It’s my final day at Ascot and a horse I’ve been looking forward to running all week is Jet Setting.
Purchased for a cool £12,000, this lady was sold for £1.3 million on Monday evening after a super season where she has won the Irish 1000 Guineas.
Crucially, she is proven on the softer ground that we have here at Ascot and even though she’s nearly as small as a child’s pony, she has the heart of a lion. I’m backing her to win the Coronation Stakes at 4.20pm.
The Commonwealth Cup (3.40pm) looks a belting race and Karl Burke’s classy Quiet Reflection, who proved her versatility on soft ground at Chantilly, blitzed her rivals in a Group 2 last time.
Donjuan Triumphant finished behind her that day and will be hoping to go one better.
He won’t mind to rain soaked ground, but I’m going to throw caution to the wind and take my chance backing a horse that might not, in Log Out Island. He was so impressive on his last outing that I’m going to take a chance that his talent guides him through this softer surface.
I think Beacon Rock is opposable in the King Edward VII Stakes at 3.05pm. Humphrey Bogart was supplemented for the Derby but in not convinced this is his ideal trip. Instead I’m going to back Choreographer, a horse with just two runs under his belt, but I think could improve on his run in the Dante and is proven on this ground on which he won his maiden first time out.
Wonder horse Frankel has proved he wasn’t just a hit on the racecourse but is a successful stallion as well and his daughter Queen Kindly takes her chance in the first race, the Albany Stakes at 2.30pm, hopefully she’ll get me off to a winning start.
And in the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (5pm), I think Kinema could give me a profitable conclusion to what’s bet a wet, but magical week at Royal Ascot.
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