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2019 Royal Ascot Insider Guide
WatchandWager’s 2019 Royal Ascot Insider Guide Welcome to the WatchandWager Worldwide exclusive Insider’s Guide to Royal Ascot 2019 - the greatest five days of Thoroughbred racing on the calendar. This year we will be offering a massive DOUBLE WIN ODDS boost on all Wesley Ward-trained winners at the Royal Meeting. Yes, if Wesley trains a winner, WatchandWager will double the tote odds! This pioneer American trainer has a fantastic record at the Royal Meeting, and WatchandWager offers the very best value to our USA clients. Our insider guide as a result focuses on Wesley Ward’s runners and all information is of course subject to running plans from the barn. In addition to this special bonus, this year WatchandWager is very pleased to be able to contribute to the World Pools operated by the UK Tote. This will introduce more betting volumes from customers betting through the Hong Kong Jockey Club, which is also a business partner with WatchandWager. Bigger pools create more liquidity and possibly higher dividends for successful players. Most importantly, creative initiatives like this will help to return more funds to UK Racing. For this reason, WatchandWager fully supports this project during Royal Ascot and in the future. Summary Wagering Tips are difficult to predict, especially with running plans uncertain in many races. Do remember some key points, though. Ascot has become a “course specialist” track, so note all previous successful form at the track. Also, if the weather dries up, be very careful about the draw bias on the straight track as it can be pronounced. The best wagering strategy is to view the early races in the week and betting patterns as business develops. With that said, the stables to follow are of course the all-conquering Ballydoyle yard (who have a good record at the meeting) and Sir Michael Stoute-- the leading trainer at the meeting for many years. In terms of tips I would put up KEW GARDENS in whichever race he turns up in. I also like ARTHURIAN FLAME should that run. Finally, the old warrior THE TIN MAN can run a mighty race on the Saturday card. Good luck and enjoy Royal Ascot from all of us at WatchandWager! Yours sincerely, Ed Comins President WatchandWager.com LLC
Schedule of Races
(ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME)
Tuesday, June 18th
Time Race Age Purse Distance
9:30 a.m. The Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) 4+ £600,000 One mile
10:05 a.m. The Coventry Stakes (Group 2) 2 £150,000 Six furlongs
10:40 a.m. The King’s Stand Stakes (Group 1) 3+ £500,000 Five furlongs
11:20 a.m. The St James’s Palace Stakes (Group 1) 3 colts £500,000 Old mile
12:00 p.m. The Ascot Stakes (Handicap) 4+ £90,000 Two-and-a-half miles
12:35 p.m. The Wolferton Stakes (Listed) 4+ £100,000 A mile-and-a-quarter
Wednesday, June 19th
Time Race Age Purse Distance
9:30 a.m. The Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2) 2 fillies £110,000 Five furlongs
One-and-three-quarter
10:05 a.m. The Queen’s Vase (Group 2) 3 £225,000
miles
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes
10:40 a.m. 4+ £750,000 A mile-and-a-quarter
(Group 1)
4+
The Duke of Cambridge Stakes Fillies
11:20 a.m. £175,000 One mile
(Group 2) &
Mares
The Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage
12:00 p.m. 3+ £175,000 One mile
Handicap)
Wednesday, June 19th
Time Race Age Purse Distance
12:35 p.m. The Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed) 2 £90,000 Five furlongs
Thursday, June 20th
Time Race Age Purse Distance
9:30 a.m. The Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) 2 £100,000 Five furlongs
The Hampton Court Stakes A mile-and-a-
10:05 a.m. 3 £90,000
(Group 3) quarter
The Ribblesdale Stakes
10:40 a.m. 3 Fillies £200,000 One-and-a-half miles
(Group 2)
Two-and-a-half
11:20 a.m. The Gold Cup (Group 1) 4+ £500,000
miles
The Britannia Stakes 3 Colts &
12:00 p.m. £120,000 One mile
(Heritage Handicap) Geldings
The King George V Stakes
12:35 p.m. 3 £90,000 One-and-a-half miles
(Handicap)Friday, June 21st
Time Race Age Purse Distance
9:30 a.m. The Albany Stakes (Group 3) 2 £90,000 Six furlongs
10:05 a.m. The King Edward VII Stakes (Group 2) 3 £225,000 One-and-a-half miles
10:40 a.m. The Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) 3 £500,000 Six furlongs
11:20 a.m. The Coronation Stakes (Group 1) 3 £500,000 Old mile
12:00 p.m. The Sandringham Stakes (Handicap) 3 £90,000 One mile
The Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
12:35 p.m. 3+ £90,000 One-and-a-half-miles
(Handicap)
Saturday, June 22nd
