15:35 Royal Ascot

Wednesday 17 June 2020

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:40

Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Str)

Off time: 15:38 | Winning time: 1m 38.32s

1^st

(11)

Dark Vision

49-1

15/2

T: C & M JohnstonJ: W Buick

Held up in rear in centre, headway going well when not clear run and switched left 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, soon clear tchd 8/1

2^nd

1 ¼

(5)

Montatham

48-12

8/1

T: W J HaggasJ: Dane O'Neill

Raced centre to near side, held up, headway centre of group chasing leaders over 2f out, kept on disputing 2nd over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong op 15/2

3^rd

(23)

Pogo

49-6

25/1

T: C HillsJ: K Shoemark

Held up towards rear centre to near side, headway towards near side rail chasing leaders and switched left 2f out, ran on in 3rd towards finish

4^th

1 ¼

(12)

Vale Of Kent

59-9

22/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Led main group centre to near side and overall, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost 2 places towards finish

5^th

3 ¼

(19)

Baltic Baron

58-12

33/1

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Slowly into stride, raced near side to centre, held up and behind, headway near side of group and driven over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong

6^th

(10)

Bell Rock

49-4

13/2

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up in mid-division centre to near side, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong op 7/1 tchd 6/1

7^th

(18)

Afaak

69-7

11/1

T: C HillsJ: Cieren Fallon (3)

Raced keenly, tracked leaders centre to near side, pushed along over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong op 10/1

8^th

(3)

Raising Sand

89-9

40/1

T: J A OsborneJ: Nicola Currie

Raced towards far side and 4th in group of 4, pushed along and went 3rd in group 3f out, led group over 1f out and went clear in group inside final furlong, no chance with leaders near side op 33/1

9^th

(22)

Qaysar

59-8

16/1

T: R HannonJ: R L Moore

Raced centre to near side, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, never reached leaders op 14/1

10^th

(13)

Alrajaa

49-10

15/2

T: J & T GosdenJ: Jim Crowley

Tracked leaders centre to near side, raced keenly, ridden inside final 2f, weakened inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 7/1

11^th

(14)

Lord Tennyson

49-8

6/1f

T: J & T GosdenJ: L Dettori

Tracked leaders centre to near side, hung right inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out tchd 11/2

12^th

(7)

Fox Power

49-0

66/1

T: R HannonJ: P J Dobbs

Raced centre to near side, held up towards rear and keen, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and no headway over 1f out

13^th

(15)

Kynren

69-8

16/1

T: T D BarronJ: B A Curtis

Tracked leaders centre to near side, weakened inside final furlong

14^th

(17)

Fox Champion

49-8

40/1

T: R HannonJ: S M Levey

Raced centre to near side, held up towards rear, never on terms op 33/1

15^th

(1)

Cardsharp

59-8

100/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: A Kirby

Led far side quartet towards far side, headed in group over 1f out, soon weakened

16^th

(16)

What's The Story

69-9

50/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Callum Rodriguez

Raced centre to near side, mid-division, weakened inside final 2f op 66/1 tchd 40/1

17^th

nse

(2)

Beatboxer

49-0

33/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: James Doyle

Tracked leaders in quartet towards far side, weakened over 1f out op 40/1

18^th

nse

(20)

Petrus

58-13

33/1

T: B J MeehanJ: M Dwyer

Raced in centre to near side, held up and behind, ridden and no chance when hampered inside final furlong

19^th

1 ½

(4)

Willie John

59-5

25/1

T: R VarianJ: Andrea Atzeni

Tracked leader towards far side until ridden inside final 2f, weakened final furlong op 22/1

20^th

1 ¼

(8)

Indeed

59-8

28/1

T: D J S Ffrench DavisJ: Liam Keniry

Tracked leaders centre to near side, weakened final furlong op 25/1 tchd 33/1

21^st

2 ½

(9)

Walhaan

48-12

80/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: R Kingscote

Mid-division centre to near side, headway chasing leaders 3f out, weakened 2f out

22^nd

3 ¼

(21)

Wargrave

49-3

66/1

T: George BakerJ: P Cosgrave

Prominent near side rail, ridden and weakened over 2f out

23^rd

(24)

Fox Premier

48-12

10/1

T: A M BaldingJ: S De Sousa

Dwelt, raced keenly, soon tracking leaders on near side rail, pushed along over 3f out, weakened and eased inside final 2f

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Non-Runners

(6)

Jahbath⁴⁴⁵

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: W J Haggas J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.40Pl:£5.15, £3.55, £8.05EX:£70.70Trifecta:£2,511.30Tricast:£1,491.57SF:£58.29Swingers:£25.45, £64.60, £50.85

Forecasts

Lord Tennyson (6/1), Bell Rock (13/2), Dark Vision (15/2), Alrajaa (15/2), Montatham (8/1), Fox Premier (10/1), Afaak (11/1), Jahbath (14/1), Qaysar (16/1), Kynren (16/1), Vale Of Kent (22/1), Pogo (25/1), Willie John (25/1), Indeed (28/1), Baltic Baron (33/1), Beatboxer (33/1), Petrus (33/1), Raising Sand (40/1), Fox Champion (40/1), What's The Story (50/1), Fox Power (66/1), Wargrave (66/1), Walhaan (80/1), Cardsharp (100/1)

A race that is always one of the most competitive of the entire week at Royal Ascot and this year is no different. The obvious place to start is last year's winner (and 2018 runner-up) AFAAK who is just 3lb above last year's winning mark and that is negated to some extent with a talented apprentice taking off 3lb. He narrowly gets the vote ahead of Qaysar who put up a huge effort at Newmarket on return having looked beaten at half way. Kynren goes well here and he was probably in need of his recent comeback run while John Gosden has the exciting Lord Tennyson who could be anything on just his third career start here.

Afaak
Qaysar
Lord Tennyson

Previous Winners

2019

Afaak

Weight: 9-3 |Age: 5

J: Jim Crowley | T: C Hills

20/1

Prize Money

1st: £48,518.002nd: £14,438.003rd: £7,215.004th: £3,608.00