Feature Race Analysis

Irish-trained fillies have won three of the last 10 renewals of the Coronation Stakes and Jessica Harrington has scored twice in the last 5 years. Today she saddles the hat-trick seeking Sounds Of Heaven who narrowly denied Queen For You last time out in a Listed contest at York.

Aidan O’Brien is no stranger to this race either, landing this in 2017 with the high-class Winter, and Meditate arrives at the Royal Meeting with a strong second in the Irish 1,000 Guineas, with Comhra running a huge race back in third at 150/1. Meditate’s second in the Moyglare and sixth in the 1,000 Guineas clearly worked out well but she finished behind the fabulous filly Tahiyra on all three occasions, which could be the case again today. Dermot Weld clearly has a high-class talent on his hands and after failing to justify favouritism at Newmarket, she returned to the Curragh with a bang and won more cosily than the distance suggested.

Of the home-trained fillies, Mammas Girl is an interesting contender and looked very impressive on her first two outings. The soft ground may have not played to her strengths in the 1,000 Guineas, while the same comments apply to Rob Hornby’s ride Remarquee, who also finished down the field at Newmarket.

Ascot Racecourse is giving a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the best turned out horse, and a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the winning horse.