14:30 Royal Ascot

Thursday 20 June 2024

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Norfolk Stakes (Group 2)

Off time: 14:34 | Winning time: 59.77s

1^st

(4)

Shareholder

29-3

12/1

T: K R BurkeJ: James Doyle

Tracked leaders centre, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on op 9/1

2^nd

(2)

Tropical Storm

29-3

11/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Oisin Murphy

Tracked leader centre, ridden and every chance over 1f out, ran on op 12/1

3^rd

(14)

Arizona Blaze

29-3

14/1

T: A MurrayJ: David Egan

Dwelt, raced alone under stand side rail, prominent, ridden and every chance 2f out, ran on op 16/1

4^th

(11)

Whistlejacket

29-3

10/11f

T: A P O'BrienJ: R L Moore

Led near side group, ridden and headed 2f out, rallied to lead this group again inside final furlong, stayed on

5^th

(13)

Aesterius

29-3

8/1

T: A WatsonJ: W Buick

Tracked leaders near side, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong tchd 9/1

6^th

1 ¾

(3)

Binadham

29-3

50/1

T: K P De FoyJ: Benoit D L Sayette

Led centre group, ridden halfway, headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong op 66/1

7^th

(8)

Loom

29-3

22/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Billy Garritty

Tracked leaders near side, ridden over 1f out, weakened approaching final furlong op 20/1

8^th

(10)

Moving Force

29-3

18/1

T: R A FaheyJ: O J Orr

In touch in rear near side, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 16/1

9^th

(9)

Blinky

29-3

40/1

T: E WalkerJ: Tom Marquand

In touch near side, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out op 66/1

10^th

(6)

Saturday Flirt

29-0

20/1

T: Wesley WardJ: Joel Rosario

Close up centre, ridden and weakened over 1f out

11^th

(12)

Milford

29-3

14/1

T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee

Tracked leader near side, ridden 2f out, soon weakened op 16/1

12^th

(7)

The Man

29-3

33/1

T: R SpencerJ: Hollie Doyle

Close up near side, headway to lead near side 2f out, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened op 40/1

13^th

1 ¾

(5)

Rock Hunter

29-3

50/1

T: Miss A MurphyJ: S De Sousa

Close up centre, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out op 66/1

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Non-Runners

(1)

Evening Saigon²³

Weight: 9-3| Age: 2

T: M O'Callaghan J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£13.00Pl:£3.25, £3.40, £2.90EX:£173.70Trifecta:£1,473.40Tricast:£1,916.43SF:£123.41Swingers:£19.60, £19.35, £20.90

Forecasts

Whistlejacket (10/11), Aesterius (8/1), Tropical Storm (11/1), Shareholder (12/1), Arizona Blaze (14/1), Milford (14/1), Evening Saigon (16/1), Moving Force (18/1), Saturday Flirt (20/1), Loom (22/1), The Man (33/1), Blinky (40/1), Binadham (50/1), Rock Hunter (50/1)

It's really hard to escape the claims of WHISTLEJACKET, who is the clear pick on form and can chart a similar path to his very smart brother Little Big Bear in tasting defeat on debut at the Curragh before getting it right on second outing and following up at this meeting. Shareholder runs just 12 days on from his winning start and this costly breeze-up buy is arguably open to the most improvement, with Loom another to consider for each-way purposes.