#Royal Ascot 2019 Day 1: Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips – Best bets for Tuesday

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Royal Ascot 2019 Day 1: Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips – Best bets for Tuesday, June 18

Punters should be back Battaash (Ascot, 3.40) to smash his rivals for six in the King's Stand Stakes.

Victory for the flying five-year-old would silence the doubters who have been rounded on the selection since his eclipse in this event last year.

However, the selection looked back to form at Haydock last time and can restore his reputation on one day of the Royal meeting.

Battaash returned to form at Haydock and can land the King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday

ROYAL ASCOT

ROBIN GOODFELLOW

2.30 Le Brivido

3.0 Guildsman

3.40 Battaash

4.20 King Of Comedy (na)

5.00 Batts Rock

5.35 Elarqam (nap)

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GIMCRACK

2.30 Accidental Agent (nap)

3.05 Threat

3.40 Mabs Cross ( na)

4.20 Shaman

5.00 Ulster

5.35 Riven Light

2.30 QUEEN ANNE STAKES

Aidan O'Brien has found this a difficult race to win in the past decade, however LE BRIVIDO appears to have been trained with this day in mind since the start of the season and could reverse Lockinge Stakes placings with winner Mustashry.

The selection has four lengths to make up on the Newbury running, but he was poorly drawn that day and a sluggish exit from the stalls didn't aid his cause either.

If there is one track where a slow start can be an advantage then it is on Ascot's straight mile, where patient tactics can often reap rich dividends and Le Brivido's affinity for the track is already confirmed by a 2017 win in the Jersey Stakes at this meeting.

SELECTION: LE BRIVIDO

DANGER: PHOENIX OF SPAIN

3.05 COVENTRY STAKES

Both Arizona and Threat impressed in winning their respective maidens at the Curragh and Newmarket , but there was plenty of admire in the Goodwood performance of GUILDSMAN and he gains the vote.

Purchased at the Arqana Breeze Up Sales for £ 125,000, the son of Wootton Bassett still displayed signs of greenness in the early stages of his debut, but hey to the task before powering clear for a six-length success.

The speed figure recorded suggested Guildsman should be at home in this company. Though he lacks experience, his Breeze Up education should help in that respect. Arizona looks a threat to all considering how the clear clear last time.

SELECTION: GUILDSMAN

DANGER: ARIZONA

3.40 KING'S STAND

BATTAASH has been called some unkind names during his career, but when he is good he is exceptional and the signs this season suggestion he has returned to his best.

Connections report the five-year-old an easier horse to train this year and an emphatic victory in the Group Two Temple Stakes at Haydock seemed to confirm that view.

Admittedly, Battaash was beaten by Ascot specialist Blue Point (three wins from four at this venue) in this race 12 months ago, but the selection used a lot or petrol cutting out the running that day. Charlie Hills' speedster could gain revenue for that narrow defeat and reclaim his billing as one of the world's premier sprinters.

SELECTION: BATTAASH

DANGER: DC BLUE POINT

4.20 ST JAMES'S PALACE STAKES

Phoenix Of Spa in may have missed a tilt at the English Guinea, but the imposing son of Lope De Vega made up for lost time with an impressive all-the-way win in the Irish version (Skardu fourth).

Runner-up Too Darn Hot tried manfully to overhaul the winner that day but couldn't match his rival's power of a furlong out and it will be intriguing to see how Phoenix Of Spain is ridden today given the switch to aggressive tactics yielded a career-best display.

Too Darn Hot has found life tougher than when carrying all before him as a juvenile so the unexposed stablemate KING OF COMEDY could emerge as ch ief threat to Phoenix Of Spain.

It is interesting that trainer John Gosden is happy to be doubly represented in this event given the son of Kingman is 9lb behind the market leaders on official ratings and I thought the selection displayed a sharp turn or foot to win a decent renewal of Sandown's Listed Heron Stakes last time.

Admittedly, King Of Comedy possesses his quirks, but he is following the same program this year as last year's winner Without Parole so is clear thought capable of repeating history.

SELECTION: KING OF COMEDY

DANGER: PHOENIX OF SPAIN

5.00 ASCOT STAKES

Unsurprisingly given the distance, National Hunt trainers often find this a happy hunting ground.

Gordon Elliott and Nicky Henderson are doubly represented, while with Willie Mullins saddling the likely favorite Shower ldmeupbuttercup, the jumping boys again hold a strong hand. The fact Mullins relies on one entry could well be a tip in itself, but the Irish maestro's recent success in this event, allied with the booking of Ryan Moore, have ensured his five-year-old has been found in the market and is

Mengli Khan and BATTS ROCK provide a competitive threat to Elliott and the latter is preferred given his experience of the track.

SELECTION: BATTS ROCK [194590123] ]

DANGER: MENGLI KHAN

5.35 WOLFERTON STAKES

ELARQAM may never live up to the billing 5-1 shot for last year's Guineas, but his recent Goodwood victory was certainly a step in the right direction and he appeals as a likely winner of the final.

The manner of the emphatic two-and-a-half-length defeat of Willie John suggested the selection is beginning to find top stride once more after a spell in the wilderness, if he can build on that display from a decent stalls position, he could be difficult to resist here.

The Globe-trotting Magic Wand is a chief threat after a fine run in America, while Star Of Bengal is also an intriguing runner for a yard which has won four of the last eight runnings.

] SELECTION: ELARQAM

DANGER: WILLIE JOHN

HOLLIE DOYLE: PHOENIX CAN RISE TO THE OCCASION

PHOENIX OF SPAIN was a big brutal or a horse last season but he really matured and that showed in his performance when winning the Irish 2,000 Guineas.

Ascot is a track that will suit him and, after an interrupted preparation for his comeback, it will be interesting to see how much he has progressed in the St James's Palace Stakes. Queen Anne Stakes hope BARNEY ROY is an old favorite of mine.

He's a previous Royal Ascot winner who's back racing after proving infertile at stud. His latest win at Longchamp came with a lot of still in the tank. He likes the track and the ground should be in his favor.

I sat on THREAT at trainer Richard Hannon's stable and he was a striking yearling. He was an impressive debut winner at Newmarket and he should have improved a lot for that run. The looks to have a good chance at the Coventry Stakes.

Hollie Doyle is a Sky Sports Racing ambassador. Watch all the action from Royal Ascot live on Sky Sports Racing.

CAPTAIN HEATH

2.30 LE BRIVIDO (nap)

3.05 THREAT

3.40 BATTAASH

4.20 PHOENIX OF SPAIN

5.00 TIME TO STUDY

5.30 ELARQAM

FORECAST

2.30 MUSTASHRY (nap)

3.05 MONOSKI

3.40 BATTAASH

4.20 TOO DARN HOT

5.30 MAGIC WAND

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