2021 Wokingham Stakes at Royal Ascot: the runners, the odds, the verdict

Seriously speedy sprint handicappers provide one of the highlights of the final day of Royal Ascot in the Wokingham Stakes (5.00). With so many runners in the mix, it can often pay to look beyond the favourite, with only one successful in the last decade.

5.00 Royal Ascot Saturday: Wokingham Stakes racecard and betting

1 Snazzy Jazzy

Multiple 6f winner for previous yard, most recently in 2019; lots to prove after layoff

Trainer: Lawrence Mullaney
Jockey: Laura Pearson (5)
Odds: 40-1

2 Chil Chil

Non-runner

3 Indigo Balance

Smart sprinting two-year-old; wide-margin 5f winner in April but much higher back in this handicap

Trainer: Jessica Harrington
Jockey: Shane Foley
Odds: 28-1

4 Rohaan

Improvement at 6f has gone off the scale with Group 3 and 2 wins (good to firm/heavy)

Trainer: David Evans
Jockey: Shane Kelly
Odds: 5-1

5 Danzeno

Close up in this in 2017 and 2019; needed the run when ninth last year; reappearance today

Trainer: Mick Appleby
Jockey: Ray Dawson (3)
Odds: 28-1

6 Mr Lupton

Well suited by strongly run 6f handicaps but held off similar marks here in 2018 or 2020

Trainer: Richard Fahey
Jockey: Paul Hanagan
Odds: 20-1

7 Lampang

Improvement needed on recent 6f Hamilton win; 2lb badly in under penalty

Trainer: Tim Easterby
Jockey: James Doyle
Odds: 33-1

8 Tis Marvellous

Course specialist; beaten about 1l in 2018 and 2019, latter off this mark; solid chance

Trainer: Clive Cox
Jockey: Adam Kirby
Odds: 25-1

9 Aberama Gold

Won useful 6f AW handicap in December; vulnerable back on turf of late; bar is higher here

Trainer: Keith Dalgleish
Jockey: Shane Gray
Odds: 28-1

10 Lexington Dash

Close second and a win over 6f at Doncaster (good/good to firm); more needed

Trainer: Richard Hannon
Jockey: Tom Marquand
Odds: 33-1

11 Hey Jonesy

Smart C&D form when close up in the Commonwealth Cup; won this last year off 1lb lower

Trainer: Kevin Ryan
Jockey: Megan Nicholls
Odds: 22-1

12 Desert Safari

Has improved, 6f AW and 5f turf wins 2021; needs more; Dettori 10-48 for yard last five years

Trainer: Mark Johnston
Jockey: Frankie Dettori
Odds: 14-1

13 Above

Useful 6f Listed form in 2020; return to 6f will suit; a lot needs to fall into place here

Trainer: Archie Watson
Jockey: Oisin Murphy
Odds: 33-1

14 Pendleton

Acts on good but suited by slower; progressive sprinter with C&D form; sound chance

Trainer: Michael Dods
Jockey: Callum Rodriguez
Odds: 8-1

15 King's Lynn

Big run when path was blocked in the 5f King's Stand on Tuesday; 7lb well-in under penalty

Trainer: Andrew Balding
Jockey: Ryan Moore
Odds: 9-2 favourite

16 Chiefofchiefs

Well suited by strongly run 6f when winning Silver Wokingham in 2020; primed for good run

Trainer: Charlie Fellowes
Jockey: Jamie Spencer
Odds: 14-1

17 Gulliver

Top 6f handicap form; made up a lot of late ground to be 4th here last year off 3lb higher

Trainer: David O'Meara
Jockey: Danny Tudhope
Odds: 18-1

18 Punchbowl Flyer

Ran well in sole C&D start; in peak form lately with two 6f wins on soft/good to soft

Trainer: Eve Johnson Houghton
Jockey: Charlie Bishop
Odds: 10-1

20 Raaeb

Has improved at 6f on AW but dropped out back on turf at Newmarket latest

Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor
Jockey: Jim Crowley
Odds: 50-1

21 Ropey Guest

Sole win came in 7f AW novice but has run well at the last two Royal meetings

Trainer: George Margarson
Jockey: Tom Queally
Odds: 33-1

22 Barbill

Won two of last year's first three starts; not at the same level on turf in 2021

Trainer: Mick Channon
Jockey: John Egan
Odds: 40-1

24 Air Raid

Back to best when 6f winner on heavy in October; rain more important to him than most

Trainer: Jedd O'Keeffe
Jockey: PJ McDonald
Odds: 25-1

25 Fleeting Prince

Sole win in 6f novice and not easy to place; improvement needed back at 6f

Trainer: Charlie Hills
Jockey: William Buick
Odds: 40-1

26 Streamline

Smart AW form when winning over 6f at Wolverhampton; first turf run for nearly two years

Trainer: Clive Cox
Jockey: Hector Crouch
Odds: 66-1

27 Fresh

Highly respected on two C&D runs; can improve further with an even more strongly run race

Trainer: James Fanshawe
Jockey: Kieran Shoemark
Odds: 10-1

29 Great Ambassador

Impressive on return to 6f at Kempton (AW); race not run to suit on turf since; improve

Trainer: Ed Walker
Jockey: Hollie Doyle
Odds: 25-1

30 Zargun

Two good front-running efforts at York for this yard; will find it much harder here

Trainer: Scott Dixon
Jockey: Jonathan Fisher (5)
Odds: 33-1

Verdict

King's Lynn is fascinating back up to 6f but Fresh promises to be suited by a really strong test over course and distance and he is preferred.

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