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Preview of this weekend’s racing with Farringdon: June 15-16
Including races at Sandown Park, York and Chester, plus a preview of next week’s Royal Ascot
Star Style ridden by Pat Dobbs goes to post ahead of the Qipco 1000 Guineas Stakes on day three of The QIPCO Guineas Festival at Newmarket Racecourse, Suffolk, May 5, 2024

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ROYAL ASCOT is just around the corner and my brief selections for next week are at the bottom of this week’s editorial which takes us to Sandown Park, York and Chester et al this afternoon.

The main betting contest of the afternoon is the class two Handicap at 2.05 with a field of 16 set to go to post over the stiff mile. With plenty of rain around before today, any sting in the ground should be a thing of the past and that shouldn’t be a problem for the likely first two in the market, Dancing Magic and Dual Identity. The last named, a multiple course and distance winner, may just be in the pocket of the handicap and may well need a career best to land this and I just feel BILL SILVERS could improve past both of them.

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