Ascot’s Summer time Mile assembly will get underneath method on Friday with a usually stylish card, with Chester and Chepstow’s night motion scorching on their heels, earlier than extra prime motion from Saratoga, all stay on Sky Sports activities Racing.
5.10 Ascot – Elegant handicappers Contemporary and Mums Tipple headline
James Fanshawe’s Contemporary has proven his finest type at this monitor together with when claiming the Worldwide Stakes again in 2022 and he have to be feared as he drops at school for the Tide Handicap (5.10) completed seventh within the Buckingham Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot final month.
The Richard Hannon-trained Mums Tipple has been operating effectively in defeat this yr and heads the opposition as he continues to edge down the weights underneath Sean Levey.
Of the others, Michael Dod’s Glenfinnan completed fifth within the Wokingham Stakes on the Royal assembly and shouldn’t be underestimated off the identical mark.
7.50 Chester – So Deuce and Gloucestershire contest function handicap
Roger Varian’s So Deuce bought off the mark when comfortably touchdown a Leicester maiden on his final begin and he charges the one to beat within the Chester Handicap (7.50) as he steps up in distance on this handicap debut underneath Ray Dawson.
Gloucestershire returns to the care of Martyn Meade and he would have sturdy claims if in a position to construct on his current third at Newmarket with Tommie Jakes claiming a useful 5lb.
Meade is again coaching underneath a sole license after a stint with son Freddie and will likely be hoping to make a successful return, with Gloucestershire the secure’s first runner since October final yr.
Charlie Hills’ Bodorgan makes the shortlist after his slim second at Haydock final month.
7.00 Chepstow – Channon’s Kalama Dawn on a five-timer
It has been a exceptional summer time thus far for Jack Channon’s Kalama Dawn after kicking off a successful streak of 4 races when scoring over this course and distance in early June.
John and Rhys Flint will likely be hoping Rival will be simply that within the Flushed With Success Handicap (7.00) after producing a cracking effort to be second at Windsor at the beginning of the month.
Of the remaining, John O’Shea’s Bantry must rediscover his Doncaster type from April, with the identical coach additionally chargeable for Romanovich and Letter Of The Legislation.
Watch each race from Ascot, Chester and Chepstow all stay on Sky Sports activities Racing on Friday, July 12.