Royal Ascot 2 yr olds – day 2
By colin on Wednesday, June 15th, 20111 winner from 2 yesterday, and one race only today – the Queen Mary.
The Queen Mary has the potential to throw up the odd outsider though generally horses at the head of the market fare best.
While Shumoos has an obvious chance this year, we think there may be better value elsewhere and are going to plump for Mark Johnston’s Vocational on a number of trend grounds. First off, trainers who have done well in Royal Ascot 2 year old races in the past tend to do well, and Johnston has a good record. Indeed, in the last 8 years he has only had 2 runners in this very race, with a win and a fourth for his efforts. Fillies with a pre-March foaling date tend to do better, and whilst most fillies had won last time out, Vocational had plenty to excuse her last time out second. At 18/1, she’s the each way play to small stakes.