Horse Racing Tips: Our ultimate Royal Ascot Cheat Sheet for day 2 on Wednesday

I’m with Leovanni, who ran a really solid race at Nottingham. She’s drawn alongside Truly Enchanting and there’s plenty of pace on offer.

Enchanting Empress (each-way) comes in here with an unbeaten three-race record and showed a lot of speed when beating some colts in the line-up that day and that takes a fair effort.

It was only a small field when Spherical (each-way) managed to win at Yarmouth, but it was her dominance late in that contest that identified her as a big improver. We have a top rider booked in William Buick and she can go very well at a big price for the Roger Varian yard.

Anything can happen here! MISS RASCAL is owner-bred and made an eye-catching debut at Newmarket before winning an Ascot maiden. She looks very fast and useful.

Two runners who have created the deepest impression are Irish challengers MAKE HASTE and Truly Enchanting. Crack US trainer Wesley Ward has won this four times since 2009 and saddles Ultima Grace.

The Equator could outrun his odds after finishing fourth at the Curragh last time out and the 1m 6f will really suit him. While Illinois could be the most likely winner, his stablemate The Equator is a better value pick.

Jessica Harrington has had plenty of success at the Royal meeting and doesn’t tilt at windmills with her runners. Birdman has won twice and should be respected.

Birdman showed a really good attitude and change of gear late on when winning at Navan and will appreciate both going up in distance to 1m 6f and the quicker ground.

BIRDMAN (each-way) looks a very strong young stayer and is bred to go on this fast ground. Comes in here with two wins in his last two starts.

HIGHBURY looks the most persuasive option having bolted up in a Leopardstown maiden (strong form) last month as Aidan O’Brien looks for his eighth win in this contest where Ryan Moore has opted to ride Illinois.

I’m looking for one that’s drawn in the the outside boxes and Ocean Jewel fits the bill. The step up to a mile really suited her last time when an impressive winner at the Curragh.

It’s not ideal that Ocean Jewel has to concede weight all round. However she looks a bit of value and she’s a fair enough price to take a punt on.

The perceived wisdom is that Orchid Bloom (each-way) won’t appreciate this quicker ground. However, she’s completely untried under these conditions. Her handler William Haggas lets her take her chance. We should see that as a positive.

I really like the defending champion ROGUE MILLENNIUM who was tackling Group 1 company at the end of last season for Tom Clover. Now in the hands of Joseph O’Brien, Rogue Millennium returned this term with a third behind Ocean Jewel and can improve on that.

Low-mileage mare LAUREL has been absent since finishing down the field in the Lockinge 13 months ago but she’d looked one to keep firmly on side in landing three of her four previous starts.

The biggest threat to Auguste Rodin is Inspiral but I’m not convinced the step up to 1m 2f will suit her, so I’ll stick with the Aidan O’Brien runner.

On his best from the dual Derby winner and last season’s Breeders’ Cup winner Auguste Rodin should be winning this. One for the value seekers is Horizon Dore.

We know that Alflaila (each-way) has a very good record fresh. He was still improving when we last saw him in an unlucky-in-running effort at Leopardstown at the highest level behind Auguste Rodin who re-opposes.

A belter of a clash between Derby hero Auguste Rodin and wonder mare INSPIRAL. Ironically, both ran shockers on seasonal debut. A five-time Group 1 winner over a mile, the wonder filly may have been crying out for this 1m 2f trip all her life.

INSPIRAL is sure to be all the better for her reappearance and the style of her win at Santa Anita back in November strongly suggests she still has unfinished business at this trip, so she’s narrowly preferred to Auguste Rodin.

Coeur d’Or is my nap of the day. He was really eye-catching over 6f at the  Curragh on Guineas weekend and won at Galway last year over a mile. He’s got decent form over a mile on a sound surface and  finds the gaps when needed.

Real Gain has been targeted at this contest by trainer Richard Hughes and William Buick has been booked. The ground at Newbury was too soft on seasonal debut and these quicker conditions will be right up his street.

There is no doubting Fantastic Fox (each-way)  is still very dangerously well treated. The hustle and bustle of this one-mile test seems to suit him very well provided he gets a gallop to run at.

The lightly-raced BESHTANI (each-way) has quite a high handicap mark but was a fine second at Epsom during the Derby meeting. The winner has scored again since and hopefully the stall nine draw works out.

BESHTANI showed that he’s still improving when an excellent second at Epsom on return and, with that form having been boosted by the winner since, he gets the vote to go one better at the possible expense of Wild Tiger, who is progressing fast.

Villanova Queen (each-way) is a big price considering she won here last year. She’s only 1lb higher than when winning last year.

Villanova Queen (each-way) won this contest last season and looks to have a decent chance of hitting the frame again.

The Irish challenger Karsavina (each-way) put up an improved display on only her first try for the stable with an eye-catching effort at the Curragh last time. That looked a perfect warm-up effort for this contest.

This is tough. TWIRLING is interesting. A winner on the artificial last season, my hope beat the re-opposing Roarin’ Success at Doncaster last time but she’s never gone on ground as fast as this. Fingers crossed!

Having looked a handicapper going places last spring, ELIM had a year off the track but with her reappearance chock-full of promise, she’s fancied to build on that for her up-and-coming stable.

I never really knew what a cliff horse was until I stopped riding and was allowed to have a bet! However, Hawaiian might be one of those in the making. He won at Newbury, then disappointed at Sandown. I’ll give him another chance.

Shadow Army – trained by Richard Fahey – was a well-backed winner at York and can make a splash again for Wathnan Racing.

The fact that the Richard Hannon team back up Hawaiian (each-way) quickly here indicates we haven’t seen the best of him. The quicker conditions look ideal.

PONT NEUF (each-way) is unbeaten in two starts. Has been a bit quirky, but if getting to the start calmly I suspect this Kempton and Salisbury winner is very useful.

TREASURE ISLE recorded a useful performance at Naas last month and is taken to provide the Aidan O’Brien/Ryan Moore combination with a fourth win in this since 2015.