There's a bumper day of racing to look forward to on Saturday and we have picked out four bets across the UK and Ireland in a Lucky 15.
The attention turns to Ascot on Saturday afternoon for the last big day of the British Flat season set to take place.
There are five Group 1s on Ascot’s seven-race card, including the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes where Field Of Gold will bid to get back on track, and the race of the day is the Champion Stakes 40 minutes later with Ombudsman and Delacroix declared to battle it out again.
We have picked out an each-way Lucky15 for the action at Ascot, including a course specialist that looks capable of running another big race.
Saturday Lucky 15 racing tips
- 12:55 Ascot – Stay True @ 9/2
- 13:30 Ascot – Mission Central @ 8/1
- 14:45 Ascot – Wemightakedlongway @ 10/1
- 16:40 Ascot – Bopedro @ 20/1
12:55 Ascot – Stay True @ 9/2
It’s a disappointing turnout for this year’s Long Distance Cup and 2023’s winner, Trawlerman, sets the standard for the others to aim at but it’s hardly an insurmountable level and it may be worth taking a chance on an unexposed rival.
Stay True could be the one. He’s yet to add to his maiden success but he’s had excuses in his two runs at Group level, getting tapped for toe in a slowly run Group 2 at York before showing signs of inexperience when third in the St Leger, not looking entirely comfortable on the slow ground he encountered that day.
However, he’s given the impression that this is going to be his sort of distance going forward and a return to a quicker surface may see him in a better light. He’s the one open to the most improvement in this field and the yard have won three of the last eight renewals of this contest.
13:30 Ascot – Mission Central @ 8/1
It could be a big day for Aidan O’Brien who’s been flying with his juveniles this term and has had three two-year-old winners at the track already this season.
The Ballydoyle maestro is double-handed for this with preference for Mission Central, who should relish the return to six furlongs.
He was impressive when bolting up in a Curragh maiden over this trip before a Group 3 success over the same course and distance and the drop in trip to a flat five at Doncaster last time didn’t suit.
14:45 Ascot – Wemightakedlongway @ 10/1
A few of the ones at the head of the market probably want the ground slower than what is likely and therefore it’s worth taking a chance on one at a bigger price.
Wemightakedlongway fits the bill. She wasn’t seen to best effect when given too much to do in France two weeks ago but she was backed like defeat was out of the question that day and her form behind Minnie Hauk earlier in the season got a huge boost in the Arc.
She can go close with a more prominent ride this time.
16:40 Ascot – Bopedro @ 20/1
The finale looks like a decent betting heat and it might be a chance for Bopedro to break his Ascot duck.
He’s run some fine races here, most notably in this season’s Royal Hunt Cup, and he’s also placed in this race in the past. He arrives on the back of a couple of solid efforts and the yard have a superb record in this competitive handicap.
