4:00 ASCOT: VICTORIA CUP
YOU don’t want to be rusty in the Victoria Cup — most winners have already had a run this season.
So that spells bad news for comeback kids Comin’ Through, Glorious Journey, Remarkable, Cape Byron, Raising Sand, Via Serendipity, Kynren, Blue Mist, Sanaadh, Taurean Star and Caradoc.
You want to stick with horses that are no older than five, which means crossing out Above The Rest, Gallipoli and Nicholas T.
Straight Right, Green Power, Hajjam, Qaysar and Kaeso have a mountain to climb given that low draws have a modest record in this cavalry charge.
It pays to have been in the first four last time out too, which means Alemaratalyoum, Zap, Ripp Orf and George Of Hearts are ruled out.
Strangely, this has been a bad race for horses that won last time out. Lake Volta and Kimifive were both first past the post so are the latest to go.
That has narrowed the 27-strong field down to Cardsharp and PRESIDENTIAL. The former is a little high in the weights to be winning this race, which leaves Ben Curtis’s mount as the last horse standing.
He came back from a break to finish a good third at Newmarket last time and could be ahead of the handicapper.
