Saturday is the biggest day of the week, and it is not all about Newmarket's July Cup card. Plenty across the other meetings has caught our eye too, so this is a preview that ranges across the day. Our first selection is free to read below; the rest of the card is for Premium and Pro members.
1:55 Ascot, Club 26 Heritage Handicap (5f)
We start at Ascot, and the one we like is a fair price: Regal Envoy, who you can still back at a big 14/1. He disappointed last time at Windsor, but that was over 6f, and before that he had been in really good form over the minimum trip, bumping into some nicely handicapped rivals who looked unlucky or were plainly running well. At Windsor he actually travelled and ran well for a long way over the 6f before tiring late, and the way the race unfolded did not help: he and El Bodon went forward and took each other on up front, and both paid for it near the finish. Back to 5f, where he can bang out of the gates and make his prominent, aggressive style count, he looks overpriced on the back of that one run. We really liked him last time out, but maybe his style did not really suit the 6f, and back over this 5f we think 14/1 is far too big.
