FIELD OF ROYAL DREAMS
NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3 1 PATRICK SARSFIELD 2 FELIX 3 FATHER OF JAZZ
PATRICK SARSFIELD has the right credentials to give Joseph O’Brien a first Royal Ascot victory.
The son of Australia has already proved himself above Listed level with a success in the Group 3 Meld Stakes at the Curragh last July.
The deadline for penalties is August 31, so Patrick Sarsfield – who went on to make the podium in Group 1 and Group 2 company on the continent – is unencumbered today.
My selection made his return to the fray in the Listed Orby Stakes over this 10-furlong trip at the Curragh 13 days ago and emerged with plenty of credit, finishing a head second to Reve De Vol.
He is taken to go one better here. Forest Of Dean
carries a penalty as a result of his win in the Group 3 Winter Derby at Lingfield in February but has to enter Felix calculations, with Father and, at bigger odds, Of Jazz
others to go into the melting pot.