Five Horses To Take Out Of Royal Ascot 2023

The first big eye-catcher from Royal Ascot 2023 was the Archie Watson trained Army Ethos who was a very unlucky loser in the Group Two Coventry Stakes.

A nice winner on debut at Ayr when bolting up over 6f by over three lengths, he was next seen in the Coventry where he finished a neck second to the smart River Tiber.

Army Ethos finished first of his group of 12 on the closest side of the track but was just short of River Tiber who we expect to turn into a very good horse.

The form of the Coventry looks set to work out strong like it does most seasons and Army Ethos is a horse to keep on side.

Another horse who caught the eye in one of the sprint events across the week is Relief Rally for William Haggas who was a nose second to the American horse Crimson Advocate in the Group Two Queen Mary Stakes.

Twice a winner before heading into Royal Ascot, the filly made her debut in April at Windsor when beating the talented Gaiden by two lengths and she made it back to back successes at Salisbury when giving weight away to the talented Juniper Berries.

Sent into the Group Two event she ran a cracker to be in front just before the line and after it but when it mattered was done by a nose.

She is a sprinter with a huge future off the back of what she has done to date and she will likely grab compansetion sooner rather than later for her latest second in the Queen Mary.

A horse out of the handicaps that caught the eye was Yerwanthere for trainer Joseph O'Brien with the lightly raced four year old showing good form before her run at Royal Ascot and looked very unlucky in running.

A winner over 7f for Patrick Foley, she was then moved to O'Brien and was stepped up to a mile at Dundalk where she made it back to back wins.

On her first run this term she was four lengths behind the winner on her first try in Listed company and on only her fourth start she went into handicap company at Royal Ascot where she raced in the Kensington Palace Fillies' Stakes.

Off a mark of 93 tackling 18 other runners she hit a lot of trouble in running but when getting clear late on she powered home to grab fifth and with a clearer passage she would have gone closer.

She can't be penalised much if at all for that run and looks well in off a mark of 93.

The only horse out of Group Ones we have picked out as an unlucky loser and one to watch for the rest of the season in good mile events is the Ralph Beckett trained Remarquee.

A winner on her sole start as a juvenile at Salisbury, she returned this season and looked just as a good when landing the Group Three Fred Darling Stakes on her serial return.

Stepping into the Group One 1000 Guineas she ran no race only beating five home but on the quickest ground she has faced to date, she ran a cracker in the Group One Coronation Stakes when being impeded in the final furlong but when getting back balanced rallied to only finish a length behind the winner Tahiyra.

Things could have been different if not for the trouble she found and the way she stayed on suggests there is much more to come.

The final eye-catcher from the meeting is the Aidan O'Brien trained Alabama who was thought of very highly at the start of the season but before Ascot had not really shown his true potenital.

Finishing a well beaten third on debut behind Noche Magica at Cork over 5f, he stepped up to 6f at the Curragh when the 8/15 favourite but finished just over a length back in fourth.

Sent into the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot he was on the wrong side of the track and ran a stormer to grab fifth, winning his race from the group he was in on the far side.

Is was a much more positive showing and he could be one that progresses throughout the season in other good sprinting events.