17:35 Royal Ascot

Friday 22 June 2018

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

Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap)

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 2m 27.76s

1^st

(14)

Dash Of Spice

49-3

7/2f

T: D R C ElsworthJ: S De Sousa

In touch, hampered over 9f out, headway over 3f out, led approaching final furlong, stayed on well op 4/1

2^nd

2 ¼

(8)

Sir Chauvelin

69-2

33/1

T: J S GoldieJ: D Tudhope

Steadied in rear, headway when not clear run over 2f out, soon switched left, ran on inside final furlong, never reached winner

3^rd

(9)

Walton Street

49-9

7/1

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Keen, prominent, hampered over 9f out, ridden to challenge over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong op 13/2 tchd 9/1

4^th

(19)

Appeared

69-8

8/1

T: R VarianJ: Andrea Atzeni

Chased leaders, leaders, led over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra closing stages op 9/1

5^th

(10)

Top Tug

79-10

8/1

T: A KingJ: M Harley

Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never able to challenge op 12/1 tchd 7/1

6^th

1 ¾

(11)

Crowned Eagle

49-7

25/1

T: M BottiJ: Daniel Muscutt

Led, edged right over 9f out, headed over 8f out, remained prominent, led again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong tchd 20/1

7^th

(16)

Eynhallow

49-2

7/1

T: C ApplebyJ: James McDonald

In touch, switched left to challenge over 2f out, soon one pace tchd 8/1

8^th

(4)

Saunter

59-4

16/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: Jim Crowley

Mid-division, switched left over 2f out, soon ridden to challenge, never on terms op 20/1

9^th

1 ¼

(12)

Eddystone Rock

69-2

33/1

T: J R BestJ: Josephine Gordon

Steadied start, behind, headway over 2f out, kept on under pressure, never a threat

10^th

1 ¼

(2)

Clear Skies

59-10

14/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Behind, switched left and headway over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 12/1

11^th

(20)

Thundering Blue

59-5

5/1

T: D MenuisierJ: L Dettori

Steadied start, behind, headway over 2f out, soon no impression op 11/2

12^th

(6)

Carbon Dating

69-4

50/1

T: R J OsborneJ: T P O'Shea

Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakend op 66/1

13^th

1 ¼

(22)

Fire Fighting

79-3

25/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: R Kingscote

Slowly into stride, behind, took closer order over 5f out, not clear run over 2f out, edged right, soon beaten

14^th

1 ½

(21)

Manjaam

59-1

25/1

T: E A L DunlopJ: Edward Greatrex

Held up in rear, never a factor tchd 28/1

15^th

4 ½

(15)

Newlands

79-5

50/1

T: C FellowesJ: Oisin Murphy

Broke well, soon in touch, weakened over 2f out

16^th

3 ¼

(7)

Nayel

69-3

40/1

T: R HannonJ: S M Levey

Keen in touch, switched left over 2f out, soon weakened op 28/1

17^th

4 ½

(5)

Count Calabash

49-1

10/1

T: Eve Johnson HoughtonJ: Charles Bishop

Prominent, led over 8f out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 8/1

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Non-Runners

(1)

Grey Britain⁴⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: J Ryan J: G Mosse

(18)

Blakeney Point²⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 5

T: H & R Charlton J: K Shoemark

(3)

Plutonian²⁵

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: C Hills J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.50, £5.60, £2.20, £2.30EX:£121.40Trifecta:£1,124.50Tricast:£814.08SF:£143.07Swingers:£24.10, £6.60, £28.50

Forecasts

Dash Of Spice (7/2), Thundering Blue (5/1), Walton Street (7/1), Eynhallow (7/1), Appeared (8/1), Top Tug (8/1), Count Calabash (10/1), Blakeney Point (12/1), Clear Skies (14/1), Saunter (16/1), Grey Britain (20/1), Plutonian (20/1), Crowned Eagle (25/1), Fire Fighting (25/1), Manjaam (25/1), Sir Chauvelin (33/1), Eddystone Rock (33/1), Nayel (40/1), Carbon Dating (50/1), Newlands (50/1)

Strange though it seems the wide berths very much hold sway in this tough handicap and that means that from stall 20 the ever-improving THUNDERING BLUE is given the vote after his win at York last time where he showed his usual tenacity. Dash Of Spice will be popular after his Epsom Derby Day romp but he did have that race run to suit and whilst still improving may not have things all his own way here. Eynhallow was beaten by his stablemate Walton Street in Dubai over the winter but didn’t get the run of that race and he’s taken to reverse those placings here. Appeared has his quirks but he may be best caught fresh and he’s one for the shortlist along with topweight Blakeney Point.

Thundering Blue
Eynhallow
Appeared

Previous Winners

2017

Rare Rhythm

Weight: 9-2 |Age: 5

J: W Buick | T: C Appleby

20/1

Prize Money

1st: £56,025.002nd: £16,776.003rd: £8,388.004th: £4,194.005th: £2,097.006th: £1,053.00