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A Royal Ascot winner would be the icing on the cake for Queen Elizabeth II in her Platinum Jubilee year.
The horse racing fanatic didn’t have a runner in any of the season’s four Classics so far – the 2000 Guineas, 1000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and Epsom Derby – but Lizzie is set to field some of her stable stars at the five-day festival.
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She’s been a regular at the meeting over the years – arriving along the track in a horse-drawn carriage – and has had 24 winners since the 1950s including 2013 Gold Cup scorer Estimate.
The Queen’s Flat horses are running at a strike rate of 19 per cent for the current season and the 96-year-old Monarch has the following horses included among final declarations for races at Royal Ascot 2022.
Saga
17:00 – Thursday, June 16
Britannia Stakes (Heritage Stakes)
Frankie Dettori is booked to ride the three-year-old colt, who is a course winner after breaking his maiden status at the track last September.
Reach For The Moon
17:35 – Thursday, June 16
Hampton Court Stakes (Group 3)
The Queen’s best-rated runner has finished inside the top two in all six of his career starts and faces five rivals in this.
Tactical
18:10 – Thursday, June 16
Buckingham Palace Stakes
The four-year-old makes his second appearance since wind surgery in January but he disappointed when finishing 10th on his seasonal reappearance at Newmarket in April.
Just Fine
15:40 – Friday, June 17
Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
The booking of Ryan Moore and a decent reappearance run in last month’s Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Jorvik Handicap has the four-year-old prominent in our betting.
Discretion
17:00 – Friday, June 17
Sandringham Stakes
The daughter of Dubawi is two from four after back-to-back wins last month, she has been raised 6lbs to a mark of 83 for her second run in a handicap.
Spring Is Sprung
18:10 – Friday, June 17
Palace Of Holyroodhouse Stakes
The three-year-old has been gelded since his last racecourse appearance in February, Spring Is Sprung is towards the bottom of the weights for this handicap off a mark of 87.
King’s Lynn
16:20 – Saturday, June 18
Platinum Jubilee Stakes (Group 1)
You can blame the Queen for firing a dart at the joint-most lucrative race of the meeting but it’s a quick turnaround for King’s Lynn, who could only finish seventh behind Australian speedball Nature Strip in the King’s Stand Stakes on Tuesday.
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