Horse racing tips: Ascot Chase trends – we help you find the winner of Saturday’s Grade 1 contest
We narrow down the field to help you pick the winner of the Grade 1 contest
3.55 ASCOT: Ascot Chase
All six hopefuls for this classy contest have the all-important win over 2m4f or the race distance of slightly longer.
But we can overlook the chances of Aso and Charbel because this is not a contest for outsiders.
Although it’s not a must, a previous win at Ascot has been an asset so we’ll look beyond Fox Norton.
This may not be a handicap but official ratings have played their part and four of the five horses rated 170 or more to have run in this race have won it.
That is a massive nod in the direction of WAITING PATIENTLY over Cyrname and Politologue.
It’s not even a negative that he unseated his rider last time — even though in reality he was knocked over rather than making a mistake.
Horses that failed to complete last time still have a good record.