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King's Stand Stakes - Form Comments

15/06/2020 15:06

G1 – 1000m – Turf

1 Battaash An exceptional speedster – the winner of ten of his 20 starts – has finished 2nd in this for the past two years. On ratings he has a very good chance of winning it this time.
2 Equilateral No obvious excuse when 7th in this in 2019. Always travelled well, making smooth progress to win a Meydan handicap off a big weight in January.
3 Hit The Bid All four wins at this trip, twice at G3 level. His trainer has always thought he could win a G1, but no evidence to suggest it so far.
4 Rocket Action Very fast and his four wins have been at this trip though on all-weather surfaces and he is 0-4 on grass. Will probably struggle at this level.
5 Sergei Prokofiev Well beaten in all recent starts including in this G1 dash last year. A past G3 sprinting winner but even from this mighty stable he is very hard to fancy here.
6 Tis Marvellous Yet to prove that he is a G1 performer but he does come alive here at Ascot, with a succession of excellent performances. Best on fast ground.
7 Well Done Fox Disappointed in two starts last year, but more his own self when finishing well as a close 4th in a Newmarket G3 this month. Still, this look a big challenge.
8 Glass Slippers Improved dramatically, winning a Listed race, a G3 and a G1 on her last three 2019 starts, the latter being a stylish success in the l’Abbaye at Longchamp.
9 Kurious Suited by more positive tactics when winning her last two 2019 starts, in Listed and G3 company at Sandown. Best on good or slow ground.
10 Shades Of Blue A decent sprinter who showed on her two previous Ascot adventures that she handles this place well. Didn’t look so happy at Newmarket on her 2020 return this month.
11 Liberty Beach She showed blinding speed to win four of her six two-year-old starts, continuing with a 1200m win at Haydock this month. At least as effective over 1000m.