16:20 Royal Ascot
Saturday 24 June 2023
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Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2)
- 4YO plus | Class 1 | 1m 3f 211y | Good to Firm | 7 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 2m 29.6s
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Smart ex-German-trained colt who made a sound start for his new stable when reaching the frame 3 times in Meydan earlier in the year. Likely to find a few too strong on this British debut, though.
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Edged out Grand Alliance to win King Edward at this meeting last year. Not seen again until a creditable third in Group 2 Ormonde at Chester (13f, heavy) last month, fading in the closing stages having cut out a lot of the running. More needed here but he might find it.
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Most progressive last year, winning twice at Group level (including Great Voltigeur at York) and excellent fourth of 22 in Melbourne Cup on final outing. Could easily raise his game again this year.
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Smart gelding who probably would have beaten Changingoftheguard in the last year's King Edward but for hanging badly left in the closing stages. Gained an overdue success at pattern level in the Group 3 John Porter on his reappearance but this demands more of him.
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Career best when winning King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes over C&D (good to firm) last July. Escapes a penalty for that but there's got to be a chance he'll need this comeback run to put him spot on for a defence of his King George crown next month.
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Landed a second 1¼m Longchamp Group 3 success of his career when seeing off 7 rivals 13 days ago. Did enough to suggest he stays 1½m when third in Newmarket Group 2 on his reappearance but improvement will be needed to come out on top here.
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Very talented mare who made it 6 wins in her last 7 starts when seeing off Wednesday's Duke of Cambridge winner Rogue Millennium in the Group 2 Middleton on her 1¼m York reappearance. Return to further will suit and she could take a bit of stopping with further progress on the cards.
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Non-Runners
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Hukum30
Weight: 9-3| Age: 6
T: Owen Burrows J: Jim Crowley
NR
Forecasts
Free Wind (6/4), Hukum (7/4), Pyledriver (7/2), West Wind Blows (13/2), Changingoftheguard (7/1), Deauville Legend (17/2), Grand Alliance (18/1), Ardakan (18/1)
FREE WIND's Middleton Stakes form received a boost when the runner-up took the Duke of Cambridge earlier in the week and George Strawbridge's 5-y-o can mark herself down as a contender for top honours in the second half of this season by claiming the scalp of last month's Brigadier Gerard winner Hukum. Deauville Legend may prove best of the remainder.
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £141,775.002nd: £53,750.003rd: £26,900.004th: £13,400.005th: £6,725.006th: £3,375.00
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