Ascot copped some heavy rain yesterday and the ground is Good to Soft,Good in places. There is no rain around today at least until late in the day and it should be drying out quickly. Fast ground at the other afternoon venues at Newcastle,Newmarket and York.
Ascot
King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
This race has been in decline over recent years with the top 3-y-olds generally giving it a miss.Only one 3-y-old has won in recent years the John Gosden trained Nathaniel. Gosden plays a strong hand here running his best 3-y-olds the Oaks winner Taghooda and the impressive Royal Ascot winner Eagle Top plus the Derby third Romsdal. The presence of these high class 3-y-olds gives the race this year more of a championship look although it would have been good to see dual Derby winner Australia line up too. Telescope, Magician and Trading Leather head the 4-y-old challenge.
It's a very open looking race and only Leiter Mor would totally surprise.
Eagle Top created a huge impression last time and he's on top for me but I'd hoped he might start a bit bigger than the current 5.50. Not committed at the moment.
Very tough and tricky today and there are definite possibilities but I'm not yet committed to anything anywhere at this stage.
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