Royal Ascot Trends: Friday cont...

Albany Stakes

For 2-y-o fillies only, this race has been run since 2002 and has yet to see any really strong trends emerge.

What little we do have to go on include:

- 4 out the 6 winners had run just once
- 3 had won a maiden last time out
- Jeremy Noseda and Mick channon have won it twice each and both have also saddled a 1-2
- 4 winners have been at double figure odds including last years shock 50/1 winner

As I said not much to go on, so I'll stick with Mick Channon and his once run, once won filly, Please Sing

Selection: Please Sing
Danger: Danidh Dubai

Wolverton Stakes (H'cap)

Another race transferred in 2002 from the old Ascot Heath card on the Saturday.The conditions of the race remain pretty much the same so I'll use the full data available. Even so, this is a hard race to sort out as winners have come from the full range of the handicap with a whole hatful of trainers responsible for the past winners

- last 5 winners and 7 of the last 10 were 4-y-o's

- 10 of the last 13 had no more than 2 runs previous to the race

- 9 of those 13 were placed in the top 4 last time

This leaves Charlie Farnsbarns, Mutajarred, Mount Hadley and Monte Alto.

The booking of Johhny Murtagh for Luca Cumani's Monte Alto looks interesting, the trainer isn't adverse to laying one out for a Royal Ascot handicap and he looks nicely weighted at the bottom of the weights.

A word also for Pinpoint who will find this a lot easier than some of the races he has contested since winning the Spring Cup last year.

Selection: Monte Alto
Each Way: Pinpoint

Gavin