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SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER ASCOT SHORTLIST 1.35 QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes (Group 1) (1) 6f BET NOW > 4.40 Balmoral Handicap (Sponsored By QIPCO) (2) 1m BET NOW > Top Rated & Flags Timeform Rating of previous winners: 132 145 134 134 133 (Avg 136) Analyst’s Verdict: This looks a wide-open Top Rated & Flags Analyst’s Verdict: Clon Coulis boasts a renewal but One Master arrives at the patchy record this season, yet her best 137 11. ADVERTISE Martyn Meade Frankie Dettori top of her game, and testing conditions 124p 1. LORD NORTH John Gosden Frankie Dettori display came when runner-up in the Royal over this stiff 6f should bring out another Hunt Cup over C&D in June, looking very 136 15. ONE MASTER William Haggas Pierre-Charles Boudot big performance. Advertise has already 123 12. CLON COULIS David Barron Jamie Spencer well suited by the demands of a big-field 135 12. HELLO YOUMZAIN Kevin Ryan James Doyle bagged 2 Group 1s this year, including the 123 9. COMMANDER COLE Saeed bin Suroor Cieren Fallon (3) handicap scenario. She gets the narrow Commonwealth Cup over C&D, and is an vote to bounce back now operating from Betting Forecast: 7 Advertise, 7.5 Hello Youmzain, 7.5 One Master, 9 Make A Challenge, obvious threat if handling the ground, while Betting Forecast: 5 Lord North, 10 Kynren, 12 Amedeo Modigliani, 12 Kick On, the same mark. Low-mileage Irish raider 13 Cape Byron, 13 The Tin Man, 17 Dream of Dreams, 21 Librisa Breeze, 21 Sands of Mali, Make A Challenge is well worth a shot at 13 Clon Coulis, 17 Biometric, 19 Escobar, 19 Glen Shiel, 23 Coolagh Forest, Amedeo Modigliani, Cambridgeshire 23 Brando, 23 Khaadem, 34 Mabs Cross, 34 So Perfect, 41 Donjuan Triumphant, this given his extraordinary rate of progress. 23 Flaming Spear, 29 Commander Cole, 34 Arctic Sound, 34 Chiefofchiefs, 34 Dark Vision, winner Lord North and Coolagh Forest head 41 Speak In Colours, 67 Forever In Dreams, 101 Keystroke 34 Mitchum Swagger, 34 Saltonstall, 41 Waarif, 51 Pogo, 51 So Beloved, up the dangers. 498 Circus Couture, 499 Fifth Position, 500 Humbert 2.10 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) (1) 1m7f127y BET NOW > Top Rated & Flags Timeform Rating of previous winners: 128 127 126 126 126 (Avg 127) Analyst’s Verdict: Stradivarius continues to flatten all before him and the stand- 135 8. STRADIVARIUS John Gosden Frankie Dettori out stayer of recent times can extend his winning run to 11. Withhold is a 134 4. KEW GARDENS Aidan O’Brien Donnacha O’Brien Cesarewitch and Northumberland Plate 128 7. ROYAL LINE John Gosden Robert Havlin winner and looks set for a big run after an impressive victory at Newmarket last Betting Forecast: 1.62 Stradivarius, 8.5 Kew Gardens, 9.5 Royal Line, 15 Withhold, month. Last year’s Leger hero Kew Gardens 21 Mekong, 51 Bin Battuta, 67 Capri, 67 Max Dynamite, 67 South Pacific, 101 Cleonte won’t be far away, either. QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (Group 1) (1) 2.45 BET NOW > 1m3f133y Top Rated & Flags Timeform Rating of previous winners: 124 130 133 127 132 (Avg 129) Analyst’s Verdict: A chance is taken on Antonia de Vega who was impressive in a 127 11. STAR CATCHER John Gosden Frankie Dettori soft-ground Newbury listed event on her DON’T LOSE WHEN YOU WIN reappearance in June and returns from 126 3. ANAPURNA John Gosden William Buick another break with her yard in excellent GO WHERE THE VALUE IS THE 125 6. FLEETING Aidan O’Brien Donnacha O’Brien form. John Gosden’s Star Catcher and GAME Anapurna have won 2 Group 1s apiece this Betting Forecast: 3.25 Star Catcher, 5.5 Anapurna, 8.5 Antonia de Vega, 9 Fleeting, season and rate obvious big threats. Aidan WITHIN 11 Tarnawa, 15 Delphinia, 