Channel 4 Racing Tips: Side with Glance to place in Prince Of Wales's

Will Side Glance sneak a place in the Prince of Wales's?

After his headline selection won on Tuesday (advised at 14.0) day two at Royal Ascot presents Tony Calvin with some competitive racing to solve, and it's an under-rated runner in the Group 1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes that he really likes...

It may be a shade unconventional but I think the bet of the day at Royal Ascot on Wednesday could be just a place-only back of Side Glance in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at 15:45.

The place market is very illiquid at the time of writing, but he is around a 70.069/1 chance in the win market, so I will be looking to get accommodated at 14.013/1+.

Side Glance gets a bit of a bad press when running in Group 1 company, because he is labelled as a listed/Group 3 horse. And, indeed, his last win came in the Group 3 Diomed Stakes last June and he is winless in his seven starts since.

But he has certainly not been disgraced in his four starts in Group 1 company since that win, most famously finishing third to Frankel in the QEII here last season, and recently running another excellent race when fourth (just touched off for third by a neck) in the Dubai World Cup last time.

Throw in the fact that he has a pretty decent record at Ascot too, and I reckon he may just come under the betting radar once again today. He is an under-rated horse.

I got the impression that Ryan Moore wasn't too upbeat on the chances of Parliament Square in the Jersey at 14:30, but I certainly wasn't expecting him to be a 34.033/1 chance on Betfair. So I can't resist a small nibble at that price.

Gale Force Ten clearly looks to be the stable's number one hope in here but Aidan O'Brien won this with his 20-1 second string Ishvana last season. And if you rewind a year or so Parliament Square is no 34.033/1 poke here.

I know he has been downgraded since, ratings-wise, and understandably so. But his length third to Reckless Abandon and George Vancouver in the Morny would make him the form choice here, and there was enough promise in his third to Reply over this trip at Naas last time to make him worth chancing at these odds. A strongly-run race could just see him come back to something like his juvenile best. If so, he is a player.

I also like the look of Alutiq at odds of 30.029/1+ in the Queen Mary at 17:00.

She is clearly up against a whole host of fancied and unexposed rivals here, not least the fellow Qatar Racing-owned Beldale Memory, who heads the market. But Alutiq has created a very good impression either side of a Salisbury third and was very impressive when winning at Newbury last time, where the highly-regarded Oriel was back in third. And the time figure there puts her in with a real chance here.

To put it bluntly, she is probably trading the price she is because she is trained by Eve Johnson Houghton, but that doesn't worry me in the slightest. Odds of 30.029/1 are not in keeping with her form claims. I will be having a saver on impressive Sandown winner Rizeena at 7.87/1 though, too.

Another horse from an "unfashionable" but highly capable yard is Jonathan Portman's Annecdote in the ultra-competitive Sandringham at 17:35. Odds of 17.016/1+ would be very fair.

Her stamina has to be taken on trust but that is worth chancing such was the authority of her win over 7f at Newbury last time. That form has worked out pretty well and she can be competitive here off a 7lb higher mark.

Woodland Aria looks likely to be all the rage, and I wouldn't put anything one off this attractively-weighted filly, but at three times the price Annecdote is the play.

Recommended Bets
Back Parliament Square 14:30 Royal Ascot @ 34.033/1 or better
Back Side Glance to Place 15:45 Royal Ascot @ 14.013/1 or better
Back Alutiz 17:00 Royal Ascot @ 30.029/1 or better
Back Annecdote 17:35 Royal Ascot @ 17.016/1 or better