I was expecting to suggest Baradar as my second choice in the race. He is now vying for favouritism at around half that price and, even with more places available, that’s on the short side if you are not already on. The big handicap tomorrow is the Moet & Chandon International Stakes (Ascot, 3 p.m.) over seven furlongs and I put up Fresh for this race three weeks ago at 12-1. Back him each way at 13/2 with Sky Bet or BetVictor, both paying four places. He loves Ascot, goes on all ground conditions and has been trained with this race in mind all season. True, this year’s race is much ‘deeper’ that the one of a year ago but, at six, there is evidence that Pyledriver is as good, if not better, than ever. Yet Pyledriver is officially the best horse in the race, with a rating of 124. This horse never gets the credit he deserves possibly because he is from the ‘unfashionable’ training yard of William Muir and Chris Grassick. Step forward PYLEDRIVER who won this race last year at 18-1 when he was the joint outsider of a six-horse field. However, I am backing a horse that is constantly over-priced in these big races. All three horses have a massive chance of landing the first prize of more than £700,000.Įmily Upjohn, an unlucky runner-up in last year’s Cazoo Oaks, and Hukum, brilliantly handled by Owen Burrows to be still improving at the age of six, both have a big shout too. Auguste Rodin and King of Steel’s rivals tomorrow include Westover, who was third in last year’s Epsom Derby. ![]() The Betfred Derby winner Auguste Rodin and the runner-up King of Steel are at the head of the market and a lot of experts feel that, with the weight for age concession, three-year-olds are the horses to back at this time of year. It has been dubbed a ‘race for the ages’ with some of the best three-year-old colts, the so-called ‘Classic generation’, taking on their elders for the first time. Yet tomorrow’s race (Ascot, 3.40 p.m.) is undoubtedly a contest to savour. ![]() Many of best middle-distance horses have swerved the race and it has often been left with small fields of only modest quality. The Grade 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes, first run at Ascot in 1951, has lost some of its lustre in recent years.
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