Updates from day three of the Royal meeting at AscotTalking Horses: Chris Cook’s top tips for today’s actionAnd you can email Tony, tweet @tonypaley or post BTL 2.50pm BST 2.44pm BST Eight juveniles have been found who are prepared to attempt seven furlongs within a fortnight of their debuts in this Covid-affected season. It would be no surprise if an Aidan O’Brien-trained runner were best placed to cope with the unusual circumstances and Battleground is interestingly bred, as the first foal out of Found. He stayed on well in a big field to be fifth at Naas 10 days ago and the extra furlong plus that bit of experience could make a big difference. First Prophet, the only runner to have won at this distance already, stayed on well against a more fancied rival at Chelmsford and was sold within two days. He is one to fear. Modern News was well ridden to score at Newmarket but the runner-up looked the one to take out of that race. Bright Devil made all at Newmarket on a day when such tactics appeared to be favoured. Continue reading…
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