OUR team of racing experts have picked out their best bets for the second day of Royal Ascot.
The team are set after an action-packed first day and put together their pick of the bunch for Wednesday’s racing.
Kemble – 2.30 Queen Mary Stakes
We start with one at a wild price in the opening Queen Mary Stakes.
With 28 set to go to post, it’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack, but KEMBLE looks way over-priced off the back of her convincing Windsor win.
That was on her second start, following her debut third behind the long time antepost favourite for this in Chasing Dreams.
She came forward heaps at Windsor and the second has since won by eight lengths and is as short as 16-1 for the Windsor Castle.
She travelled very strongly that day and the stiffer five at Ascot will be right up her street.
Richard Hannon’s two-year-olds are going strong, and she looks criminally over-priced available around the 33-1 mark.
Divine Spirit – 2.30 Queen Mary Stakes
Top lot at the breeze-ups has certainly looked worth her weight in gold.
She won in fine style on debut at Windsor when backed into odds-on against 12 rivals and did the business in a very good time.
Charlie Appleby’s two-year-olds are flying this season and she’ll be forward than most.
Her dam finished second in the race so the track should suit and I reckon she can run a big race in a contest that looks extremely competitive.
Agrotera – 4.20 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes
Very smart filly on her day bolted up in the Sandringham last year, and even if she reproduces that effort would have strong claims.
However, judged on her win at Kempton last time where she beat some nice fillies in style, she’s improved since then.
Ed Walker’s filly is likely to strip fitter for that run and Gerald Mosse has an unbeaten record on her so far.
Rawdaa, who’s current joint-favourite, finished behind her that day and I see no reason why the positions should be reversed, for all that these are different conditions.
It’s a very competitive race but she relishes this course and distance and should make a bold bid.
Norway – 3.05 Queen’s Vase
I was pretty keen on Norway for the Derby but unfortunately he was sacrificed as one of the O’Brien pace-pushers.
However, he still ran well to finish eighth and was probably slightly better than the bare result.
Moore is back on him today and I can see him bouncing right back to form here with the step up in trip sure to suit.
