Remote can win the Tercentenary for John Gosden
Following Al Kazeem's win on Wednesday, Timeform bring you another three selections at Royal Ascot...
Ribblesdale Stakes - Alive Alive Oh
Alive Alive Oh is bred to be useful and she shaped with real promise on her sole start as a two-year-old, finishing third behind subsequent Irish 2000 Guineas winner Magician, but it is her performances this campaign that has seen her reputation grow, and she can land an intriguing renewal of the Ribblesdale Stakes at 15:05.
Sent off as an odds-on favourite on her return at Cork, Alive Alive Oh had little trouble shedding the maiden tag, sauntering clear of inferior rivals having travelled strong on the bridle throughout. The ease of that win earned Alive Alive Oh a crack at a higher level and she once again proved a class apart, justifying strong market support to win the listed Salsabil Stakes by six lengths. The way in which she loomed menacingly up to her rivals hard on the bridle marked her down as a filly potentially out of the top drawer and it is worth siding with the rapidly-improving three-year-old to take this Group 2 contest.
Ascot Gold Cup - Estimate
The Ascot Gold Cup (15:45) is arguably the feature race of the entire meeting and it has attracted a large field with 18 runners set to go to post. Plenty of the contenders have questions to answer, however, and it could be worth siding with the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Estimate who appeals as a filly likely to relish the demands of the race.
A half-sister to Gold Cup winner Enzeli, Estimate has shown improved form each time she has stepped up in trip and she produced an accomplished performance in the Sagaro Stakes on her sole start this term, staying on strongly to land the Group 3 event. The fact she seems like a straightforward, tactically versatile type is an obvious positive in such a large field and in Ryan Moore she can rely on the services of a rider at the top of his game.
Estimate does have a bit of improvement to find but she remains lightly raced for a stayer and has been brought along steadily by her highly-respected connections, the early part of her season clearly built around peaking for this one day.
Tercentenary Stakes - Remote
Our final SmartPlay runs in the penultimate race on the card as we believe that Remote can rattle up his third win in succession by landing the Tercentenary Stakes at 17:00. John Gosden's colt didn't make it to the track as a juvenile but he has quickly made up for lost time, improving on a promising debut third at Pontefract to win a strong Newbury maiden before destroying his rivals in a seemingly-competitive handicap at Doncaster.
Remote was dropping back to a mile at Doncaster but he still showed plenty of speed, travelling powerfully before quickening clear by six lengths, looking value for even further. The horse back in second on that occasion, Baltic Knight, has since won a listed race at York and there is a feeling that the Doncaster race will turn out to be quite a strong bit of form.
Remote is obviously still open to plenty of improvement and, with the step back up to ten furlongs likely to suit, he should go extremely close to registering his first pattern-level win.
Timeform UK SmartPlays:
All at Royal Ascot
Back Alive Alive Oh in the 15:05
Back Estimate in the 15:45
Back Remote in the 17:00
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