15:35 Royal Ascot

Wednesday 17 June 2020

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:40

Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Str)

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 2  |   1m  |   Good  |   23 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:38  |   Winning time: 1m 38.32s
1st
Horse silk
16
(11)
15/2
T: C & M JohnstonJ: W Buick
Held up in rear in centre, headway going well when not clear run and switched left 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, soon clear tchd 8/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¼
22
(5)
8/1
T: W J HaggasJ: Dane O'Neill
Raced centre to near side, held up, headway centre of group chasing leaders over 2f out, kept on disputing 2nd over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong op 15/2
3rd
Horse silk
½
12
(23)
49-6
25/1
T: C HillsJ: K Shoemark
Held up towards rear centre to near side, headway towards near side rail chasing leaders and switched left 2f out, ran on in 3rd towards finish
4th
Horse silk
1 ¼
4
(12)
22/1
T: C & M JohnstonJ: J Fanning
Led main group centre to near side and overall, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost 2 places towards finish
5th
Horse silk
3 ¼
21
(19)
33/1
T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope
Slowly into stride, raced near side to centre, held up and behind, headway near side of group and driven over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
6th
Horse silk
nk
14
(10)
13/2
T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy
Held up in mid-division centre to near side, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong op 7/1 tchd 6/1
7th
Horse silk
nk
11
(18)
69-7
11/1
T: C HillsJ: Cieren Fallon (3)
Raced keenly, tracked leaders centre to near side, pushed along over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong op 10/1
8th
Horse silk
½
2
(3)
40/1
T: J A OsborneJ: Nicola Currie
Raced towards far side and 4th in group of 4, pushed along and went 3rd in group 3f out, led group over 1f out and went clear in group inside final furlong, no chance with leaders near side op 33/1
9th
Horse silk
2
8
(22)
59-8
16/1
T: R HannonJ: R L Moore
Raced centre to near side, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, never reached leaders op 14/1
10th
Horse silk
½
1
(13)
49-10
15/2
T: J & T GosdenJ: Jim Crowley
Tracked leaders centre to near side, raced keenly, ridden inside final 2f, weakened inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 7/1
11th
Horse silk
¾
6
(14)
6/1f
T: J & T GosdenJ: L Dettori
Tracked leaders centre to near side, hung right inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out tchd 11/2
12th
Horse silk
½
18
(7)
66/1
T: R HannonJ: P J Dobbs
Raced centre to near side, held up towards rear and keen, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and no headway over 1f out
13th
Horse silk
hd
10
(15)
69-8
16/1
T: T D BarronJ: B A Curtis
Tracked leaders centre to near side, weakened inside final furlong
14th
Horse silk
½
7
(17)
40/1
T: R HannonJ: S M Levey
Raced centre to near side, held up towards rear, never on terms op 33/1
15th
Horse silk
hd
5
(1)
100/1
T: C & M JohnstonJ: A Kirby
Led far side quartet towards far side, headed in group over 1f out, soon weakened
16th
Horse silk
nk
3
(16)
50/1
T: K DalgleishJ: Callum Rodriguez
Raced centre to near side, mid-division, weakened inside final 2f op 66/1 tchd 40/1
17th
Horse silk
nse
19
(2)
33/1
T: J & T GosdenJ: James Doyle
Tracked leaders in quartet towards far side, weakened over 1f out op 40/1
18th
Horse silk
nse
20
(20)
58-13
33/1
T: B J MeehanJ: M Dwyer
Raced in centre to near side, held up and behind, ridden and no chance when hampered inside final furlong
19th
Horse silk
1 ½
13
(4)
25/1
T: R VarianJ: Andrea Atzeni
Tracked leader towards far side until ridden inside final 2f, weakened final furlong op 22/1
20th
Horse silk
1 ¼
9
(8)
59-8
28/1
T: D J S Ffrench DavisJ: L P Keniry
Tracked leaders centre to near side, weakened final furlong op 25/1 tchd 33/1
21st
Horse silk
2 ½
23
(9)
48-12
80/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: R Kingscote
Mid-division centre to near side, headway chasing leaders 3f out, weakened 2f out
22nd
Horse silk
3 ¼
15
(21)
66/1
T: George BakerJ: P Cosgrave
Prominent near side rail, ridden and weakened over 2f out
23rd
Horse silk
13
24
(24)
10/1
T: A M BaldingJ: S De Sousa
Dwelt, raced keenly, soon tracking leaders on near side rail, pushed along over 3f out, weakened and eased inside final 2f

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Non-Runners

17
(6)
Horse silk
Jahbath445
Weight: 9-1|  Age: 4
T: W J Haggas  J: Non Runner
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.40Pl:£5.15, £3.55, £8.05EX:£70.70Trifecta:£2,511.30Tricast:£1,491.57SF:£58.29Swingers:£25.45, £64.60, £50.85

Forecasts

Lord Tennyson (6/1), Bell Rock (13/2), Dark Vision (15/2), Alrajaa (15/2), Montatham (8/1), Fox Premier (10/1), Afaak (11/1), Jahbath (14/1), Qaysar (16/1), Kynren (16/1), Vale Of Kent (22/1), Pogo (25/1), Willie John (25/1), Indeed (28/1), Baltic Baron (33/1), Beatboxer (33/1), Petrus (33/1), Raising Sand (40/1), Fox Champion (40/1), What's The Story (50/1), Fox Power (66/1), Wargrave (66/1), Walhaan (80/1), Cardsharp (100/1)

Verdict

A race that is always one of the most competitive of the entire week at Royal Ascot and this year is no different. The obvious place to start is last year's winner (and 2018 runner-up) AFAAK who is just 3lb above last year's winning mark and that is negated to some extent with a talented apprentice taking off 3lb. He narrowly gets the vote ahead of Qaysar who put up a huge effort at Newmarket on return having looked beaten at half way. Kynren goes well here and he was probably in need of his recent comeback run while John Gosden has the exciting Lord Tennyson who could be anything on just his third career start here.
  1. Afaak
  2. Qaysar
  3. Lord Tennyson

Previous Winners

2019
Afaak
Weight: 9-3  |Age: 5
J: Jim Crowley  |  T: C Hills
20/1

Prize Money

1st: £48,518.002nd: £14,438.003rd: £7,215.004th: £3,608.00

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