Stephen Harris’ Royal Ascot Day 4 Tips

Marco Botti’s team have generally been needing a run or two this season to put themselves fully fit (reportedly around six weeks behind their usual preparation after the extremely wet winter), and his strapping three-year-old has been trained with this race specifically in mind since his running a blinder behind Big Eves at York.

He remains with loads of upside on the turf after just one previous run on it (useful all-weather form), and the booking of Ryan Moore catches the eye for these astute connections.

Donacha O’Brien knows exactly what it takes to get one ready to peak on the big day, and his exciting filly is expected to build on a cracking effort in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in May. She has now won four of her eight career starts, handles a bit of cut in the ground, and makes plenty of appeal at the current prices (with those at the head of the market having questions to answer).

The booking of Tom Marquand certainly increases confidence, and her turn of foot should be an asset on the prevailing fast ground.

This French raider caught the eye in Group One company last time out at Chantilly, finishing strongly from well off the pace in the heavy ground. He now steps up in trip to 1m4f which will definitely suit, and the booking of William Buick for the first time is certainly a big positive to his chances of springing a surprise in this valuable Group Two prize.

He remains open to loads more improvement after just five career starts (two on the all-weather/promising debut on decent turf) and represents different lines of form to those rivals at the top of the market.