Royal Ascot Tips: Timeform's Colts & Fillies to watch out for

Royal Ascot Tips

TIMEFORM’S TWO-YEAR-OLD’S TO WATCH

Tuesday, June 20 (3.05pm Coventry Stakes) – Asadna
Wednesday, June 21 (2.30pm Queen Mary Stakes) – Beautiful Diamond
Thursday, June 22 (2.30pm Norfolk Stakes) – Elite Status
Friday, June 23 (2.30pm Albany Stakes) – Porta Fortuna

Timeform’s Tony McFadden highlights the two-year-olds heading into Royal Ascot with leading claims on Timeform’s ratings.

Before we get down to business, remember folks: Odds quoted on the widget are Future Racing / Ante-post prices which means that if your selection does not run in the race for whatever reason – you will lose your stake under traditional Ante-post rules.

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Tuesday, June 20 – Coventry Stakes (3.05pm)

Asadna (Timeform rating 109p) – Six-furlong colt

ASADNA created an excellent impression when making a winning debut in a six-furlong novice at Ripon last month, quickening 12 lengths clear in the style of an exciting prospect. His market rivals may have disappointed but Asadna registered an outstanding time, stopping the clock nearly a second faster than the progressive and fairly useful handicapper Pinafore managed over course and distance later on the card.

That earned Asadna a timefigure of 109, which is exceptional for a juvenile of any experience prior to Royal Ascot, never mind for one on debut. He earned a higher timefigure than any two-year-old debutant starting out before Royal Ascot in the last decade and, consequently, holds strong claims in the Coventry Stakes.

Wednesday, June 21 – Queen Mary Stakes (2.30pm)

Beautiful Diamond (Timeform rating 95p) – Five-furlong filly

Elite Status’ trainer Karl Burke also has strong claims in the fillies’ division as BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND looks like a leading player in the Queen Mary Stakes having created such a good impression on debut at Nottingham. Beautiful Diamond, a £360,000 purchase at the breeze-up sales, travelled strongly, led over a furlong out and drew clear to score by three and a half lengths in impressive style.

That has earned her the highest rating among the two-year-old fillies in Britain so far this season, albeit only narrowly as fellow Queen Mary contender Born To Rock is rated 93p following a comfortable success at Yarmouth, while Jabaara, who is set for the Albany Stakes, is rated 94P after winning with plenty in hand at Newmarket.

Thursday, June 22 – Norfolk Stakes (2.30pm)

Elite Status (Timeform rating 109p) – Five-furlong colt

The latest edition of the National Stakes at Sandown looked like a red-hot renewal as nine of the ten-strong field were last-time-out winners, but ELITE STATUS proved in a league of his own as he stormed clear in the final furlong to register a devastating five-length success.

The visual impression was backed up by a fast time and Elite Status earned a Timeform rating of 109p, which is the joint-highest achieved by a juvenile so far this season (along with Ripon winner Asadna).

Elite Status has already run to a level that is higher than most winners of the Norfolk Stakes achieve at Royal Ascot, so he should take plenty of beating.

Friday, June 23 – Albany Stakes (2.30pm)

Porta Fortuna (Timeform rating 101P) – Six-furlong filly

PORTA FORTUNA has followed an identical path to the Albany Stakes as last year’s winner Meditate who followed up victory in a five-furlong maiden at the Curragh with another success in the listed Fillies Sprint Stakes at Naas over six furlongs.

Porta Fortuna hasn’t been winning by wide margins, scoring by a neck on each occasion, but she impressed with the striking turn of foot that she found at Naas last time and scored in a good time from the promising Navassa Island (100p) who pulled four and a half lengths clear of the third.

The first two from that Naas contest set the standard on form and are big players in the Albany, though Jabaara, who has the Timeform large P to denote she is capable of much better form, is also a highly promising filly, as is Doncaster debut winner Carla’s Way following a notable effort on the clock.

Royal Ascot Tips

TIMEFORM’S TWO-YEAR-OLD’S TO WATCH

Odds quoted on the widget are Future Racing / Ante-post prices which means that if your selection does not run in the race for whatever reason – you will lose your stake under traditional Ante-post rules.