Saturday’s Ascot racing preview & quaddie | March 2, 2024

February 29, 2024 4:20 pm.

Ascot racing tips

What	Ascot 1000 Guineas Day
Where	Ascot Racecourse – 71 Grandstand Rd, Ascot WA 6104
When	Saturday, March 2, 2024
First Race	12:29pm AWST
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The Listed Ascot 1000 Guineas and Lex Piper Stakes will headline the nine-race program at Ascot on Saturday afternoon. The track was rated a Good 4 at the time of acceptances, and with warm weather forecast for the remainder of the week, the track will stay in the Good range all day. The rail will be pushed out to the +8m position for the entire circuit, with the opening race scheduled to jump at 12:29pm AWST.

Ascot 1000 Guineas Tip: So Nataya

In the 1000 Guineas, Luke Fernie and Chris Parnham will combine with So Nataya for the third straight start. Last start, this girl was made to travel three wide without cover but stuck on well to finish third over 1400m at this track on February 21. When you consider that this daughter of So You Think would have run a lot further than the rest of her rivals previously, the step up to 1800m should suit her down to the ground. If Parnham can settle midfield off the fence from barrier seven, So Nataya could blouse her rivals in the final 100m.

Ascot 1000 Guineas

Race 8 – #10 So Nataya (7)

3yo Filly | T: Luke Fernie | J: Chris Parnham (54kg)

+450 with Dabble

Lex Piper Stakes Tip: A Lot Of Good Men

A Lot Of Good Men will clash with Russian To The Bar again after they met in the Listed Challenge Stakes, where the latter beat the former by one length. The Trevor Andrews-trained galloper will appreciate the rise in distance to 1600m, having finished second behind Zipaway in the Group 2 WA Guineas in his only start at the trip. Although there doesn’t appear to be much speed, this son of A Lot showed last start that he can race forward and still run on strong, so expect similar tactics to be adopted here.

Lex Piper Stakes

Race 8 – #2 A Lot Of Good Men (12)

3yo Colt | T: Trevor Andrews | J: Paul Harvey (55.5kg)

+210 with Playup

Best Bet at Ascot: Bonjoy

Bonjoy brought up a hat-trick of wins last Saturday when she let down with her customary turn of foot to win easily over 1600m. The Jason Miller-trained galloper raced at the back of the field and appreciated the very quick tempo, with Clint Johnston-Porter pushing her out to the middle of the track before she glided straight past her rivals in the final 300m. With a lot of speed expected in this contest, this daughter of Maschino will settle last again and attempt to replicate her recent victories.

Best Bet

Race 1 – #7 Bonjoy (2)

4yo Mare | T: Jason Miller | J: Clint Johnston-Porter (57kg)

+120 with Picklebet

Next Best at Ascot: Sapphire Street

Sapphire Street has finished third in each of her last two starts, with one of those placings coming in the Listed WA Breeders’ Classic behind Petula. This daughter of Street Boss will go to 1400m for the first time this campaign, and after running through the line so strongly over 1300m in her most recent run, the rise in trip looks ideal fourth-up. Although this girl has drawn barrier 12 of 12, her get-back-and-run-on racing pattern should negate the wide draw if she gets a solid tempo to follow.