Black-Type Analysis: Electrolyte Looms A Hot Prospect In Pavilion Stakes

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Wednesday, Ascot, Britain, post time: 14:15, LONGINES SAGARO STAKES (GOLD CUP TRIAL)-G3, £80,000, 4yo/up, 15f 209y

Field: Coltrane (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Yashin (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), Feigning Madness (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}), Divine Comedy (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}).

TDN Verdict: Mick and Janice Mariscotti's star stayer Coltrane encounters a trio of unfamiliar foes standing in the way of a record-breaking third Olé in this two-mile stepping stone to the G1 Gold Cup. Second in the 2023 renewal of Royal Ascot's highlight, he will head postward as the odds-on favourite to collect a sixth black-type triumph for the Andrew Balding stable. It is not the most competitive affair–by any metric–and the Harry Eustace-trained Divine Comedy rates as the likeliest party-pooper on a significant day for the Newmarket conditioner's yard. The Equema Partnership's seven-year-old failed by a long whisker to overhaul staying yardstick Al Qareem in last month's Listed Further Flight Stakes at Nottingham and strips fit for this marathon. Dual Newbury Group 3 fourth Feigning Madness and former Jessica Harrington trainee Yashin, who recently underwent a second wind operation, require quite an uptick in fortunes to wreak havoc. [Sean Cronin].

Wednesday, Ascot, Britain, post time: 14:50, EVENTMASTERS.CO.UK COMMONWEALTH CUP TRIAL STAKES (PAVILION STAKES)-G3, £80,000, 3yo, 6f 0y

Field: Ain't Nobody (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), Arabie (GB), Big Mojo (Ire) (Mohaather {GB}), Brian (Ire) (Shaman {Ire}), Candy (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Dash Dizzy (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Diablo Rojo (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Electrolyte (Ire) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Hallasan (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Rebel's Gamble (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}).

TDN Verdict: The card's highlight–featuring Blue Point, Calyx and Invincible Army on its roll of honour–has attracted a cast of 10 and this year's incarnation appears at the mercy of Wathnan Racing's G2 Coventry runner-up Electrolyte, who made a belated stakes breakthrough in September's G3 Prix Eclipse. Ryan Moore is a more-than-able deputy for the injured James Doyle. Rock-solid opposition includes G3 Molecomb winner Big Mojo, who finished just over a length adrift of Magnum Force when fourth in Del Mar's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. However, it will be the Mick Appleby speedster's first outing since undergoing wind surgery in February. Charlie Appleby sends forth £300,000 Weatherbys Scientific victor and £180,000 Goffs UK Premier graduate Hallasan, who subdued G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere hero Camille Pissarro in that Doncaster lottery but got battered in excess of nine lengths by Ruling Court in last month's Listed UAE 2000 Guineas. Unraced juvenile Rebel's Gamble has won three of four starts this term and, representing the Karl Burke juggernaut here, is another worthy of consideration lining up fresh off a first black-type triumph in March's Listed Spring Cup. Dash Dizzy thundered along on the front deep into September's G1 Middle Park, before fading back to third behind Shadow Of Light and Whistlejacket, and will be a factor if ascending to that level on seasonal return. [Sean Cronin].

Wednesday, Ascot, Britain, post time: 13:40, EVENTMASTERS.CO.UK PARADISE STAKES (QUEEN ANNE STAKES TRIAL)-Listed, £60,000, 4yo/up, 8f 0y

Field: Phantom Flight (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Tyrrhenian Sea (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Checkandchallenge (GB) (Fast Company {Ire}), Docklands (GB) (Massaat {Ire}), Harper's Ferry (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Meydaan (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Royal Dubai (Fr) (Seahenge, Sardinian Warrior (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Sir Busker (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}), Unquestionable (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Witch Hunter (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}).

TDN Verdict: The stakes action on Ascot's programme of Royal meeting pointers commences with this intriguing sighter for the G1 Queen Anne Stakes. Marcstown's progressive John and Thady Gosden trainee Sardinian Warrior is taken to provide TDN Rising Star and 2023 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Unquestionable with an uncomfortable reintroduction. The former, making his turf bow here, returned off a summer sabbatical to annex a pair of one-mile heats at Southwell last backend and remains on an upward trajectory while the latter debuts for the Richard Hannon stable coming back off a brace of fourths behind Rosallion in 2024's G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace Stakes. Viable alternatives include last year's second and Queen Anne runner-up Docklands, from the Harry Eustace yard, who touches down on home soil for his birthday after a brief Group 1 adventure in Australia and Hong Kong. Victorious Racing's dual stakes scorer Phantom Flight is another on the European comeback trail having enjoyed a fruitful four-race winter campaign in Bahrain. The mere presence of veteran Sir Busker warms the cockles with the 2022 G2 York Stakes winner and G1 Juddmonte International third, and twice placed in this, still going strong at the age of nine. [Sean Cronin].

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