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2025-06-21 Ascot 18:10
Ascot

Queen Alexandra Stakes (GBBPlus Race)

Going: Good To Firm

Distance: 2m5f143y

Prize: £59,400

Runners: 11

Surface: Turf

Age: 4yo+

Class: Class 2

Type: Flat

NO.

HORSE

FORM

AGE

ODDS

5 (4)

Tashkhan (IRE) G

J:Callum Shepherd T:Brian Ellison

Form: 05930-

Age: 7

WT: 9st 4lbs

OR: 106

Additional info

Owner: P Boyle

Breeder: His Highness The Aga Khan's Studs S C

Last run: 265 days

Pedigree

Sire: Born To Sea (IRE)

Dam: Tarziyna (IRE)

Damsire: Raven's Pass (USA)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 23 Wins: 1 Percent: 4

Comment: Has been off for 265 days but able when fresh; conditions were fast when fifth in the 2022 Ascot Gold Cup but he's always had a preference for slower ground and that's become all the more evident as he's aged; has the class to be competitive and ran well off a tough mark at Chester last September (on soft), though the new visor sported then didn't appear to have the same effect when well held in the Irish Cesarewitch (good); no headgear this time but needs opposing under these conditions.

4 (2)

Scottish Anthem t (GB) G

J:Kyle McHugh T:Michael Keady

Form: 34654-

Age: 6

WT: 9st 4lbs

OR: 87

Additional info

Owner: Jim Gill

Breeder: St Albans Bloodstock Llp

Last run: 227 (94J) days

Pedigree

Sire: Lope De Vega (IRE)

Dam: Loch Ma Naire (IRE)

Damsire: Galileo (IRE)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 14 Wins: 2 Percent: 14

Comment: Made his name as a miler in France and wasn't overly convincing stamina-wise when the Crisfords sent him up to 2m; opposable for that reason alone, and then there's unfavourable weights and the fact he was pulled up on stable/hurdling debut in March; hard to entertain.

7 (8)

Youthful King h (GB) G

J:Jack Dace T:Luke Dace

Form: 034621

Age: 6

WT: 9st 4lbs

OR: 89

Additional info

Owner: Richard L Page & Luke Dace

Breeder: Bearstone Stud Limited

Last run: 7 days

Pedigree

Sire: Fountain Of Youth (IRE)

Dam: Lady Moscou (IRE)

Damsire: Sir Percy (GB)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 2 Wins: 1 Percent: 50

Comment: Usually ridden by Jack Dace, who would normally claim 7lb; has had plenty of racing but close to his best in winning a Class 4 handicap over 1m6f at Sandown only last week (good to firm) and that was only his second run in a hood; however, he has never won beyond that and, like a few in here, he'll be vulnerable to stronger stayers even if he can remain competitive deep into the race on such unfavourable terms.

1 (3)

Sober (FR) G

J:Ryan Moore T:W P Mullins

Form: 95451-

Age: 6

WT: 9st 7lbs

OR: 104

Additional info

Owner: Oti Racing & The Why Knot Partnership

Breeder: Wertheimer Et Frere

Last run: 309 (40J) days

Pedigree

Sire: Camelot (GB)

Dam: Burma Sea (FR)

Damsire: Lope De Vega (IRE)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 28 Wins: 10 Percent: 36

Comment: Multiple winner from 1m2f to an extended 1m7f for Andre Fabre, including two staying Group 2s; bought for 115,000euros late last year; jumped moderately and made heavy weather of justifying prohibitive odds on stable/hurdle debut at Killarney last month (2m4f, yielding); trainer did have him in the Ascot Gold Cup and, not only is he one of the few class acts in this field, he should be one of the stronger stayers; stable has won this four times before and Ryan Moore was pencilled in at the five-day stage (trainer had other options); would prefer softer ground but has won on good (unraced on quicker).

6 (9)

Trooper Bisdee (IRE) G

J:Luke Morris T:Sir Mark Prescott Bt

Form: 1040-5

Age: 5

WT: 9st 4lbs

OR: 90

Additional info

Owner: Mr & Mrs John Kelsey-Fry

Breeder: J Kelsey Fry

Last run: 29 days

Pedigree

Sire: Australia (GB)

Dam: Merritt Island (GB)

Damsire: Exceed And Excel (AUS)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 11 Wins: 3 Percent: 27

Comment: Typical of a Prescott handicapper to have graduated from a low level to where he is now, and he could have done with faster ground when beaten 12l in last season's Cesarewitch (soft); plenty to like about his reappearance run under a big weight at Goodwood (2m, good) and he gave the impression he'd stay all day when winning over Pontefract's stiff 2m2f last season (good to firm); one of the more appealing each-way options.

