Black Box Racing: Royal Ascot Day 1, Tuesday 17th June 2025
No filter bets today, but what a cracking day’s racing. Today’s ratings etc are free for everyone today, from tomorrow though it’s members only.
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H'CAP TOP-RATED
5.00 Ascot - MR HAMPSTEAD
6.10 Ascot - PRYDWEN
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Always get asked for some big priced runners who can go well at these types of meetings.
TWILIGHT CALLS 3.40 Ascot has had plenty of goes at these types of races, but he caught the eye a tiny bit the time before last under Jamie Spencer in the Palace House Stakes. Held-up out the back he made good headway probably too quickly and paid the price for it in the closing stages. I think Spencer will have learned from that and I think he’ll be willing to hold him up until the very last second, like properly exaggerated. Whether or not he’s on the right side is debatable, but he wasn’t beaten far in this race last year and possibly the Spencer factor on this straight course could be the key to unlocking a huge run. 66-1 bog with 4 places being paid.
DAWN RISING 5.00 Ascot is currently 25-1 bog with Bet365 paying 5 places, but he’s being nibbled at. But that’s not surprising. He won the Queen Alexandra here a few years back, the longest race of the meeting at 2m5f and the last race at the meeting too, so we know he stays. He also goes well on this faster ground and is well handicapped now too. Joseph O’Brien knows how to target one for these big meetings and I can see a punt on this one.