Horse Racing Tips: Our ultimate Royal Ascot Cheat Sheet for Day 4 on Friday

I was really taken by Heavens Gate at the Curragh. She’s a strong stayer and Ryan Moore may opt to ride stablemate Fairy Godmother, but that will only help the price for Heavens Gate.

I was at Newmarket when Godolphin’s Mountain Breeze won and I was very impressed.  She’s a half sister to Pinatubo and might just be good enough to upset the Ballydoyle raider, Fairy Godmother.

Ballydoyle have opted to go for this contest with Heavens Gate and can be rewarded for it. She still has a massive amount of improvement left in her like most of these in the line-up.

MOUNTAIN BREEZE is unbeaten in two starts for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby and has looked really good in victories at Newmarket. She was a short price on debut and won going away and then did the same on her second start when hitting the line strong.

MOUNTAIN BREEZE and Fairy Godmother stand out on form and might fight this out, with the first-named marginally preferred given she’s still open to significant improvement.

Givemethebeatboys has his chance but a couple of the English runners may be ahead of him, namely Inisherin and Elite Status. The former looks the right favourite to me so I’ll side with him.

The Commonwealth Cup over 6f and I’m going to think outside the box with Kind Of Blue (each-way). He’s among the lightest raced in the field so is open to any amount of improvement and trainer James Fanshawe wouldn’t run him if he thought he wasn’t up to it. A sporting each-way play.

A fair sixth in the 2,000 Guineas over a mile, Inisherin looked comfortable when winning over 6f at Haydock. He could prove the best sprinter in the three-year-old division.

I’m all over INISHERIN. The 2,000 Guineas sixth dropped back in trip for the Sandy Lane at Haydock and while Vandeek flopped, he was in control throughout the whole event.

The easy Sandy Lane winner INISHERIN preferred to Elite Status, who was equally impressive from the front in a Newbury listed race last time.

Opera Singer was big in the paddock on her debut in the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Aidan O’Brien made no secret of the fact that she would come on for the run. She’s my nap of the day.

The French filly Ramatuelle was very unlucky in the 1,000 Guineas and many still can’t believe she didn’t win it. She can make amends now and drops down to 7f but that shouldn’t be an issue at this stiff track and the drying ground will help.

Skellet (each-way) will take a big step forward for her Currgh comeback run and there is no reason she should be such a massive price against Opera Singer.

The 1,000 Guineas runner-up PORTA FORTUNA (each-way) is super tough and has loads of ability having also chased home Hard to Justify in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’ Turf last season.

RAMATUELLE is taken to reverse the 1,000 Guineas form with Elmalka and Porta Fortuna having been worn down late by that pair at Newmarket.

Willie Mullins saddles Ethical Diamond and Ryan Moore was keen to ride him over this 1m 4f trip. He should be sharper for that run.

A 1m 4f handicap where Willie Mullins teams up with Ryan Moore with the improving four-year-old, Ethical Diamond. He was a close-up second at Leopardstown and that will have left him primed for a big run now.

Epic Poet (each-way) looks primed for a big handicap success having dropped to a mark of 97 after being highly-tried in his earlier career. This is just his second start for the David O’Meara team.

MARHABA THE CHAMP (each-way) is very hard to predict but he’s just the type to pop up and run well in a race like this now back handicapping.

ETHICAL DIAMOND continued his theme of race-by-race progress on his first start on the Flat when narrowly denied at Leopardstown six weeks ago. He makes plenty of appeal under Ryan Moore.

Zaynab looks to be going the right way. She’s beaten more experienced rivals narrowly in his last two wins and there could be more to come, even if she lacks experience in this big-runner field.

I may be letting my heart rule my head here but I really like Fair Angellica (each-way) who is highly rated by her trainer Richard Hughes.

Cat Ninja (each-way) bumped into a very tidy colt in Dosman at Kempton and now goes back in against her own sex in what is a very hotly- contested handicap over the mile.

FLIGHT OF FANCY (each-way) stays well and might hit the frame for Aidan O’Brien. She’s light-raced and will appreciate the quicker ground conditions.

INDELIBLE ran out a ready winner on her return at Doncaster and that race has a strong look to it. She could be well ahead of her mark now handicapping.

The French horse Calandagan gets my vote more by default than anything else. Comes in here looking for a hat-trick after two victories at Longchamp on softer ground in April & May.

French challenger Calandagan has won twice on soft ground at Longchamp but his sire was Gleneagles so he should cope with these faster conditions.

Calandagan has been going through the grades nicely in France and while a few of these are on recovery missions, he’s on a roll.

THEORY OF TIDES (each-way) is very interesting.    The unbeaten son of Galileo cost 500,000 guineas and was well on top at Yarmouth last time. His stamina seems his strong suit. He might surprise a few.

SPACE LEGEND would have surely run out a comfortable winner with a clear passage in a listed event at Goodwood last month. He’s taken to gain compensation in this higher grade.

I’m going for two in this as 28 runners could go to post. Both Got To Love A Grey (25) and Sommelier (27) are drawn high and make some appeal. But it’s a ‘stick a pin in it’ type of race.

Oisin Murphy has a good book of rides and Jubilee Walk can end the day on a high for him. She’s two from two this season and won at York last time with a bit to spare.

Ryan Moore gets the call up on Sommelier and that’s always a positive. He chased home Big Evs last time at York in Listed company and now drops back to handicap company in this 5f speed test.

JUBILEE WALK is up 7lb for a win at York but he’s progressed well with every run and enjoyed dropping to 5f at a faster track than this when scoring last time. A huge chance.

MUKAAFAH left his disappointing reappearance behind in no uncertain terms at Doncaster last month looks the sort that can climb the ranks quickly.