Highland Reel won the Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita last November and the Group 1 Coronation Cup at Epsom on June 2. Those are brilliant credentials, but not enough to make Highland Reel a clear favorite in a tough running of the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.
The five-day Royal Ascot meeting begins Tuesday with an excellent six-race card that includes three Group 1 races and six American runners.
Happy Valley selections and analysis for Wednesday, June 21, 2017.
Senga finished powerfully to win a chaotic edition of the Group 1 Prix de Diane on Sunday at Chantilly.
Sha Tin selections for Sunday, June 18, 2017.
The five-day Royal Ascot meet commences Tuesday with the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes, the meet's traditional opener, and jockey Ryan Moore has a good chance to score his third straight riding title at the meet.
Shutter Speed and Rhododendron, who have won or placed in major stakes in England in the last month, may prove impossible for domestic runners to beat in Sunday's Group 1 French Oaks at Chantilly Racecourse.
Winless in his first 11 Hong Kong starts, Shamal is unbeaten in four races since March 12, all six-furlong races on turf. Through the streak, Shamal has faced increasingly tougher rivals, and will start against the most difficult field of his Hong Kong career in Sunday’s $224,338 Racing Club Handicap at Sha Tin Racecourse. The winning streak is in jeopardy.
Sha Tin selections and analysis for Sunday, June 18.
The gang's all there, a bumper crop of 14 American horses in England set to race during the Royal Ascot meeting next week.
