WATCH: Karl Burke talks us through his Royal Ascot runners
DRAMATISED (King’s Stand Stakes)
"She worked very well under Danny Tudhope at the start of the week and we’re just about all set for the King’s Stand. She’s definitely sharpened up for her first run of the season in the Temple Stakes and she took a big step forward last year from her first run back to her second so there should be more to come.
"The King’s Stand is much tougher for her now. She’s very quick but whether she’s quick enough for this we’ll have to wait and find out."
MARSHMAN (King’s Stand Stakes)
"If he goes anywhere it’ll be the King’s Stand but I’m not sure he’ll go to the meeting. I think he’ll still get stronger and improve but he’s still a bit of a baby of a horse. He’ll get better as the season gets on.
"He’s a little bit tricky in the stalls but he’s quick."
INDESTRUCTIBLE (St James’s Palace Stakes)
"He looks in great shape and he’s working very well. Clifford Lee rode him in work on Monday morning and he worked well with Flight Plan. Whether he’s quite good enough for a race of this stature I’m not sure but I’d ignore the Guineas run as it was bad ground. He also needs a gap I think and we specifically swerved the Irish Guineas to come here a little bit fresher and spot-on for Ascot."
LIBERTY LANE (Golden Gates Stakes)
"He was entered in the King Edward VII as well but is likely to go for the handicap. He’s in great form and I think he can be very competitive off a mark of 100. He ran well in the Dante where we possibly just made a little bit too much use of him."
COLD CASE (Commonwealth Cup)
"I wouldn’t be too keen to run him on fast ground. They made a bit of a mess of the watering at Haydock in the Sandy Lane and there was a draw bias too but he definitely wants a bit of cut in the ground. There are some nice races later on and I wouldn’t want to jar him up if it came up quick.
"He’s quick enough for six but I think he’d stay seven furlongs later on as well."
SWINGALONG (Commonwealth Cup)
"She’s working particularly well, she’s in great form. She’s gone a little bit under the radar and is a massive price but I think she’ll outrun her odds.
"A stiff six/seven furlongs seems to suit her but she didn’t stay in the French Guineas. Although she came back wrong from that and is back to herself now."
FLIGHT PLAN (Jersey Stakes)
"Both Jersey horses are going well but particularly this lad. He's a fast-ground horse and he was like Bambi on Ice for the last two furlongs at Newmarket. He’s going well."
HOLLOWAY BOY (Jersey Stakes)
"He’s a bit of a lazy work horse at home and doesn’t show up a lot in the morning but both are on target. He handles softer ground but I made the mistake of putting the visor back on him. I didn’t take on board what Danny (Tudhope) said last year but Christophe Soumillon also said the horse over-raced in the visor so that’s definitely coming off now."
ELITE STATUS (Norfolk Stakes)
"He’s worked really well and will work again on Friday morning, he’s in great shape. I have to say the way he won the National Stakes surprised me, but not that he won. But he was very impressive. Everything he’s done at home and his two runs, he looks a proper horse."
BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND (Queen Mary Stakes)
"We’re very pleased with her. She came from the breeze-ups with a big reputation and she produced the goods on the day. She looks a smart filly and she should improve. I’ve only had this filly six weeks or so, whereas we’d had Dramatised right through the winter, and she was always very, very quick.
"This filly is not as dynamic at home but she showed it on the track and she goes there with a chance."
GOT TO LOVE A GREY (Queen Mary Stakes)
"We'll probably run this Dark Angel filly in the Queen Mary as well as Beautiful Diamond. She's got the choice of the Albany but I’d be leaning towards this race after she won the Marygate, beating another one of ours in Dorothy Lawrence."
WORLD OF DARCY (Windsor Castle Stakes)
"All being well he’ll run in the Windsor Castle, he won at Pontefract before finishing second to Elite Status."
DAWN CHARGER (Albany Stakes)
"She won second time out over five furlongs at Ascot and then won under a penalty over the best part of six furlongs at Carlisle. She’ll go for the Albany."
LOOKING FOR LYNDA (Palace of Holyrood House Stakes)
"He might run this Saturday in the Scurry Stakes at Sandown but I’m quite keen to send him straight to Ascot. I think he can be competitive in a big-field handicap. We could also run Pillow Talk and one or two others in this race but I like Looking For Lynda. There may be some better-handicapped horses in the field but he’s tough and the stiff five will suit."
SPYCATCHER (Wokingham Stakes)
"He’s back in good shape, the vets in Newmarket didn’t a brilliant job on him. He was gelded too and had a few issues there but he’s back in good form. He’s ground dependent, though, so would need his (softer) conditions."
LETHAL LEVI (Wokingham Stakes)
"He’s very much on target. He went up 4lb for his second at York which was annoying but he’ll definitely get in off a mark of 100. He’s got a big each-way chance."
ELECTRIC EYES
"She’s not quite right and won’t be going to Ascot. We’ll give her a bit of a break and hopefully bring her back for an autumn campaign.
"It’s been frustrating as things haven’t panned out for her and she hasn’t really come back to herself just yet."
BRIGHT DIAMOND
"She won’t run and goes to Newcastle instead before hopefully running in the German 1000 Oaks at the end of July. She ran a great race at Epsom, I was getting excited two and a half furlongs out but I don’t know if she quite stays the mile and a half. But she’s a high-class filly."
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