Royal Ascot - June 17th - June 21st

[pete10]

Strange that Bowles its as dry as you like here in Earley , Must be on its
way

[TheRat]

We had a bit of a storm here too just

So if you had to guess, good to soft, or....?!

[bowles10]

Good at worst

Unless it goes through the night

[bowles10]

Originally Posted by pete10

Strange that Bowles its as dry as you like here in Earley , Must be on its
way

sunny at windsor also, must have missed you lot, the other side of the M3 is soaked!

[alexmac]

Says they are going to water the track tonight to ensure it stays good to firm.... Havnt had any rain here all day, 15 minutes from Ascot.

[alexmac]

2.30 - SAGEBURG

4 year olds dominate this race, with 19 of the last 23 winners being 4 year olds. Of the 4 year olds in the field I very much like the look of SAGEBURG. There are one or two questions over the trip, but looks to be the versatile type. The ground shouldnt be too much of a problem, although untested on ground of good to firm I do not think the track will be riding particularly fast tomorrow. The course are said to be watering tonight to ensure the ground does not get too firm. SAGEBURG has previously shown a tremendous turn of foot in beating Liberate, who reopposes tomorrow. Clearly, this is a top class field, and the are any number of dangers in the line up. Cesare is a very consistent type, but the age trends go strongly against him tomorrow. I would like to think that the forecasted price of 5/1 is an excellent value E/W bet on SAGEBURG, who could well take all the beating in a pretty hot looking opener.

[alexmac]

4.20 - ART CONNOISSEUR

Upped in trip since his back to back successes over 5f in April. Could have been targeted to any number of races since then, but has been kept at home in preparation for a crack at this. The latest race at Newmarket has not quite worked out as well as it had been hoped for, but he looked very much like the type who would handle the Ascot track and the extra furlong on that appearance. The latest victory came from a poor draw, but he showed enough early pace to find a decent racing position, then quickened very well indeed when Spencer asked him to. The tissue price of 8/1 looks generous, and although the favourites have a VERY good record in the race, Art Connoisseur looks to be an excellent value E/W bet.

[alexmac]

4.55 - MAMLOOK

The first handicap on the card can go the way of the Pipe stable IMO, with MAMLOOK looking to have an excellent chance here. 4 year olds have an excellent record in the race, with them accounting for 7 of the last 10 winners. Mamlook has been off the track for a few months in preparation for this race, and he looks the ideal type to go very close here. The race looks wide open, with Bukit Tinggi and Liberate both looking lik strong challengers. But at a price of around 10/1, Mamlook could be the one to side with.

[bowles10]

I agree on Art Connoissuer alex, i have been excited at the prospect of this coming out since the newmarket win in April.

Hoping the low draw will help as it will get the rail throughout although they sometimes come down the middle in the 2yo races, i'd still want to be drawn on the low side.

[TheRat]

Originally Posted by bowles10

I agree on Art Connoissuer alex, i have been excited at the prospect of this coming out since the newmarket win in April.

Hoping the low draw will help as it will get the rail throughout although they sometimes come down the middle in the 2yo races, i'd still want to be drawn on the low side.

Yes, I have this on my to follow updates, yet to look into the race in great depth, but could be a bet for me

for the first time in a while I'm gonna study the card tonight properly and see how I do after a long lay off!

[Charlie Wong]

hope the rain doesn't scupper Ravens Pass chance of least having a decent crack at HTN.

[bowles10]

Originally Posted by Sir Fernando

hope the rain doesn't scupper Ravens Pass chance of least having a decent crack at HTN.

looks like it may not have hit the track as it was a localised flooding & maybe didnt reach ascot as Windsor was dry !

I'd still be on Ravens EW against the fav.

[welshman443]

ASCOT clerk of the course Chris Stickels expects conditions to be good to firm all round for the opening day of the royal meeting after deciding against further watering on Monday evening.

With none of the predicted showers materialising over the weekend, Stickels decided to put 4mm of water on the home straight on Sunday evening before waiting until 6pm on Monday to decide against the need for any further watering.

Stickels said: "The ground is good to firm, good in places, but the good patches, which are mainly around Swinley Bottom, are diminishing and with a dry night forecast we should be good to firm all round by Tuesday morning.

"I'm happy that the water we put on the track on Sunday night has helped to keep us where we want to be."

The Met Office forecast for showers at the Berkshiretrack has proved unfounded in recent days but conditions are expected to deteriorate from Wednesday onwards.

"Tuesday will be bright and sunny but there remains a small risk of showers. Conditions will however turn very wet from Wednesday onwards withheavy and persistent rainfall moving in for the remainder of the week," a spokeswoman said

[MidasTouch]

Hi All

Just heard RIO DE PLATA is a NON RUNNER

MidasTouch

[TheRat]

Originally Posted by MidasTouch

Hi All

Just heard RIO DE PLATA is a NON RUNNER

MidasTouch

True