Time Race Age Purse Distance
9:30 a.m. The Chesham Stakes (Listed) 2 £90,000 Seven furlongs
10:05 a.m. The Jersey Stakes (Group 3) 3 £90,000 Seven furlongs
10:40 a.m. The Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2) 4+ £225,000 One-and-a-half miles
11:20 a.m. The Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Group 1) 4+ £600,000 Six furlongs
The Workingham Stakes (Heritage
12:00 p.m. 3+ £175,000 Six furlongs
Handicap)
The Queen Alexandra Stakes Two miles, five-and-a-
12:35 p.m. 4+ £90,000
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For more information, visit www.WatchandWager.comThe Wesley Ward String Special to WatchandWager Worldwide from At The Races Wesley Ward has won ten races at Royal Ascot since he first started sending horses to the big meeting from his North American base in 2009. He will be back again this year with eight runners after an injury to Lady Pauline forced Ward to withdraw her from consideration for the Queen Mary. There are still decisions to be made in which races some of his 2-year-olds will run, but Ward spoke to exclusively to attheraces.com about his 2019 Royal Ascot contingent. ANNA’S FAST Projected races: The Queen Mary Stakes, Wednesday, June 19th, 9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT, or the Albany Stakes, Friday, June 21st, 9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT This daughter of Fast Anna was purchased out of the March 2-year-old-in-training sales at Ocala in Florida for $470,000. Ward gave her a trio of three-furlong workouts and she debuted at Keeneland on April 24 with an easy-as-she-pleased five-and-a-half length victory going four-and-a-half furlongs on dirt under Tyler Gaffalione. Ward has breezed her three times on turf at Keeneland. “It was an excellent debut,” Ward said. “They paid a lot of money for her a month prior. All I did was taught her how to get out of the gate, left all the training from what was put into her for the 2-year-old-in-training sales. She won with speed to spare, a real-eye opening performance.”
BOUND FOR NOWHERE Projected race: Diamond Jubilee Stakes, Saturday, June 22nd, 11:20 a.m. ET / 8:20 a.m. PT This will be the third-straight year Bound For Nowhere has competed at Royal Ascot. In 2017, he finished fourth in the Group 1 Commonwealth and last year he finished third in the Diamond Jubilee. Ward lamented the trip Bound For Nowhere got last year in the Diamond Jubilee when he broke running from the far side post and found himself on the lead under Joel Rosario but virtually by himself while the rest of the field was running on the grandstand side. “The whole field congregated to the stand side, leaving Joel hung out to dry,” Ward said. “He was in front and didn’t know what to do. Joel tried to ease his way back toward the field while being in front. He lost the lead, and then regained it back but was outfinished. The whole thing got convoluted because of that early situation. “Had Joel been more experienced riding him, he could have snuck up behind horses, got him out and made a run and I think he would have won.” Bound for Nowhere, a 5-year-old son of The Factor, enters Ascot off a second-place finish in the Grade 2 Shakertown at Keeneland where, under Luis Saez, he again found himself on the lead. Ward has enlisted Tyler Gaffalione to ride Bound For Nowhere in the Diamond Jubilee and will instruct him to get the horse behind runners early. “Tyler is a real thinking-type, young guy,” Ward said. “We’re going to go over the race. If I get the type of ride I’m looking for, I’m going to be really happy.” “Of all the chances I have, this is my best chance in my mind with the right ride,” Ward concluded. “I’m really confident Tyler can do it.” CHILI PETIN Projected races: The Windsor Castle, Wednesday, June 19th, 12:35 p.m. ET / 9:35 a.m. PT, or Norfolk Stakes, Thursday, June 20th, 9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT Inexpensive daughter of City Zip (she sold for only $32,000 as a yearling) was hard-used by John Velazquez to make the early lead but she did win her four-and-a-half furlong debut by two-and-three- quarter lengths on April 17 at Keeneland. After that win, Ward has worked her on the grass four times. “She won very, very nice at Keeneland but when I put her on the grass she moved up 10 lengths as far as I was concerned,” Ward said. “She won on dirt because she’s talented, her future is grass. Originally we thought the Windsor Castle but her (June 2) work was most impressive and I’m going to sit down with the owners and see if they want to go in the group race, the Albany, or Queen Mary.”
