What is a Lucky 15?
It’s one of those phrases you’re likely to hear when watching racing, so we thought it would be a good idea to explain exactly what a Lucky 15 means and how easy it is to place such a bet.
In short, the Lucky 15 is an acca including four elements, although all four bets don’t have to win to produce a profit/return. The selections are combined into one four-fold accumulator, trebles, doubles and individual singles.
So, the Lucky 15 can be summed up as follows: 1 accumulator, 4 trebles, 6 double, 4 singles = 15 bets
An each-way Lucky 15, as advised below, is therefore 30 bets, and you will get a return of some kind if only one horse places.
SATURDAY
15:05 Ascot – Elegant Man
He’ll probably be a massive price but ELEGANT MAN is worth another chance to prove his effectiveness on turf after a late deluge turned the ground against him in the Tattersalls Gold Cup last time. He’d been hugely impressive at Newcastle prior to that, the fact he was able to win an open handicap from a mark of 108 on just his fourth start despite getting lit up early on marking him out as a potential top-notcher. That effort means he comes out second to only Continuous on the Timeform ratings here and with the potential for an uncontested lead on fast ground, he could take a bit of pegging back.
15:45 Ascot – Believing
BELIEVING ran a cracker in the King Charles III Stakes here on Tuesday, finishing well to take fourth and deserving extra credit too given she fared best of those ridden in the rear half of the field. She will have no trouble going back up to six furlongs, in fact she will probably improve for it, and a repeat of her Tuesday run would see her go close in what looks an open race.
16:25 Ascot – Haatem
Another big money purchase for Wathnan Racing, HAATEM has really kicked on as a three-year-old, winning the Craven on his return before finishing on the tail of Rosallion in the English and Irish Guineas. That form got a significant boost when his stablemate won the St James’s Palace Stakes on Tuesday and there’s nothing of his calibre in this line up.
17:05 Ascot – Unequal Love
As ever, a fiercely competitive renewal of the Wokingham, but if there’s a potential Group horse in here who could blow it apart, then that’s UNEQUAL LOVE. She returned better than ever to win a Listed race at Newmarket before backing that up when fifth in a hot renewal of the Group 2 Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh last time, finishing close up behind the likes of Regional, who was an excellent second in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes here on Tuesday, and Mitbaahy, Art Power and Shouldvebeenaring, who all content the six furlong Group 1 today. A strong traveller in her races, a big-field handicap like this should be right up her street and she could just outclass these.
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