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17:30 Ascot

Queen Alexandra Stakes (Conditions Race) (Class B)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 6f 34y
  • Going: Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 47.89s
  • 13 Ran
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1
Silk -

Cover Up (IRE)

4/5

    2
    Silk -

    Tamiami Trail (IRE)

    16/1

      3
      Silk -

      Double Honour (FR)

      11/2

        1(10)
        Silk - Purple, Pink stripe, halved sleeves, striped cap

        Double Honour (FR)

        245
        11/2
        • Form 310650-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-5

        always in 3rd place, hard ridden and kept on same pace, final 2f

        2(6)
        Silk - Pale Blue, White and Yellow check cap

        Cover Up (IRE)

        45
        4/5
        • Form 16255-6
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-3

        always in touch, led and edged right just over 2f out, pressed entering final furlong, stayed on gamely

        4(11)
        Silk - Peacock Blue, White cap

        Taffrail

        26
        12/1
        • Form 510-060
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-3

        mid-division, behind final 5f, tailed off

        5(9)
        Silk - Red, White stars, Royal Blue and White striped sleeves, Royal Blue cap

        Domenico (IRE)

        73
        66/1
        • Form 0450-60
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-0

        always in rear, tailed off final 5f

        6(2)
        Silk - Yellow, Black diamond on cap

        Establishment

        3
        10/1
        • Form 60-2054
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-0

        held up, headway to chase leader 9f out, stayed in touch until weakened over 3f out

        7(8)
        Silk - Purple, Light Blue chevron, Light Blue cap

        First Ballot (IRE)

        35
        13/2
        • Form 546-446
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-0

        tracked leader, led 9f out, to just over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        8(13)
        Silk - Light Green, Light Blue spots, Emerald Green sleeves, Light Blue cap, Light Green star

        Friendly Alliance

        24
        66/1
        • Form 2603-00
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-0

        always in rear, tailed off final 5f

        9(3)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Red (quartered), White sleeves, Red cap, Dark Blue diamond

        Joshua's Bay

        66/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-0

        always well in rear, soon tailed off, virtually pulled up final 3f

        10(1)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Red epaulets, White sleeves, Red chevrons, Royal Blue cap, Red star

        Looks Like Trouble (IRE)

        10/1
        • Age 11
        • Weight 9-0

        tracked leaders, lost place quickly 5f out, tailed off

        11(14)
        Silk - LIGHT TAN, red hoop, black sleeves, red hoop, red cap

        Moscow Express (IRE)

        259
        11/1
        • Form 22223/1-
        • Age 11
        • Weight 9-0

        held up towards rear, well behind and struggling final 5f, tailed off

        12(5)
        Silk - BROWN, WHITE spots, BROWN sleeves and cap

        Quel Fontenailles (FR)

        7
        50/1
        • Form 0-60624
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-0

        in touch, weakened and behind final 5f tailed off

        13(4)
        Silk - MAUVE

        Tamiami Trail (IRE)

        61
        16/1
        • Form 405/00-6
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-0

        held up towards rear, steady headway from 6f out, chased winner inside final 2f, challenged entering final furlong, always just held

        14(7)
        Silk - Black, Yellow Cross of Lorraine and armlets

        Sparkling Water (USA)

        345
        50/1
        • Form 2/32503-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-12

        led to 9f out, stayed in touch until weakened quickly over 6f out, tailed off

        3(12)
        NR

        Swing Wing

        35
        • Form 03123-3
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3

        Nonrunner

        In depth

        Verdict

        Plenty of familiar faces in the field but it's hard to get away from Cover Up, who is attempting to land the longest Flat race on the calendar for the second year in succession. Very lightly raced this season, his sole run came when a very good sixth in the Chester Cup. That form gives him big claims. Paul Cole is represented by Swing Wing. A stablemate of last year's runner-up, Archduke Ferdinand, the In The Wings gelding has never raced beyond two miles but he has been placed in Group company, form that entitles to plenty of respect. There are many familiar faces from the world of jumping racing, including the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup winner - and recent winner of a charity Flat race at Newbury - Looks Like Trouble, Jessica Harrington's useful chaser Moscow Express, and Philip Hobbs' Double Honour, formerly useful at up to two miles on the Flat for Mark Johnston. Others to consider are Tamiami Trail, lightly raced and stepping up in trip, John Dunlop's Taffrail, and David Elsworth's First Ballot, but Cover Up is taken to secure back-to-back successes in the two-and-three-quarter-mile contest that closes the meeting.