15:05 Royal Ascot

Wednesday 19 June 2024

All14:3015:0515:4516:2517:0517:4018:15

Queen's Vase (Group 2)

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 3m 0.57s

1^st

(5)

Illinois

39-2

7/4f

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Close up, shaken up to lead over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, a length ahead when hung left inside final furlong, kept on well op 15/8 tchd 2/1

2^nd

1 ¼

(2)

Highbury

39-2

3/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: Wayne Lordan

Held up in behind leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden along and went second 2f out, a length down when switched right inside final furlong, held towards finish

3^rd

(7)

Birdman

39-2

13/2

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: Shane Foley

Held up in rear of mid-division, headway over 4f out, shaken up over 2f out, soon ridden along, went third over 1f out, kept on but not pace of first two op 5/1

4^th

4 ¼

(8)

Meydaan

39-2

5/1

T: S & E CrisfordJ: W Buick

Midfield, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, ran on same pace inside final furlong op 6/1

5^th

(10)

The Equator

39-2

17/2

T: A P O'BrienJ: Declan McDonogh

Held up in rear, ridden along over 3f out, switched left around rivals over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, never near to challenge op 8/1 tchd 15/2

6^th

2 ½

(9)

Imperial Sovereign

39-2

28/1

T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee

Slowly into stride and held up in rear, outpaced over 4f out, ridden along over 3f out, ran on from over 1f out but never dangerous tchd 25/1

7^th

2 ¾

(4)

Lavender Hill Mob

39-2

50/1

T: M L W BellJ: Callum Shepherd

Keen in touch, pushed along rounding home turn, ridden along over 2f out, made no impression op 66/1 tchd 40/1

8^th

(11)

Pappano

39-2

66/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: K Shoemark

Keen, prominent out wide, nudged along over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, lost ground over 2f out, soon no extra tchd 50/1

9^th

6 ½

(12)

Mina Rashid

39-2

20/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up off the pace in rear, ridden along over 3f out, well behind over 2f out, no extra and weakened from over 1f out op 18/1

10^th

4 ¼

(1)

Mr Hampstead

39-2

125/1

T: D J S Ffrench DavisJ: David Egan

Led, shaken up 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, faded from over 1f out op 100/1 tchd 80/1

11^th

(3)

See The Green

39-2

100/1

T: Owen BurrowsJ: Jim Crowley

Held up in mid-division, shaken up over 5f out, bit short of room and hit rail over 3f out, soon in rear, eased over 2f out, tailed off op 66/1

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Non-Runners

(6)

Grosvenor Square⁴²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.75Pl:£1.25, £1.45, £1.95EX:£9.30Trifecta:£31.70Tricast:£26.43SF:£6.46Swingers:£2.30, £4.70, £5.50

Forecasts

Illinois (7/4), Highbury (3/1), Meydaan (5/1), Birdman (13/2), Grosvenor Square (7/1), The Equator (17/2), Mina Rashid (20/1), Imperial Sovereign (28/1), Lavender Hill Mob (50/1), Pappano (66/1), See The Green (100/1), Mr Hampstead (125/1)

Plenty of lightly-raced budding stayers tackling this sort of test for the first time line up and it's HIGHBURY who looks the most persuasive option having bolted up in a Leopardstown maiden (strong form) last month. He can provide Aidan O'Brien with an eighth success in this race at the expense of stablemate Illinois, who found only subsequent Derby runner-up Ambiente Friendly too strong last time, while Birdman, who beat the selection on debut, rounds off the shortlist.

HIGHBURY (FR)
ILLINOIS (IRE)
BIRDMAN (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023

Gregory

Weight: 9-2 |Age: 3

J: L Dettori | T: J & T Gosden

1/1

Prize Money

1st: £150,282.002nd: £56,975.003rd: £28,514.004th: £14,204.005th: £7,128.006th: £3,578.00