Did we see a royal meeting winner at Ascot?

Paul Kealy
Betting editor

Quite likely we have. Pavilion Stakes winner Blue Point looked very good, but runner-up Harry Angel did plenty wrong (played up in stalls, tugged like mad) and still got within a length and a half conceding 4lb. Don't rule him out, while third home Mubtasim could be a Jersey horse as he took time to get going and looks like he is crying out for the extra furlong.

The Sagaro may have provided a surprise result with last year's Cesarewitch winner Sweet Selection, the second-lowest rated runner in the field, beating the lowest-rated in Prince Of Arran, but she's very tough and hard to pass. She needs to improve again, but that's possible, she will stay the Gold Cup trip very well and I'm not sure I'd back three to beat her, so she's fair value each-way.