FOOLISH HUMOR Projected race: The Windsor Castle, Wednesday, June 19th, 12:35 p.m. ET / 9:35 a.m. PT Well-bred filly who brought $200,000 as a yearling, won her debut by two-and-three-quarter lengths at Belmont Park on May 2, stalking stablemate Pushover and drawing way despite never changing leads. She is by Distorted Humor out of the winless dam Foolish Cause. The dam is a half-sister to the multiple Grade 1-winning U.S. turf star Get Stormy. “She won nicely at Belmont and her subsequent works from that win have been most impressive,” Ward said. “She’s a big, heavy filly, who seemed too chubby to race. We thought the race would tighten her down a little bit but she held all her weight. With every work, though, she’s starting to trim down a little bit.” KARAK Projected races: The Queen Mary Stakes, Wednesday, June 19th, 9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT, or the Norfolk Stakes, Thursday, June 20th, 9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT A daughter of the Japanese-bred Karakontie, who won the Breeders’ Cup Mile in 2014, this $365,000 2- year-old-in-training purchase in March won her debut on May 25 at Belmont by three lengths. Ward is somewhat worried about whether she has enough foundation to peak at Ascot. “She only had three breezes with me total from the time I got her at the March sale,” Ward said. “She ran an impressive race, but she goes from that race at Belmont to Ascot with not a lot of time.” KIMARI Projected race: The Queen Mary Stakes, Wednesday, June 19th, 9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT A daughter of Munnings who brought $152,000 as a yearling, she broke slow in her debut, was rushed up hard by John Velazquez and was ridden almost all the way to the wire to win by 15 lengths at first asking on April 25 at Keeneland. She has breezed three times on turf at Keeneland and seems to have taken a step forward. “She’s going to move forward from that race,” Ward said. “She loves grass.”
MAVEN Projected race: The Norfolk Stakes, Thursday, June 20th, 9:30 a.m. ET / 6:30 a.m. PT This colt was the first North American winner sired by 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, taking his debut by a half-length going four-and-a-half furlongs at Aqueduct on dirt. Maven is out of the dam Richies Party Girl, a three-time turf sprint stakes winner. Ward said Maven’s first work on turf was not that impressive as Chili Petin ran away from him in a May 12 move at Keeneland. But Maven’s subsequent moves were better. It was after his June 2 move Ward decided to scratch Maven from a $150,000 listed dirt takes at Belmont on June 7 in which he would have been favorite. “His first work on the grass, he was rank, threw his head and Chili Petin ran away from him,” Ward said. “He outworked her in their next work. He grew an affinity for the turf. I wanted both options. I didn’t want to take a horse over that I didn’t think I could win with. I think I’m making the right decision.” NAYIBETH Projected race: The Albany Stakes, Friday, June 21st, 9:30 a.m. / 6:30 a.m. PT This $230,000 yearling purchase is by Carpe Diem and is a half-sister to Soldat, a horse who won stakes on both turf and dirt in the U.S. Nayibeth flashed speed and turned her aside her Ward-trained stablemate Owlette by four-and-a- quarter lengths in a four-and-a-half-furlong dirt sprint at Keeneland on April 17. Owlette, came back to win her next start at Woodbine. “She’s always been my favorite of all my 2-year-olds from when we started breezing them early on,” Ward said. “Joel (Rosario) won on her with speed to spare. She’s trained very well going into the Albany.” Ward said that Nayibeth strikes him as a filly who will eventually want to stretch out in distance. “She looks like more of a filly that will go a route of ground and it’ll take that to go six furlongs on a straight course.”
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