15:40 Royal Ascot

Saturday 19 June 2021

All14:3015:0515:4016:2017:0017:3518:10

Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2)

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 2m 35.31s

1^st

(11)

Wonderful Tonight

48-12

5/1

T: D MenuisierJ: W Buick

Raced keenly tracking leaders, smooth headway out wide and bumped over 2f out, led 2f out, ridden quickened and went clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly

2^nd

1 ½

(9)

Broome

59-1

9/4f

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Raced out wide in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway out wide chasing leaders over 2f out, went 2nd final 110 yards and stayed on, never going pace to reach winner op 5/2 tchd 85/40

3^rd

1 ½

(6)

Hukum

49-1

8/1

T: Owen BurrowsJ: Jim Crowley

Tracked leaders on inside, led approaching final 2f until 2f out, chased winner, one pace and well held when lost 2nd final 110 yards, plugged on in 3rd tchd 9/1

4^th

2 ½

(14)

Thunderous

49-1

40/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: R Kingscote

Pressed leader, until ridden over 2f out, plugged on final furlong

5^th

(2)

Albaflora

48-12

13/2

T: R M BeckettJ: James Doyle

Mid-division, headway on inside chasing leaders and pushed along over 2f out, plugged on final furlong tchd 7/1

6^th

1 ¼

(12)

Japan

59-1

11/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: Wayne Lordan

Held up towards rear, headway out wide and hung right over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f op 10/1 tchd 9/1

7^th

nse

(5)

Sir Ron Priestley

59-1

14/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: F Norton

Led but pressed, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, weakened final furlong op 16/1

8^th

(10)

Ilaraab

49-1

4/1

T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand

Held up towards rear on inside, headway over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f

9^th

2 ¾

(8)

Highest Ground

49-1

22/1

T: Sir Michael StouteJ: Oisin Murphy

Slowly into stride, held up in last pair, never on terms op 18/1 tchd 25/1

10^th

(7)

Deja

69-1

80/1

T: P W Chapple-HyamJ: David Egan

Always in rear, never a factor, tailed off op 66/1

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Non-Runners

(1)

Bangkok⁴³

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: A M Balding J: Non Runner

(13)

Logician³⁵

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: J & T Gosden J: L Dettori

(15)

Tiger Moth²⁷

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: A P O'Brien J: Non Runner

(3)

Mogul¹⁵

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: A P O'Brien J: Non Runner

(4)

Pablo Escobarr⁴⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: W J Haggas J: D Tudhope

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.35Pl:£1.85, £1.60, £2.75EX:£19.20Trifecta:£110.00Tricast:£88.08SF:£16.14Swingers:£3.90, £7.45, £5.20

Forecasts

Broome (9/4), Ilaraab (4/1), Wonderful Tonight (5/1), Albaflora (13/2), Hukum (8/1), Logician (10/1), Tiger Moth (10/1), Japan (11/1), Sir Ron Priestley (14/1), Mogul (14/1), Highest Ground (22/1), Bangkok (33/1), Thunderous (40/1), Pablo Escobarr (50/1), Deja (80/1)

HUKUM created a good impression when winning one of the most competitive three-year-old handicaps of the season over C&D 12 months ago, and having shaped like a horse who has got more to offer when winning at Goodwood last time, is taken to follow up. Wonderful Tonight handles testing conditions so she's feared most if the rain materialises, ahead of the progressive Ilaraab.

HUKUM (IRE)
WONDERFUL TONIGHT (FR)
ILARAAB (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020

Fanny Logan

Weight: 8-12 |Age: 4

J: L Dettori | T: J & T Gosden

17/2

Prize Money

1st: £90,736.002nd: £34,400.003rd: £17,216.004th: £8,576.005th: £4,304.006th: £2,160.00