3 (7)

Samui tp (GB) G

J:Colin Keane T:Gordon Elliott

Form: 320-53

Age: 6

WT: 9st 4lbs

OR: 102

Additional info

Owner: Allan Snow

Breeder: Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum

Last run: 4 days

Pedigree

Sire: Siyouni (FR)

Dam: Appearance (GB)

Damsire: Galileo (IRE)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 50 Wins: 9 Percent: 18

Comment: Proven in this headgear; pays his way under both codes and, if able to reproduce his effort here on Tuesday when hitting the line well for third in the 1m6f Copper Horse Stakes (good to firm), then he won't be far away on these favourable terms; the grey areas are inconsistency and the extra 7f (he did run over 3m over jumps) but he's one of only a few with realistic ambitions of winning.

8 (1)

Dallas Star (FR) C

J:David Egan T:Adrian Murray

Form: -14623

Age: 4

WT: 9st 3lbs

OR: 101

Additional info

Owner: Amo Racing Limited

Breeder: E Dieuaide & Domaine Billard Et Fils

Last run: 22 days

Pedigree

Sire: Cloth Of Stars (IRE)

Dam: Agathe Rare (IRE)

Damsire: Sadler's Wells (USA)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 9 Wins: 1 Percent: 11

Comment: Won a key Derby trial last year before finishing tailed off in the main event at Epsom; seemed to see out the new trip of 1m6f okay when second to Kyprios in a Group 3 at Leopardstown in May (good) but he was less convincing upped to 2m at Down Royal and that was a Listed race; while he scores highly on the class front at this level, there are glaring stamina concerns over this far.

11 (11)

Wild Waves h (IRE) G

J:Oisin Murphy T:Andrew Balding

Form: 46-084

Age: 4

WT: 9st 3lbs

OR: 99

Additional info

Owner: Jeremy & Germaine Hitchins

Breeder: Guenea Partnership

Last run: 19 days

Pedigree

Sire: Crystal Ocean (GB)

Dam: Guenea (GB)

Damsire: Sinndar (IRE)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 75 Wins: 16 Percent: 21

Comment: Regularly hooded and goes on all ground; progressive 1m4f/1m6f handicapper last season and ended up in the St Leger (wasn't disgraced, beaten 7l); hasn't really got anything going this year since gelded, last time finishing last of four runners in an Italian Listed race (1m4f); every chance on the figures if rediscovering his mojo and seeing out the trip, but there are doubts on both counts.

9 (5)

Paradoxical p (IRE) G

J:Warren Fentiman T:Jennie Candlish

Form: 128698

Age: 4

WT: 9st 3lbs

OR: 75

Additional info

Owner: Youlneverdrinkalone

Breeder: K And Mrs Cullen

Last run: 21 days

Pedigree

Sire: Saxon Warrior (JPN)

Dam: Love And Laughter (IRE)

Damsire: Theatrical (IRE)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 27 Wins: 3 Percent: 11

Comment: Six-time AW winner who is 0-6 on grass; out of form the last twice and outclassed in this company over a trip he's not gone even near in the past (unraced beyond 1m4f).

2 (10)

King Of The Road (IRE) G

J:David Probert T:Ben Pauling

Form: -

Age: 6

WT: 9st 4lbs

OR: -

Additional info

Owner: Rocco's Rebels

Breeder: M Fahy

Last run: (31J) days

Pedigree

Sire: Shirocco (GER)

Dam: Diamond Gesture (IRE)

Damsire: Presenting (GB)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 8 Wins: 1 Percent: 13

Comment: Capable handicapper at a respectable level over hurdles at up to 2m5f; wouldn't be as good as Samui in that scene and this is his debut on the Flat at the age of six.

10 (6)

Toby Tops tb (GB) G BF C

J:George Wood T:Dylan Cunha

Form: 611313

Age: 4

WT: 9st 3lbs

OR: 69

Additional info

Owner: Paul Goonan

Breeder: Ecurie Monceaux/Rifa Mustang

Last run: 32 days

Pedigree

Sire: Siyouni (FR)

Dam: Kiss Me Not (IRE)

Damsire: Galileo (IRE)

Trainer last 14 days

Runs: 20 Wins: 1 Percent: 5

Comment: All three wins at 2m, the latest coming here last month on good to firm (Class 4); this is a different ball game altogether and he'd be receiving lumps of weight off most of these in a handicap.