15:05 Royal Ascot

Wednesday 19 June 2024

All14:3015:0515:4516:2517:0517:4018:15

Queen's Vase (Group 2)

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 3m 0.57s

1^st

(5)

Illinois

39-2

7/4f

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Close up, shaken up to lead over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, a length ahead when hung left inside final furlong, kept on well op 15/8 tchd 2/1

2^nd

1 ¼

(2)

Highbury

39-2

3/1

T: A P O'BrienJ: W M Lordan

Held up in behind leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden along and went second 2f out, a length down when switched right inside final furlong, held towards finish

3^rd

(7)

Birdman

39-2

13/2

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: S Foley

Held up in rear of mid-division, headway over 4f out, shaken up over 2f out, soon ridden along, went third over 1f out, kept on but not pace of first two op 5/1

4^th

4 ¼

(8)

Meydaan

39-2

5/1

T: S & E CrisfordJ: W Buick

Midfield, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, ran on same pace inside final furlong op 6/1

5^th

(10)

The Equator

39-2

17/2

T: A P O'BrienJ: D P McDonogh

Held up in rear, ridden along over 3f out, switched left around rivals over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, never near to challenge op 8/1 tchd 15/2

6^th

2 ½

(9)

Imperial Sovereign

39-2

28/1

T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee

Slowly into stride and held up in rear, outpaced over 4f out, ridden along over 3f out, ran on from over 1f out but never dangerous tchd 25/1

7^th

2 ¾

(4)

Lavender Hill Mob

39-2

50/1

T: M L W BellJ: Callum Shepherd

Keen in touch, pushed along rounding home turn, ridden along over 2f out, made no impression op 66/1 tchd 40/1

8^th

(11)

Pappano

39-2

66/1

T: J & T GosdenJ: K Shoemark

Keen, prominent out wide, nudged along over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, lost ground over 2f out, soon no extra tchd 50/1

9^th

6 ½

(12)

Mina Rashid

39-2

20/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up off the pace in rear, ridden along over 3f out, well behind over 2f out, no extra and weakened from over 1f out op 18/1

10^th

4 ¼

(1)

Mr Hampstead

39-2

125/1

T: D J S Ffrench DavisJ: David Egan

Led, shaken up 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, faded from over 1f out op 100/1 tchd 80/1

11^th

(3)

See The Green

39-2

100/1

T: Owen BurrowsJ: Jim Crowley

Held up in mid-division, shaken up over 5f out, bit short of room and hit rail over 3f out, soon in rear, eased over 2f out, tailed off op 66/1

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Non-Runners

(6)

Grosvenor Square⁴²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.75Pl:£1.25, £1.45, £1.95EX:£9.30Trifecta:£31.70Tricast:£26.43SF:£6.46Swingers:£2.30, £4.70, £5.50

Forecasts

Illinois (7/4), Highbury (3/1), Meydaan (5/1), Birdman (13/2), Grosvenor Square (7/1), The Equator (17/2), Mina Rashid (20/1), Imperial Sovereign (28/1), Lavender Hill Mob (50/1), Pappano (66/1), See The Green (100/1), Mr Hampstead (125/1)

Plenty of lightly-raced budding stayers tackling this sort of test for the first time line up and it's HIGHBURY who looks the most persuasive option having bolted up in a Leopardstown maiden (strong form) last month. He can provide Aidan O'Brien with an eighth success in this race at the expense of stablemate Illinois, who found only subsequent Derby runner-up Ambiente Friendly too strong last time, while Birdman, who beat the selection on debut, rounds off the shortlist.