tales of Grimm
R6 - Anomaly

I had a good ew bet on Hoyam yesterday at 20s and the same guy from the yard has
had a good bet ew on Gabrial The Great in the last..Very competitive,but at 8/1 worth ew bet.
Bells horses are running well

The Fugue
Saddler Rock
Forest Row
Stipulate

Ahern
Vow
Fame and Glory
Fast or Free
Tales of Grimms
Uriah Heep

Good punting!

Well done Johnny Murtagh on Ahern...useless twat

davetheflower Wrote:

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> Well done Johnny Murtagh on Ahern...useless twat


Should have left Graham Gibbons on it,you cant lose lengths like that at the start at Ascot.
The horse has run a blinder

15:05
Twirl
I thought she would run a lot better than she did in the Oaks - in fact, I gave her an outside place chance at Epsom - but there is no getting away from it, she ran badly, dropping away from 2f out. She is clearly better than that and her first two runs this season give her some sort of chance, but you can't be confident about her chances after Epsom. This looks a hot Ribblesdale, with all the major Oaks fillies bar the winner all in here. A lot of people expect The Fugue to come out top but it is a different track on a different day, and it is not that straightforward. But a filly I like in here didn't run at Epsom and I think that is a big positive, as they all looked to have hard races in the Oaks. I give Princess Highway a big chance. She won a good maiden at Leopardstown in March and had the Oaks winner. She was two-and-three-quarter lengths away in third when winning a Group 3 at Naas last time. Her dam won the 2002 Ribblesdale for Dermot Weld and he would have trained her to win this.

15:45
Bridge of Gold
Showed he was a smart Group 3 horse when runner-up in the John Porter last season but didn't run well on his reappearance and an official mark of just 102 tells you all to need to know about him. Namely, that he is outclassed in this field and probably shouldn't be running. In fact, I would rather be sitting in the weighing room having a cup of tea and watching the race, but Mr Magnusson asked me to ride him. I have made no secret of the fact that I am a big fan of Colour Vision, and he looked a top class stayer when beating me on Red Cadeaux at Kempton and the runner up has done nothing wrong since. He only has just over a length to find with the favourite on their Ascot running in October, and I see him as a real threat and a decent price at around 5-1. But Fame And Glory is the proven class horse and is the one to beat. Opinion Poll is honest and dependable and comes here in good form, but the favourite always looks to have his measure when they meet. Saddlers Rock looked good at Doncaster last year but to me this is between Fame And Glory and Colour Vision.


16:25
Fast Or Free

Created a really good impression when winning for me at Newmarket last time, winning a bit snugly. The runner-up didn't advertise the form at Sandown on Saturday but my horse has a good profile, is straightforward, and hopefully hasn't stopped improving yet. But, 7lb higher than Newmarket, he will have to live up to his progressive profile to be competitive here and drying ground may be a concern. And this is a 30-runner Britannia, after all.

Great ride by Frankie on Colour Vision,and a great decision jumping off last years 2nd..

Ryan Moore thoughts on his rides today:-

14:30
Equitania
Newfangled looks the one to beat here after her very impressive Newmarket debut win a fortnight ago; I rode the fourth in that race and the winner looked a Group horse to me. Equitania will probably be one of the outsiders here, especially as the form of her Ascot second isn't working out too well. The winner hasn't been out since but the third and fourth haven't done much for the form. But I know the stable like her and she will have learned a lot from her first start and the extra furlong will suit, too. But a place is probably as much as we can hope for.

15:05
Astrology
Noble Mission and Thought Worthy look the main dangers on form but I liked Shantaram at Lingfield and I would be inclined to to ignore his unimpressive maiden win last time. And i think it is significant that Wiliam rides him. But if Astrology runs to form, they are playing for second place on what we saw at Epsom. If there is any more rain, that wouldn't inconvenience him on what we saw at Chester.

15:45
Russelliana
Maybe would have been favourite for this race, but she is out with a bruised foot. And, anyway, it looks as if all the 3yo fillies are taking it in turns to beat each other over a mile, so this race lacks a stand-out performer. Obviously, Homecoming Queen has a massive chance on her Newmarket win for me and any further rain would suit her, Samitar won well at the Curragh and the second won the Jersey yesterday, and Laugh Out Loud looks a progressive filly too.
But I have an outside chance on Russelliana. That may seem a little hopeful given what she showed us in the Nell Gwyn on her reappearance but she works much better than that and I thought she could develop into to a class filly when second in the Cherry Hinton last season. She has had her problems and the draw doesn't help, but she isn't a no-hoper by any means.


16:25
Kirthill
Looked to run ok at York on his reappearance last month. I don't know much about the horse other than that I hear he is working ok, and you always have to respect one of Luca's here. The horse looked very progressive last year and has winning form with cut in the ground too. But it remains to be seen whether he can cope with a 6lb rise in the weights from his Newbury win last season, especially as there are no end of horses in here on a steep upward curve, some of whom are sure to have further improvement to show today.

17:00
Estimate
Estimate goes in to the race with plenty to find on form, but I think she will run ok. She is a not a good workhorse at home, so you wouldn't know how good she is, but she won her maiden at Salisbury well and I think she is guaranteed to stay and run a nice race. Her pedigree is all stamina, and she is from the family of the Aga Khan's that has produced a Gold Cup winner, and an Irish Oaks-French St Leger winner, to name but two. Like I said, she would have upwards of a stone to find with some of these but I think the step up to 2m will bring about considerable improvement.

reading the comments re the coverage of Ascot makes me wonder how crap tellytack must really be as Willie Carson and Claire Balding are nowhere near most of the other presenters on UK race channels. The actual racing and crowd make it look fantastic but those two are average.