20:00 Brighton

Tuesday 20 June 2023

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Royal Ascot On Sky Sports Racing Handicap

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 1m 24.98s

1^st

(4)

Diamond Cottage

69-5

9/4f

T: M S SaundersJ: William Carson

Led early, tracked leader, came near side halfway, ridden over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish op 15/8

2^nd

(1)

Be Prepared

69-7

5/2

T: R Cook & J BridgerJ: K T O'Neill

Tracked leaders, ridden and came centre over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed towards finish op 11/4 tchd 3/1

3^rd

1 ¼

(3)

Vitesse Du Son

68-11

11/2

T: Alice HaynesJ: Christian Howarth (5)

Slow into stride, soon recovered to lead, came near side halfway, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied towards finish op 13/2 tchd 17/2

4^th

(8)

River Wharfe

59-5

14/1

T: A W CarrollJ: George Wood

Raced wide, close up, came near side halfway, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, kept on one pace op 12/1 tchd 16/1

5^th

(2)

Whistledown

49-11

6/1

T: J ChannonJ: George Bass (3)

In touch in rear, headway near side over 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong op 9/2 tchd 18/5 and tchd 13/2

6^th

9 ½

(5)

Lucky Mascot

49-0

11/2

T: B R JohnsonJ: Dylan Hogan

Towards rear, came near side halfway, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong op 15/2 tchd 9/2

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Non-Runners

(7)

Kitaab¹⁷

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: Ian Williams J: Callum Hutchinson

(6)

Ajrad²¹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: M J Attwater J: A J Farragher

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.25Pl:£1.60, £1.60EX:£9.60Trifecta:£28.00Tricast:£24.27SF:£7.97Swingers:£1.50, £2.20, £2.20

Forecasts

Diamond Cottage (9/4), Be Prepared (5/2), Kitaab (11/4), Vitesse Du Son (11/2), Lucky Mascot (11/2), Whistledown (6/1), Ajrad (8/1), River Wharfe (14/1)

Question marks surround the majority of these and AJRAD is the suggestion. He hasn't performed badly at Lingfield the last twice and is now 1 lb below his last winning mark. He may have most to fear from Whistledown, who produced two of her better efforts of 2022 at this course and a recent spin at Goodwood will have blown away the cobwebs. Lucky Mascot will be a threat if building on her latest C&D effort and, if he lines up here rather than at Thirsk, Kitaab will also be a player.