Horse racing tips: Victoria Cup – we help you find the winner of the Ascot race live on ITV using these trends
We narrow down the field to help you pick the winner of the big handicap contest live on ITV4 this Saturday at Ascot racecourse
4.00 ASCOT: Victoria Cup
AGE matters in the Victoria Cup. Four-year-olds have a strong record in this tough contest but five-year-olds do well enough too so we’ll concentrate on those age groups.
That means drawing a line through Firmament, Shady McCoy, Raising Sand, Burnt Sugar, Get Knotted, Louie De Palma, Charles Molson and Nicholas T.
Most winners of this race had already won over the specialist 7f trip.
So we can further rule out Zhui Feng, The Grape Escape, Mr Scaramanga, Repercussion, Brilliant Vanguard, Pouvoir Magique, Six Strings and Ripp Orf.
We have more than halved the field with those two but there are still 13 standing.
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Eight of the past 10 winners had a recent run under their belt which is a negative for Escobar, Sabador and Makarim.
Finishing in the first five last time out has been important so Tony Curtis, Gilgamesh, Poet’s Society and Masham Star fall by the wayside.
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We’re getting close to shortlist territory now with just six contenders left.
Winning last time has, unusually, been a negative so Silent Attack and Spanish City fall.
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Eight of the past 10 winners ran in a Class 2 race or better last time which is bad news for Via Serendipity and Sea Fox.
So we’re left with just two — KEYSER SOZE and Kynren. The latter is well worth an each-way shout at the prices but Jamie Spencer’s mount ticks all the right boxes for this cavalry charge.