The Gold Cup, run over 2 miles 4 furlongs, is the oldest surviving race at Royal Ascot and remains the showpiece event of the five-day meeting. This year’s renewal, due off at 4.20pm on Thursday, June 20, potentially features a maximum of eleven runners, headed by last year’s winner, Stradivarius, who is chasing a seven-timer. However, while John Gosden’s five-year-old is likely to prove a tough nut to crack once again, that fact is reflected by prohibitive odds of 6/5, in a place, and shorter elsewhere.
At the other end of the market, rank
outsiders Cypress Creek (40/1), Raymond Tusk (33/1) and Master Of
Reality (33/1) look to have plenty to find if they’re to be
involved at the business end of such as prestigious contest. However,
Thomas Hobson has just 1½ lengths to find with Stradivarius on their
running in the Long Distance Cup, over 2 miles, at Ascot last October
and, having previously won over course and distance – when
sauntering home by 6 lengths in the Ascot Stakes tow seasons ago –
looks to have a sporting chance of reversing the form at odds around
the 20/1 mark.
Selection: Ascot 4.20 Thomas
Hobson each-way at 20/1
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