David Milnes

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Keith Melrose |David Milnes

How the Wokingham will pan out rests to an unlikely extent on the approach taken by Seamie Heffernan and Shane Gray. Those two riders are on Get It and We Never Stop, in stalls 13 and six. Between them the two horses are responsible for less than ten per cent of the market. Yet if Heffernan and Gray choose to tack across from their relatively low stalls, towards the stands' side that has seen so much of the action this week, they are likely to take half the field down with them.

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | David Milnes |David Baxter

has looked every inch a burgeoning star for trainer Paddy Twomey, and she disputes favoritism with Andrew Balding's Musidora Stakes (G3) runner-up in the 1 1/2-mile Ribblesdale Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot. They seem the right pair to focus on with Aidan O'Brien and John and Thady Gosden's six runners forming a weaker challenge than we have come to expect. is the choice of Ryan Moore among three from O'Brien, but the form of her Naas Oaks Trial win is modest.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Robbie Wilders |David Milnes

Few yards match the strength of Aidan O’Brien and John Gosden in the middle-distance fillies' department and they are mob-handed in the Ribblesdale with more than half the field. Yet the early market fails to reflect these superpowers sharing eight of the past nine Ribblesdales. Catalina Delcarpio has looked every inch a burgeoning star for Paddy Twomey and she disputes favouritism with Andrew Balding’s Musidora runner-up Serenity Prayer.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | David Milnes |Harry Wilson

You would expect a few shocks in a 30-runner handicap full of unexposed three-year-old milers, but the Britannia has tended to go with the market more often than not in recent years. Six of the last ten winners have returned 10-1 or shorter, while only two were bigger than 18-1 – and the 28-1 about Biometric in 2019 was skewed by a gamble on the five-timer-seeking Frankie Dettori. A common trait among many of the winners is they have only come into themselves as three-year-olds.

1 week ago | bloodhorse.com | David Milnes |Tom Peacock

Karl Burke has been the man to follow in the Queen Mary Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot over the past three years. He saddled to win in 2022 and was successful last year, while he also had Beautiful Diamond (GB) finish third in between. Miss Lamai (IRE) took fourth 12 months ago to boot. Punters have latched on to his apparent first string this year and Zelaina is a threat to give the stable yet another success on June 18 following an impressive debut victory at Nottingham.