GEORDIELAND can deny Yeats an unprecedented fourth victory in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.
Jamie Osborne’s grey looked a reformed character in beating Patkai at Sandown in the Henry II Stakes three weeks ago and the usually pessimistic former jump jockey has been making some very bullish noises.
The way Geordieland left Patkai for dead at Sandown suggests Sir Michael Stoute’s charge will have it all on to turn the tables.
Osborne reports his eightyear- old to be showing more speed than ever before on the gallops at home.
Geordieland is the value call.
Stoute may be out of luck in the big one, but his Leocorno can oblige in the Ribblesdale Stakes.
Well fancied for the Oaks earlier in the season, she met with a setback which prevented the Freemason Lodge maestro from preparing her for the fillies’ Classic.
However, she showed when sluicing up in a handicap at Sandown the earlier reports about her sparkling homework were spot on as she was barely troubled in winning by five lengths.
Monsieur Chevalier is worth taking on at a short price in the Norfolk Stakes with Howard Johnson’s Kingdom Of Light.
Better known for his handling of National Hunt horses, Johnson nevertheless won this race 12 months ago with South Central.
The big crowds love nothing better than cheering home a Royal winner and Her Majesty’s best opportunity of getting back in the winner’s enclosure is Four Winds in the Hampton Court Stakes.
Andrew Balding’s Brief Encounter won a race at York that looked a fair pointer to later in the season and rates the pick in the Britannia Stakes.
John Oxx has proved down the years that when he brings one over it is worth serious consideration, so it may be worth taking a punt on Zarinski in the King George V Stakes.
The Tim Easterby-trained Saucy Girl should go close in Ripon’s EBF Ingham Underwriting Maiden Stakes.
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