13:15 Royal Ascot

Thursday 18 June 2020

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

Golden Gates Handicap

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 2m 11.20s

1^st

(16)

Highland Chief

39-7

20/1

T: P & O ColeJ: Rossa Ryan

Held up towards rear, switched left and headway well over 1f out, edged left and led inside final furlong, stayed on well op 16/1

2^nd

(7)

Tritonic

39-1

9/1

T: A KingJ: Oisin Murphy

Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, edged left and led inside final furlong, soon headed, held towards finish op 17/2 tchd 8/1

3^rd

2 ¼

(9)

Global Storm

38-12

7/2f

T: C ApplebyJ: W Buick

Held up rear of mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway and switched right over 1f out, stayed on and went 3rd well inside final furlong, unable to trouble front pair op 4/1

4^th

(5)

HMS President

38-2

33/1

T: Eve Johnson HoughtonJ: M Dwyer

Took keen hold, chased leaders, steadied after 2f, effort 3f out, stayed on, went 4th well inside final furlong op 28/1

5^th

1 ½

(17)

Grand Rock

39-5

14/1

T: W J HaggasJ: Cieren Fallon (3)

Led, kicked clear over 2f out, soon edged right, reduced lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened towards finish

6^th

(12)

Cepheus

38-7

20/1

T: B J MeehanJ: Jim Crowley

Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, not clear run entering final furlong, stayed on same pace

7^th

(18)

Yoshimi

38-5

25/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Andrea Atzeni

Wide early, chased leader, ridden over 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong op 28/1 tchd 33/1

8^th

(11)

Bronze River

38-2

22/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Hayley Turner

Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, switched right and headway entering final furlong, stayed on, never nearer

9^th

1 ¾

(6)

Tom Collins

38-4

80/1

T: D R C ElsworthJ: David Probert

Mid-division, effort when not clear run 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 66/1

10^th

(3)

Gallaside

38-9

66/1

T: A WatsonJ: Hollie Doyle

Raced keenly, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace and beaten over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 50/1

11^th

(1)

Ya Hayati

38-12

20/1

T: C ApplebyJ: James Doyle

Held up in rear, ridden and well beaten over 2f out tchd 22/1

12^th

(2)

Hypothetical

39-3

11/2

T: J & T GosdenJ: L Dettori

Held up rear of mid-division on inside, ridden and struggling over 2f out, soon well beaten op 5/1

13^th

3 ½

(8)

Maori Knight

38-3

9/2

T: R HughesJ: David Egan

Held up in mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened

14^th

(15)

Acquitted

38-13

6/1

T: H PalmerJ: R L Moore

Rear of mid-division on outside, last and struggling 3f out, eased op 11/2

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Non-Runners

(4)

Dogged¹¹

Weight: 8-5| Age: 3

T: D R C Elsworth J: William Carson

(14)

Laser Show¹⁰³

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: S bin Suroor J: Harry Bentley

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£25.05Pl:£7.50, £4.20, £1.65EX:£169.00Trifecta:£1,998.30Tricast:£787.02SF:£167.09Swingers:£43.75, £19.25, £11.55

Forecasts

Global Storm (7/2), Maori Knight (9/2), Hypothetical (11/2), Acquitted (6/1), Tritonic (9/1), Grand Rock (14/1), Highland Chief (20/1), Cepheus (20/1), Ya Hayati (20/1), Bronze River (22/1), Yoshimi (25/1), Laser Show (25/1), HMS President (33/1), Dogged (33/1), Gallaside (66/1), Tom Collins (80/1)

Acquitted is going to prove popular here after following home the talented Palace Pier at Newcastle, but he's 4lb higher in defeat and facing a deep field now. One that appeals more is MAORI KNIGHT, Richard Hughes' colt having been mugged on the line at Haydock recently. This stiffer track should be ideal and he's greatly respected from an unchanged mark of 83. As with Acquitted, Hypothetical improved in defeat last time and is going the right way; while Tritonic, Grand Rock and Highland Chief all need some consideration.