Royal Ascot day one: Circus Maximus wins Queen Anne Stakes – live updates!

Prestigious meeting begins with seven-race cardReport: Ryan Moore denies Dettori in Queen AnneEmail Tony, tweet or comment below the line 2.39pm BST Here is the colts’ version of the Ribblesdale and effectively a Derby trial this year. Mogul, the favourite here, is just 8-1 for the Derby and is Aidan O’Brien’s shortest-priced entrant for the Epsom race at the moment. It seems a lot of expectation for a horse with a Group Two win to his name, whose finishing effort might have been stronger when he was fourth to Kameko last year. But he is very well bred and ought to have more to offer. Arthur’s Kingdom, his stablemate, is thought to be more a Leger type but Dettori is booked and some punters will have a go in case the Italian has ended up on the better runner, as happened in the Guineas. Mohican Heights is out of a Shirley Heights mare; there can’t be many of those around, as Shirley Heights won the Derby 42 years ago. His stable has been quiet and he may well need this, though he has been well supported. Papa Power hacked up in a novice contest in February and comes from a hot yard but this is a huge step up in class. Pyledriver won races at 50-1 and 14-1 last year, ran second at 40-1 on his reappearance and is unfancied again but this step up in trip should help him and he has ability. 2.34pm BST Newsflash: Of course, Frankie Dettori did the flying dismount on returning after victory in the Group Two Ribblesdale Stakes on Frankly Darling. Continue reading…
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