Spearheaded by a pair of top-class milers in Field Of Gold and Lead Artist, we get the latest on John & Thady Gosden’s Royal Ascot team.
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DRF Past Performances
By Leo Schlink
Chris So hopes rising star Hong Lok Golf (127lb) can eventually ascend to elite company after the gelding’s impressive victory in the HK$3.12 million Class 2 Cheung Sha Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (11 June).
Making his Happy Valley debut after stringing together five wins from six Sha Tin starts, the Grunt four-year-old dug deep under Harry Bentley to overhaul Steps Ahead (123lb) by a short head in 1m 38.44s.
Wed, 06/11/2025 - 13:25
By Leo Schlink
One of Australia’s most decorated horsemen, James Cummings will join Hong Kong’s trainers’ ranks in 2026/27.
Cummings, 37, hails from one of Australian horse racing’s most illustrious families as a fourth-generation trainer and has enjoyed phenomenal success in his own right.
Team Hannon’s Royal Ascot horses are headlined by Rosallion, the 2024 St James’s Palace Stakes hero who tops Queen Anne Stakes betting.
By Tony Elves
Older Horses
ARAMRAM
Winner of four of his 16 starts and currently rated 98. Gained reward for his consistency when beating Run Boy Run a length in a handicap at Newbury (6f) on his latest start in May off a mark of 94.
The Middleham maestro has the ante-post favourites for the Queen Mary and Albany respectively as he bids for another successful Royal Ascot raid in 2025.
By Tony Elves
Older Horses
ALMOSH’HER
Winner of three of his 4 starts and currently rated 98. Having his first outing for the stable when scoring by a head from Stressfree in the Yorvik Handicap at York (1m 4f) in May off a mark of 93.
“He won well at York, and he is a very good horse who will go for the Duke Of Edinburgh. I think he is very well handicapped.
Paul Lally:
R1 7-3-5-12
R2 2-3-8-4
R3 5-3-1-9
R4 9-10-1-7
R5 1-9-5-2
R6 4-8-5-2
R7 2-3-6-5
R8 8-4-2-7
R9 9-1-8-4
Best R9 N9 Everstar
Longshot R4 N9 Legend Star
Play R8 QQp 2-4-8
Nick Child:
R1 | 7-5-4-12
R2 | 3-2-4-6
R3 | 4-8-5-3
R4 | 2-1-3-11
R5 | 4-8-1-2
R6 | 4-8-5-9 (WIN 4)
R7 | 1-6-5-2
R8 | 3-8-2-6
R9 | 8-4-1-2 (Q/QP 1-4-8)
by Declan Schuster
Hong Lok Golf (127lb) passed the grade test in style last start and on Wednesday night (11 June) Chris So’s classy galloper heads to Happy Valley for the first time to contest the HK$3.12 million Class 2 Cheung Sha Handicap (1650m) after exclusively racing at Sha Tin across his initial six starts.
