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Day 4 - Friday - Royal Ascot 2020

ITV keep banging on about it being behind closed doors but I've not enjoyed a week of racing - Cheltenham aside - this much I don't think. The lack of crowd doesn't matter when there are so many quality horses and races. A few winners helps with that view point of course :highly_amused: Thanks to this place. Top work everyone.
 
Unless I’m there, I’m not fussed about a crowd

Does seeing some bloke jump up and down because his £2.50 e/w has come in at the bottom of the screen make my day? No


Appreciate it is probably a bit weird being there
 
Calling it now.. if art power runs in the handicap rather than the group 1, he’s the absolute good thing of the week here lads.

Where do we think art power is heading next , is the obvious spot Goodwood King george stakes? William hill have him priced at 8/1. do we think he will still hold his own in a group 2?

have seen that he has an entry in the Newmarket july cup stakes ... at 12/1. what do you think? 6f looks good for him
 
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Where do we think art power is heading next , is the obvious spot Goodwood King george stakes? William hill have him priced at 8/1. do we think he will still hold his own in a group 2?

have seen that he has an entry in the Newmarket july cup stakes ... at 12/1. what do you think? 6f looks good for him

I'm sure I read Nunthorpe somewhere but I suppose there's time for a run prior
 
Where do we think art power is heading next , is the obvious spot Goodwood King george stakes? William hill have him priced at 8/1. do we think he will still hold his own in a group 2?

have seen that he has an entry in the Newmarket july cup stakes ... at 12/1. what do you think? 6f looks good for him

I’d say keep him to 5f and leave July Cup alone for now. Go KG and Nunthorpe after.
 
Where do we think art power is heading next , is the obvious spot Goodwood King george stakes? William hill have him priced at 8/1. do we think he will still hold his own in a group 2?

have seen that he has an entry in the Newmarket july cup stakes ... at 12/1. what do you think? 6f looks good for him

I said somewhere on here if he was mine I’d have gone Handicap at Royal Ascot, let him piss in and then straight to Newmarket for the July Cup. That’s what I’d do if he were mine. Avoid Battaash but let him prove he’s a group 1 horse
 
I said somewhere on here if he was mine I’d have gone Handicap at Royal Ascot, let him piss in and then straight to Newmarket for the July Cup. That’s what I’d do if he were mine. Avoid Battaash but let him prove he’s a group 1 horse

Ive read into this deeper and i think they want him to stay at 5F this year and ease into group company and they also said goodwood is an important meeting for kingpower connections. So I have drawn the conclusion that it is more likely to be the King George group 2 at Goodwood rather than the group 1 6 furlong July cup.