Ascot tips and results

Our price $11.00 · SP $12.00 · Steven Parnham

Our price $4.50 · SP $5.50 · Chanel Cooper

She is the proven winner in the field, having beaten Starwalker, Rommeo and Snazzler at this level at her last two starts over 2100m and 2200m. The one time she was beaten by Abissi and Dark Looks she was lugging 60kg, and the weight swing today brings her right back into it.

Our price $6.00 · SP $6.50 · Shaun O'Donnell

The map is his friend. With Snazzler likely to lead and the pace slow, Starwalker should be the one sitting third and first to go for home up the Ascot rise, which is exactly where soft-track winners here come from. His last two runs put him within striking distance of the main contenders and he has a wet-track and distance record that holds up.

Our price $4.50 · SP $4.80 · Holly Nottle

Fantaxtic has produced the two best runs in this field at this exact grade, winning over 1200m on Soft 5 and then being beaten a nose over 1000m last start, finishing ahead of Ripper Farooq that day. The wide draw at Ascot is the obvious knock, but he has enough early speed to slide across and sit one off the two leaders in a moderately run race.

Our price $7.00 · SP $6.50 · Chanel Cooper

Espresso Time has upside: a lightly raced four-year-old with two wins from seven starts, drawn barrier 1 with the speed to sit right behind the leader at a track that rewards that position. The reservation is wet form, as he weakened on Soft 5 last start after going hard early.

Our price $11.00 · SP $17.00 · Brad Parnham

Guarantor is the wet-track horse in this race, with five placings or wins from six soft starts including a Soft 5 win over 1000m last month. His last-start Bunbury flop came on good ground under 59kg and can be forgiven. He drops weight, returns to the soft going he loves and maps to sit in the first three from barrier 7.

Our price $6.00 · SP $5.00 · Lucy Fiore

A progressive gelding whose Ascot win over 1500m in March and his last-start Northam victory under 60kg both read as winning-standard runs. He maps to race handy, which suits the soft Ascot profile, and the drop in weight helps. The wide draw, the class rise and the lack of soft-track racing are the risks, though his wet trials were encouraging.

Our price $4.50 · SP $15.00 · Brad Parnham

Six Shooter produced the best recent performance in this field when he ran down Pond Master at Belmont on a soft track three weeks ago, and he meets that rival on better terms today. He is a lightly raced winner of six from fourteen who races on the speed, which is exactly the profile that wins on a soft Ascot track where leaders and handy runners hold a sharp edge. The class rise is the query, but his last two wins were to a winning standard for this grade.

Our price $7.00 · SP $6.00 · Natika Riordan

Multinational bounced back to his best at Kalgoorlie, leading throughout from barrier 14 and only being run down in the final stride by a smart winner. Today he draws the inside gate and should find the front on a soft Ascot track that heavily favours leaders. He has six 1400m wins and handles wet ground well, and he drops back from Stakes company.

Our price $4.50 · SP $14.00 · Holly Nottle

She has won three of four over the Ascot 1000m, and her Soft 5 win here in April was the best run anyone in this field has put up. She handles wet ground, drops in class, and gets back to her ideal trip with a rider who knows her.

Our price $9.00 · SP $31.00 · Zephen Johnston-Porter

Kings Court is the obvious map horse. From barrier 1 he should lead a race at a track where leaders win a quarter of soft sprints and on-pace runners are strongly favoured. He has won four of eight over the Ascot 1000m, including on a Soft 5, and his rider is four from four on him. Each-way.

Our price $4.50 · SP $5.00 · Holly Nottle

Back To Bondi is the form horse. He has already won over 1600m at Ascot and has four wins from eleven starts. The wide draw is the concern, but the long run to the first turn at the Ascot mile softens it, and his early speed should let him cross into a handy spot.

Our price $5.00 · SP $8.50 · Jefferson Tsang

Pure Mac has every chance to run them off their legs. He is the only natural leader in the race, draws barrier 3, and drops to 56kg after the claim. His last three runs on soft tracks have all been close to a winning standard, including a second to Back To Bondi at this level last start where he meets that horse better off at the weights. The only knock is a winless record at Ascot, but he has never had a map this favourable here.

Our price $11.00 · SP $31.00 · Taj Dyson

He has won three of four starts on soft or heavy ground, draws barrier 4 and is the quickest beginner here, so he should park behind Pure Mac in a race likely to be run slowly. Each of his last four runs has been near a winning standard, and he was only beaten four lengths in a stronger handicap over this trip at Pinjarra.

Our price $5.00 · SP $11.00 · Lucy Fiore

Streak Of God is the form horse of the race. He drops back to the inside draw with an in-form rider and meets Snow God on better terms than when he beat him last start.

Our price $6.00 · SP $4.00 · Paul Harvey

Snow God is the map horse. From barrier five he should be handy and in the first three on the turn, which is where the winners come from at Ascot on soft ground. He has placed in five of six wet-track starts and his last two efforts were sound without winning.

Our price $3.00 · SP $2.35 · Brad Parnham

She is unbeaten over 1000m at Ascot, won the Listed Supremacy Stakes here, and her only defeat was a close third in the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate on soft ground beyond her best trip. She is the quickest beginner in this field and the Ascot soft-track stats heavily reward those settling in the first three.

Our price $9.00 · SP $12.00 · Victoria Corver

A genuine overlay. He leads or sits outside the leader and is drawn to do so, which is where the Ascot soft-sprint winners come from.

Our price $3.00 · SP $2.60 · Chris Parnham

She outclassed a Class 1 field over this course and distance last spring, then ran third in a Listed race against her own age, and is far superior on ability to anything here in a midweek-grade field. She handles soft going and trialled a winner last week. The knocks are a long break between races and her habit of settling back, which Ascot soft sprints rarely reward. Barrier 3 should let Parnham park midfield.

Our price $7.00 · SP $11.00 · Clint Johnston-Porter

His three most recent runs have each been at or above a winning standard for this grade, culminating in a strong win under 60kg at Bunbury where he ran down the field from the back. From barrier 5 with his regular rider he should land midfield with cover. Twelve dollars is too big for the best recent form in the field.

Our price $6.50 · SP $4.20 · Holly Watson

Kraken Time has the wet form the race demands. He won this very race last spring on a Soft 5, running down the field from ninth, and his soft-track record of three wins from six is the best here. First up he was sound without threatening in a stronger Belmont race and should improve for it. The problem is a wide gate with 59.5kg on a track that punishes runners forced back from outside draws, and he has not won second-up before.