UK Horse Racing Tips

Queen Anne Stakes

Established, as the Trial Stakes, in 1840, the Queen Anne Stakes is run over a mile and, since 2003, open to horses aged four years and upwards. The race was upgraded to Group 1 status in 2003, at which point it was closed to three-year-olds. The most famous winner is undoubtedly Frankel who, in 2012, won by 11 lengths and, in so doing, achieved the highest rating in the history of Timeform.

King’s Stand Stakes

Established, as the Queen’s Stand Plate – a shortened version of the existing Royal Stand Plate – in 1860, the King’s Stand Stakes is run over 5 furlongs and open to horses aged three years and upwards. The race was renamed following the ascession of King Edward VII in 1901 and upgraded to Group 1 status in 2008.

St. James’s Palace Stakes

Established in 1834 and upgraded to Group 1 status in 1988, the St. James’s Palace Stakes is run over a mile and restricted to three-year-olds. As such, it is often contested by horses that ran in the 2,000 Guineas or the Irish or French equivalents.The roll of honour includes Tudor Minstrel, Brigadier Gerard and Frankel, to name but three.

Prince of Wales’s Stakes

Re-introduced to the Royal Ascot programme, in its current form, in 1968, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes is run over a mile and a quarter and open to horses aged four years and upwards. The race was upgraded to Group 1 status in 2000, when it was also closed to three-year-olds.

Gold Cup

Arguably the highlight of the Royal Meeting, the Gold Cup was established in 1807, making it the oldest race of the week. The race is run over two and a half miles and open to horses aged four years and upwards. Notable winners include Sagaro, Yeats and, most recently, Stradivarius.

Commonwealth Cup

A recent addition to the Ascot programme, the Commonwealth Cup was established in 2015, at the expense of the recently-reinstated Buckingham Palace Stakes. Restricted to three-year-olds, excluding geldings, the race is run over 6 furlongs.

Coronation Stakes

Established in 1840, the Coronation Stakes is, effectively, the fillies’ equivalent of the St. James’s Palace Stakes and was upgraded to Group 1 status at the same time. It is often contested by fillies that ran in the 1,000 Guineas or the Irish or French equivalents.

Diamond Jubilee Stakes

Last, but by no means least, the Diamond Jubilee Stakes is run over 6 furlongs and open to horses aged four years and upwards. The race was established, as the All-Aged Stakes, in 1868 and has also been known as the Cork and Orrery Stakes and the Golden Jubilee Stakes during its history. The race was upgraded to Group 1 status in 2002 and closed to three-year-olds in 2015.

A recruit from the pony racing circuit, where he rode over 150 winners, Rossa Ryan is the son of Co. Galway National Hunt trainer David Ryan. As such, he was always destined to become a jockey of one kind or another, much in the same way that some of us are bound to see what fortunates aawait us on the best au online casino sites. Indeed, Ryan Jnr. rode his first winner, Solar Heat, at Dundalk in December, 2016, as a 16-year-old. By that stage, he had already had a successful trial with Richard Hannon and, having become apprenticed to the Wiltshire trainer the following January, began his progression through the ranks.

Ryan missed out to Jason Watson in the apprentice jockeys’ championship in 2018, but still rode 78 winners in the calendar year, which was more than enough to ride out his claim. In 2019, as a fully-fledged professional, he rode 65 winners, including his first Group winner, Duke Of Hazzard, in the Celebration Mile at Goodwood. In 2020, he rode 63 winners, including a maiden Royal Ascot success on Highland Chief in the Golden Gates Handicap. He also became retained rider for AMO Racing Limited and rode Devilwala, trained by Ralph Beckett, in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Keeneland, Kentucky.

At the time of writing, Ryan has ridden 64 winners in 2021 so far, including 15 since the start of the Flat jockeys’ championship on May 1, which currently places him fifth in the table. He faces a spell on the sidelines after breaking his collarbone in a fall at Wolverhampton, which has placed his participation at Royal Ascot in jeopardy.

Formerly a successful National Hunt jockey, with 126 winners to his name, David O’Meara joined the training ranks in 2010 and wasted little time in making a mark in his new profession. Indeed, like those experiencing a streak of luck on https://casinocentral.co.za/ he saddled his first winner, Simple Jim, at Redcar on June 19, 2010, just nine days after receiving his training licence. In his first three seasons, he sent out 25, 48 and 69 winners from his original base

in Nawton, North Yorkshire. Highlights of his early training career included his first Group winner, Blue Bajan, ridden by newly-appointed stable jockey Daniel Tudhope, in the Henry II Stakes at Sandown in May, 2011.

In 2013, O’Meara enjoyed his best season so far, numerically, with 136 winners, but has sent out over a hundred winners in every season since. In 2014, he saddled his first Group 1 winner, G Force, in the Haydock Sprint Cup and his second, Move In Time, in the Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp less than a month later. Further success at the highest level followed, courtesy of Amazing Maria, in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket and the Prix Rothschild at Deauville, and Mondialiste, in the Woodbine Mile Stakes, in 2015.

The following January, O’Meara moved to his current base, the purpose-built, 120-acre Willow Farm in Upper Helmsley, North Yorkshire. At the last count, he had saddled nine Group 1, or Grade 1, winners and, on July 7, 2020, passed the landmark of 1,000 winners on the Flat in Britain. Those of us playing best online casino can only hope for this level of success!