The greatest Ascot Gold Cup 2022 odds, predictions and free bets
Get the newest Ascot Gold Cup odds and betting information forward of Stradivarius’ bid to land a record-equalling fourth win in the race
If Royal Ascot is the centrepiece of the Flat racing season, then Thursday is the centrepiece of Royal Ascot, as the Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup shares centre stage with the fashions on Ladies’ Day.
All eyes might be targeted on Frankie Dettori and Stradivarius in their bid for a record-equalling fourth win within the showpiece at 4.20pm, whereas National Hunt followers might be looking at Willie Mullins and Nigel Twiston-Davies to see how they fare with Burning Victory and Earlofthecotswolds respectively.
Our racing skilled has a have a look at the Gold Cup, with a range and next greatest for an important race of the week at Royal Ascot.
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Stradivarius gets second shot at history
A 12 months in the past Stradivarius came right here bidding to emulate Yeats by profitable 4 successive Gold Cups however the dream did not materialise. Frankie Dettori was caught additional again in the pack than was ideal and crucial floor was lost when Joe Fanning pushed ahead on the eventual winner Subjectivist.
The win was gone, however Stradivarius wasn’t even able to rally within the residence straight that afternoon, one thing he has made a career out of doing. Were the first cracks appearing? Wins at York and Doncaster advised not, however twice within the autumn he was no match for Alan King’s cost Trueshan at Longchamp and on Champions Day back at Ascot.
Trueshan is within the combine for this race but the trainer has acknowledged the horse won’t run on fast ground. His participation is in nice doubt, which is a plus for Stradivarius and his legion of followers.
Last month’s Yorkshire Cup win reveals that the fire still burns within the eight-year-old but this requires more nonetheless. Stradivarius is the star stayer of his era and will give this second shot at history every thing he has, but the signs recommend it may not be sufficient now.
Kyprios the model new kid on the block
Aidan O’Brien has a double interest here – Kyprios would supply him with his eighth Gold Cup win and that, in fact, would ensure Yeats maintains his outright document of four victories.
A rare Ballydoyle runner in the Moyglare Stud colours, Kyprios was absent for 350 days after a below-par run in Lingfield’s Derby Trial in May 2021.
He returned at Navan within the Vintage Crop Stakes in April and relished the elevated 1m 6f test, seeing off Search For A Song comfortably. He has since loved a Group 3 victory over that same trip at Leopardstown, winning as he pleased at odds of 1/10.
This is his acid take a look at. Connections seem confident he’ll get the trip but, the fact stays he has yet to race past 1m 6f and so this race goes to tug him to a spot he has never been to before. He could presumably be the next star stayer, however his worth is brief sufficient to be taking that in hope.
Princess can turn out to be a queen
She has lengthy been the queen of her trainer’s coronary heart and PRINCESS ZOE may nicely give Tony Mullins the win he has been dreaming about now.
She finished second to Subjectivist in this race last yr on similarly quick floor and returned for her second Ascot spin in April, launching a extremely determined late problem to win the 2m Sagaro Stakes.
Mullins has picked his targets with nice care and whereas Princess Zoe is only a year youthful than Stradivarius, she has run 14 occasions fewer and that can stand her in good stead now.
Joey Sheridan discovered himself further back than ideal off the house bend a yr in the past and shall be keen to keep away from a repeat now. If his mare is within touching distance coming into the final two furlongs, then her win right here in April showed she won’t be discovered wanting in a scrap. With 10 declared to run and Trueshan likely to drop out, she makes sound each-way attraction.
Of the rest, Tashkhan will relish the journey but may need some rain, whereas Earlofthecotswolds has carried out brilliantly for Nigel Twiston-Davies since switching to the Flat however could discover it is a bridge too far, with related sentiments in the direction of stamina-laden Bubble Smart.
Mojo Star lacks a prep run for a test as powerful as this, whereas the Willie Mullins mare Burning Victory – second in the Cesarewitch at Newmarket final time period – needs a personal best to come back out on prime on this argument. She might be one to make the frame at a big price.