15:40 Royal Ascot

Saturday 24 June 2017

All14:3015:0515:4016:2017:0017:35

Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2)

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 2m 28.94s

1^st

(7)

Idaho

49-1

9/2

T: A P O'BrienJ: Seamie Heffernan

Tracked leaders in close 5th, smooth headway in 3rd 2f out, 2nd approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, stayed on strongly op 4/1 tchd 5/1

2^nd

(14)

Barsanti

59-1

20/1

T: R VarianJ: Andrea Atzeni

Held up towards rear, not clear run and switched left over 2f out, good headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on strongly into 2nd 100 yards out and closed, not reach winner

3^rd

1 ¼

(12)

Chemical Charge

59-1

25/1

T: R M BeckettJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up towards rear, headway on inside over 2f out, chasing leaders when not clear run over 1f out, switched left entering final furlong, stayed on into 3rd towards finish, not pace to challenge

4^th

1 ½

(4)

Dartmouth

59-1

9/4f

T: Sir Michael StouteJ: R L Moore

Took keen hold, tracked leader, challenged 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden and narrowly headed inside final furlong, no impression when weakened and lost 2 places towards finish op 5/2

5^th

(2)

Wings of Desire

49-1

11/2

T: J & T GosdenJ: W Buick

Tracked leaders on inside, never enough room on inside from over 1f out, switched left entering final furlong, no extra when in the clear soon after op 13/2

6^th

(6)

Dal Harraild

49-1

13/2

T: W J HaggasJ: P Cosgrave

Led, joined 2f out, kept slight advantage until ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 7/1 tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2

7^th

(3)

Western Hymn

69-1

12/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: James Doyle

Held up in mid-division, effort on outside 2f out, soon ridden, plugging on one pace and no impression when edged right final furlong op 14/1

8^th

1 ¼

(9)

Across The Stars

49-1

16/1

T: Sir Michael StouteJ: O Peslier

Slowly into stride, took keen hold, held up towards rear, never involved op 14/1 tchd 18/1

9^th

1 ½

(1)

Muntahaa

49-1

14/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: Jim Crowley

Mid-division, ridden and no headway final 2f op 12/1

10^th

1 ¾

(8)

Stellar Mass

49-1

40/1

T: J S BolgerJ: K J Manning

Chased leaders on outside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f op 33/1

11^th

1 ½

(11)

Prize Money

49-1

10/1

T: S bin SuroorJ: P J Smullen

Raced wide in mid-division, pushed along on outside over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f op 11/1 tchd 12/1

12^th

(5)

Arthenus

59-1

66/1

T: J R FanshaweJ: T P Queally

Pushed along and struggling 4f out, always in rear

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Non-Runners

(13)

Second Step²⁸

Weight: 9-1| Age: 6

T: H & R Charlton J: J P Spencer

(10)

My Dream Boat³⁵

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: C G Cox J: A Kirby

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.70Pl:£1.70, £5.80, £6.80EX:£116.20Trifecta:£1,600.40Tricast:£2,038.10SF:£96.69Swingers:£19.70, £21.60, £32.10

Forecasts

Dartmouth (9/4), Idaho (9/2), Wings of Desire (11/2), Dal Harraild (13/2), Prize Money (10/1), Western Hymn (12/1), My Dream Boat (12/1), Muntahaa (14/1), Second Step (14/1), Across The Stars (16/1), Barsanti (20/1), Chemical Charge (25/1), Stellar Mass (40/1), Arthenus (66/1)

Michael Stoute has an astounding recent record in this contest and DARTMOUTH will be hard to beat if he improves at all from his York run on first start of 2017. Idaho should come on for his latest run at Epsom and will enjoy a decent pace to aim at. If there's any rain then My Dream Boat would need considering if the first-time headgear has the desired effect.

Dartmouth
Idaho
My Dream Boat

Prize Money

1st: £127,598.002nd: £48,375.003rd: £24,210.004th: £12,060.005th: £6,052.006th: £3,038.00