Good case can be made for Bossy Guest

Tips: Four-year-old colt will benefit from Silvestre de Sousa’s reappointment

BOSSY GUEST can cause a bit of a rumpus in the Gigaset International Stakes at Ascot.

Trained by Mick Channon, who has had a splendid season, the four-yearold colt looks to have no chance on the form book.

Dig a little deeper, though, and quite a compelling case can be made for this son of Medicean.

Third in the Jersey Stakes over this course and distance last June, Bossy Guest has been aggressively campaigned in top races but is now back in handicaps off a mark of 103.

Channon must have been pleased with his Royal Hunt Cup run on ground that was softer than ideal as he got to within three lengths of winner Portage.

Next up was the Bunbury Cup at Newmarket, where he was essentially detached for a long way in the race but ate up stacks of late ground.

Bossy Guest finished 11th, but he was only beaten by 4¼ lengths, while Silvestre de Sousa’s reappointment is obviously a big plus.

is a tentative call to win an underwhelming renewal of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Aidan O’Brien’s colt probably has just as much chance as Royal runner Dartmouth, and should be available at bigger odds.

Dartmouth seized the day at Royal Ascot, when he defeated the Ballydoyle inmate by a head in the Hardwicke Stakes.

Both horses would have been better on a sounder surface, but perhaps O’Brien’s well-travelled four-year-old has that little bit more beneath the bonnet. It would also be folly to pass over

TANZEEL in the Sky Bet Dash at York. His form since winning this race by two lengths a year ago has been 0chequered at best, but the Charlie Hills-trained five-year-old finds himself running off just a 2lb higher mark back on the Knavesmire.

SELECTIONS:

ASCOT: 2.10 Dubai Hero, 2.45 Fair Eva, 3.20 Von Blucher, 3.55 BOSSY GUEST (NAP), 4.30 Highland Reel, 5.00 Robero, 5.35 Opposition.

YORK: 1.55 Eltanin, 2.25 Saved By The Bell, 3.00 Farlow, 3.35 Time Test, 4.10 Tanzeel, 4.45 Playful Sound, 5.20 Orewa.

DOUBLE: Highland Reel and Bossy Guest.