21 Pink Dogwood, 23 Klassique, 23 Sun Maiden, O’Brien is going for a hat-trick in this and THE 51 South Sea Pearl, 51 Sparkle Roll, 67 Nausha Fleeting may prove best of his quartet. Think! About your choices. Don’t let the game play you. Stay in control. Gamble Responsibly. Call Gambling Help 1800 858 858 www.gamblinghelponline.org.au GAME 3.20 Queen Elizabeth Ii Stakes (Sponsored By QIPCO) (Group 1) (1) 1m BET NOW > Top Rated & Flags Timeform Rating of previous winners: 135 135 139 136 130 (Avg 135) Analyst’s Verdict: Conditions will be in the favour of The Revenant, who hasn’t looked Key 139 2. BENBATL Saeed bin Suroor Oisin Murphy back since being gelded and won in the Top Rated: Indicates the highest-rated runners in the race, adjusted for the weight carried. Only the top three in each race are shown (horses style of a Group 1 performer last time. He is with Rating Symbols are prioritised). 134+ 8. THE REVENANT Francis-Henri Graffard Pierre-Charles Boudot expected to progress again and can prove Rating Symbols: p (likely to improve), P (capable of much better), ? (rating can’t be assessed with confidence), + (may be better than rated), 133 12. MAGNA GRECIA Aidan O’Brien Donnacha O’Brien too strong for the likes of Lord Glitters and $ (unreliable), x (poor jumper) Magna Grecia. Betting Forecast: 4.5 Benbatl, 5 The Revenant, 8 Magna Grecia, 10 Lord Glitters, Timeform Rating of Previous Winners: These figures, which appear for non-handicap races, are the weight-adjusted Timeform rating the 12 King of Comedy, 15 King of Change, 29 Mohaather, 29 Safe Voyage, 29 Veracious, winner has achieved in the same race in the five previous years, i.e. a guide to the previous standard of the race. 34 Move Swiftly, 34 Phoenix of Spain, 51 Accidental Agent, 51 Century Dream, Analyst’s Verdict: Using all the information available to them, a Timeform Analyst assesses the merit of each horse’s form, considers how 67 Happy Power, 67 Imaging, 101 Raising Sand likely it is to reproduce or improve upon that rating under the prevailing conditions and then balances those conclusions against the odds available in the market, thus arriving at a Verdict. 4.00 QIPCO Champion Stakes (Group 1) (1) 1¼m BET NOW > Flags Top Rated & Flags Timeform Rating of previous winners: 137 136 142 144 145 (Avg 141) Analyst’s Verdict: This comes at the end Horse In Focus: Noted in positive terms on its previous Horses For Courses: Determines the suitability of of a long season for Magical but there outing by a Timeform race analyst, marking it out as a horse this track for the horse by comparing its lifetime 137 6. MAGICAL Aidan O’Brien Donnacha O’Brien was an excuse in the Arc and her overall to look out for. record against the Timeform digital course data. record suggests there’s a good chance she’ll Warning Horse: Pinpointed as potentially representing Trainer/Jockey Uplift: Highlights a noteworthy 134 1. ADDEYBB William Haggas James Doyle bounce straight back to her best. If she does poor value, primarily on account of doubts as to the stable switch, or a significant change of rider, all 133 3. CORONET John Gosden Frankie Dettori she’ll be a tough nut to crack, with Addeybb strength or reliability of its recent form. based on Timeform’s unique Trainer/Jockey Rankings. perhaps the one likely to give her most to Sectional Timing: The horse is of particular interest based Trainer Form: An assessment of the trainer’s recent Betting Forecast: 3 Magical, 4 Addeybb, 6.5 Coronet, 11 Deirdre, 15 Mehdaayih, do. Coronet has a good track record so also on its recent sectional times. form, based on Timeform ratings related 23 Regal Reality, 26 Fox Tal, 29 I Can Fly, 34 Pondus merits plenty of respect. measurement. You can find out more about Timeform Ratings and Flags at timeform.com.