Royal Ascot 2023 Day Two Betting Tips
After the excitement of the Queen Anne Stakes and the King’s Stand Stakes on Day One of the 2023 Royal Ascot meeting, there is the chance to enjoy another stellar card of horse racing on Day Two, with the Prince of Wales’s Stakes taking centre stage.
Can Japan Put His Name on the Map of Horse Racing?
JAPAN is the market leader for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes and it’s hard to pick fault with a horse that should have no problem getting the one mile, one furlong and 212 yards trip.
Aidan O’Brien is the master trainer when it comes to these big Flat races at Royal Ascot and there was everything to like about the horse’s performance as a three-year-old a year ago when Japan claimed the spoils in the King Edward VII Stakes.
Interestingly, the horse drifted on the betting market due to sweating in the paddock that day, although he still ended up winning by over four lengths and can be backed at 13/8 to claim victory in this encounter.
The slight concern is that there’s an unknown concerning a horse that hasn’t been seen at a track since finishing fourth in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe last autumn and it only ever takes one horse to better this favourite over the distance.
BARNEY ROY could be the runner to lower Japan’s colours, with the horse having won the St James’s Palace Stakes three years ago and the Charlie Appleby-trained charge has bags of experience when it comes to the big occasions.
The Godolphin-owned horse has a break of 226 days after finishing well down the field in last year’s Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, although he has since run well twice at Meydan to scoop first on both occasions and the last run was as recently as 7 March.
GHAIYYATH has had market support in recent days and this is another Charlie Appleby horse who could run a big race, with the money coming for the five-year-old after winning the recent Coronation Cup Stakes when obliging as the favourite.
HEADMAN is the other horse on the betting shortlist and Roger Charlton trains this four-year-old who has never run at Ascot before, although the runner did claim victories at Newbury, Saint-Cloud and Deauville last year.
More Beautiful Heads Albany Stakes Betting Market
The Albany Stakes is the second biggest race on Day Two of the 2023 Royal Ascot meeting and MORE BEAUTIFUL is potentially the one to watch in this race.
This is a six-furlong dash for two-year-old fillies and perhaps we should expect the unexpected, with More Beautiful running for trainer Aidan O’Brien and she recently won a five-furlong encounter at Naas to cement her place at the top of the betting market.
FLYING ALETHA is another interesting runner who is trained by the legendary Wesley Ward and her one appearance to date saw the filly claim a victory at Gulfstream Park on 21 May, with more potentially to come.