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Royal Ascot Placepot tips: Paul Kealy has another crack at the popular pool bet

Getting the Placepot up at Royal Ascot is never easy, but the Thursday card does not look quite as daunting as the first two days so I will be keeping the perm fairly small.

The Wesley Ward-trained looked a big bull of a horse when winning in a fast time on his debut at Belmont and may prove the answer to the Norfolk Stakes (2.30), but I'll add for Clive Cox given his excellent record at the meeting with once-raced juveniles.

If there's lots of rain there must be a chance Mohaafeth will not show in the Hampton Court Stakes (3.05), but even if he does I'd still bank on , who will be much happier here than at Epsom.

In the next, second to Snowfall at York doesn't look so bad after what the winner went on to achieve in the Oaks, she and looks the obvious two to focus on (3.40).

I have a feeling Stradivarius might come unstuck in his bid for a four-timer in the Gold Cup (4.15) as he has some proper progressive stayers up against him this time.

I would not be so confident of getting him out of the frame, but I'm pretty sure at least one of and will be in it, so I will take a chance on getting the jolly beat.

The Britannia Stakes (5.00) is the really hard one, but it probably makes sense to concentrate on the high-drawn runners, and my two against the field are and the Joseph O'Brien-trained , who is surely going to relish a stiff test at this mile trip.

It's two again in the last (5.35) and I'll definitely be backing both and .

Royal Ascot Placepot selections

2.30
4 Instinctive Move
9 Lucci

3.05
1 One Ruler

3.40
6 Eshaada
11 Noon Star

4.15
5 Trueshan
12 Subjectivist

5.00
8 Perotto
21 Grid

5.35
9 Kondo Isami
16 Surefire

2x1x2x2x2x2=32 lines


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Published on 16 June 2021inHorse racing tips

Last updated 12:27, 16 June 2021

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