Ascot Placepot tips: Paul Kealy's suggested 144-line perm for a competitive card

With the ground likely to ease a fair bit overnight, my Placepot at Ascot will be featuring those with a liking for some cut in the hope the forecast is right.

Feel free to discard all of these if the weather forecasters have messed it up again!

and are my two in the opener (1.51). The latter was too free in Ireland last time, but he's won three of his four starts on easy ground in Britain, the only defeat coming when beaten under a length in the Group 2 Richmond Stakes.

Irish St Leger runner-up Hamish is the one to beat in the next (2.25), but he was out of the frame the last time he ran over 1m4f, so I'm taking him on with the in-form and .

You can't argue with being favourite for the third (3.00), but it's tough, so I'm going to add the trip-dropping and the improving to the mix.

I'll also be going with three in the next (3.36). You can't leave out , who never runs a bad race here, so he joins my outright picks and .

and would be my two in leg five (4.10), while in the last (4.45) is the one to beat if back in form after a flat effort in the Portland.

I'll add to the mix, though, as he's not badly treated and returned to something like his best at Goodwood last time.

Ascot Placepot perm

1.51
2 Ebro River
6 Ainsdale

2.25
7 Third Realm
8 Cresta

3.00
1 Al Suhail
4 Rohaan
9 Perfect News

3.36
5 Fresh
13 Boardman
17 Orbaan

4.10
1 Soft Whisper
5 Romantic Rival

4.45
4 Whenthedealinsdone
9 Dream Composer

2x2x3x3x2x2 = 144 lines

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