Stradivarius is set to start favourite to emulate Yeats and win his fourth Gold Cup. There have been 18 dual Gold Cup winners but only Sagaro, Yeats and Stradivarius have won it more than twice.
Back to normal for the Ribblesdale this season as last year it was an Oaks trial with Epsom put back a month due to Covid. It is a Group 2 where Oaks runners have a pretty good record given how few fillies contested both prizes turning out again relatively quickly (seven wins since 1997).
Back to normal this season taking place before the Derby so last year’s race turned into a trial for Epsom. Prior to last year’s contest, two of the previous three winners contested a Derby as Hunting Horn finished sixth in the Prix du Jockey Club and Benbatl ran fifth in the Derby at Epsom. The 2011 winner, Pisco Sour, also contested the Derby.
There are signs Pearlman's losing streak could end, perhaps as soon as on Friday in a handicap at 1 1/2 miles at Geelong Racecourse outside of Melbourne.
After the Coventry, the Norfolk Stakes is the best two-year-old race at Royal Ascot for punters to get really stuck into with nine of the last 18 runnings going the way of the favourite or second-favourite.
The Kentucky-based filly Campanelle will be favored to win Friday's Group 1 Commonwealth Cup for 3-year-old sprinters at Royal Ascot in England on the basis of a brilliant sprint campaign in Europe last summer and the presence of top jockey Frankie Dettori and trainer Wesley Ward, who focuses on the Royal Ascot meeting each June.
Unraced since Aug. 20, Love made a triumphant return to the races with a game victory over Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf heroine Audarya in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes on Wednesday at Royal Ascot.
The three Group 1 races headlining opening day of the 2021 Royal Ascot meeting did not disappoint. Palace Pier started the day with a smooth win in the Queen Anne Stakes, after which Oxted delivered a brilliant finish in the King’s Stand, and Poetic Flare stormed home a 4 1/4-length winner of the St. James’s Palace.
Gosden superstar backs up St James’s Palace victory of 12 months ago.
Kevin Blake has done the hard work for you and presents his groundwork for three feature races - including the Royal Hunt Cup - on Wednesday
