DAY-BY-DAY STATS NEXT WEEK: Every day this week, Daqman checks out the turnkey stats for Royal Ascot seven days in advance. Today focuses on next Wednesday’s races, with checks on age and weight, the trainers, favourites and best stalls positions.
WEDNESDAY WINNERS: Daqman has bets in three races on Wednesday and is taking on a runner having his second start in just 24 hours.
KEY RACES AT ROYAL ASCOT
WEDNESDAY TRAINERS
3.05 (Queen’s Vase) Aidan O’Brien 6-13
4.20 (Prince Of Wales’s Stakes) Aidan O’Brien 5
AGE
4.20 (Prince Of Wales’s Stakes) 4yo and 5yo: 12 out of 12
5.00 (Royal Hunt Cup) 4yo 9, 5yo 2
FORM
2.30 (Queen Mary Stakes) 21 of the last 25 winners scored last time out.
STALLS
2.30 (Queen Mary Stakes) 12 of the last 13 winners were drawn in double figures on the stands side.
3.05 (Queen’s Vase) Low stalls best: in the last four years, 3 beat 5, 3 beat 6, then 5 beat 2 and last season 4 beat 2.
5.00 (Royal Hunt Cup) stalls 4 to 11 six; 20 to 33 seven
6.10 (Windsor Castle Stakes) Five of the last seven winners were drawn tight on either rail: 1, 2 but also 20, 24, 27
WEIGHT
5.00 (Royal Hunt Cup) 9st to 9st 5lb has won 12 out of 13
FAVOURITES
3.05 (Queen’s Vase) 11 out of 25, with 27 of the last 31 winners from the first four at SP.
LAYS
5.00 (Royal Hunt Cup) only two clear SP favourites in 30 years
COOKING UP A STORM
⭕ 7.10 Kempton Marengo Storm gets the nap vote to follow up on his course and distance success last month.
The Richard Hughes trained runner seemingly improved for that run with a good second at Windsor on his handicap/turf debut last time out.
He is preferred to the more exposed fillies – notably Moonshine and Angel Love who are both left with something to find after their respective latest efforts.
TWO RUNS IN 24 HOURS
⭕ 8.30 Hamilton At the time of writing Jet Warrior remains a runner here for this six furlong handicap and indeed top of the Betdaq Betting Exchange market after his third placed effort at Carlisle last night.
It was a good run but surely, ideally, he will need longer than 24 hours for a full recovery – especially given the ground is good to soft at both the venues?
Ingleby Archie has a more traditional 20 day break since his last run at Catterick when third to Evocative Spark. That was a good effort and should prove hard to beat off a 1lb lower mark given he is versatile ground wise.
Impressor is another running back into form. A soft ground winner here last September, he seemed to struggle off his elevated mark but it was much more like it with a course and distance third last time out when it was good and he will do even better on the more testing ground tonight.
I’ll cover both Ingleby Archie and Impressor for a WIN 10 return on Betdaq.
THE GREAT ESCAPE
⭕ 9.00 Hamilton Another race at Hamilton tonight where I’d like to take two against the field – this time in the closing mile handicap.
Mwafaq looks a little overpriced. His one turf win came on good ground but he handled good to soft ok at Carlisle and comes into this as one of the form horses having chased home Glorious Kitty at Ayr last time out. Useful apprentice Tom Kiely-Marshall takes a handy 5lb off.
I also want to be with Spirit Catcher who continues to do well but will be even better suited by this drop back in trip.
DAQMAN’S BETS
on Betdaq Betting Exchange
★ 7.10 Kempton (win 10, nap)
BET 5.0pts win MARENGO STORM
8.30 Hamilton (both WIN 10)
BET 2.5pts win INGLEBY ARCHIE
BET 1.5pts win IMPRESSOR
9.00 Hamilton (both win 20)
BET 2.0pts win MWAFAQ
BET 3.2pts win SPIRIT CATCHER
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