Tom Segal with a well-treated handicapper to back at Ascot

Persuasion
2.00 Ascot
1pt win at 8-1

There isn't likely to be too much soft in the ground at Ascot at the start of the meeting and that can play into the hands of Persuasion in the opening Peroni Nastro Azzurro Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (2.00).

To be perfectly honest, Persuasion has been disappointing since joining David & Nicola Barron but he's shown on plenty of occasions that the ability is still there and he's dropped to a good mark.