Flat racing returns to Ascot this weekend, headlined by the Victoria Cup.
14:40 Saturday
With just six weeks to go until the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting, Steve Ryder takes a look at this weekend’s Victoria Cup for Oddschecker Unlimited subscribers.
Steve Ryder’s Ante-Post Tips for Ascot
Victoria Cup - The Wizard Of Eye 20/1 (1pt)
Four and five year-olds have won the previous nine renewals of this race and I am hoping that Charlie Fellowes can work his magic with THE WIZARD OF EYE (tipped at 20/1).
Beaten 29 lengths on soft ground when last seen in September for Stan Moore, he has dropped down to a mark below 100 for the first time in his career and now makes his reappearance having been gelded over the winter.
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He raced too keenly over a mile on a few occasions last year shaping like this drop down to 7f will suit him and it is worth watching back the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes from last year where he travels well into the race until weakening late on.
The Wizard Of Eye still has an entry for the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot next month over 6f so he has clearly been showing connections that he has taken to his new surroundings well and he looks worth taking a chance on at the prices off a career low mark.
