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Great winner on Thursday with Sagramor. Even with the extra weight since Haydock I always felt he was capable of pulling this one off too.  Puts this blog in profit for Royal Ascot!  It wasn't to be for Future Generation at Leopardstown, he seemed to be travelling as well as any of them, but didn't seem to pick up as well as he did last time.   He will win another day though.
Some selections for Friday, to keep the winning momentum going!

Royal Ascot

5.35pm (Buckingham Palace Stakes)
Courageous
1.5pt Each Way bet
Current Betfair price: 25.0
Best available elsewhere: 25/1 (sportingbet, Coral)
Courageous has not shown any form this season so far, which has been disappointing after the promise shown last year after moving to Dandy Nicholls' yard.  That should point us away from the bottom weight today, but a number of small factors convice me to take a small punt on Courageous.  For starters Dandy Nicholls is a first class short-distance trainer, who's stable is in good form of late. This race is 7f which I believe is more suited to Courageous than the 5f sprints he's been running in of late.  He is also running off a good competitive mark of 88, and has a favourable stand-side draw.  Add to that a pilot by the name of Kieron Fallon, and I think we have a runner in with a descent shout.

Musselburgh

2.20pm Pivot Bridge
1.5pt Win bet
Current Betfair price: 4.2
Best available elsewhere: 3/1 (widely available)
Pivot Bridge ran well in his seasonal reappearance at Nottingham in April, finishing 2nd.  He was badly hampered when back out at Windsor in May.  The breeding behind Pivot Bridge would suggest he will progress well this year, and I take him to start that progression with a victory in this contest today.

Goodwood

6.50pm Korngold
1pt Each Way bet
Current Betfair price: 12.0
Best available elsewhere: 9/1 (Bet365, SkyBet, Boyles, Paddy Power)
Korngold is a horse who was introduced by John Dunlop as a juvenile without much exertion, and lightly handled by the jockey on each occasion.  Like Pivot Bridge, he will undoubtedly progress this season, and from a starting mark of 62, will surely move up through the ratings throughout the year.

Limerick

7.10pm Adilapour
1pt Each Way bet
Current Betfair price: 7.2 (inactive market currently)
Best available elsewhere: 7/1 (SkyBet, Boyles, Coral)
Adilapour has been a winner and a loser for this blog already this season.  He won well at Gowran Park at the start of May, but found the going a lot tougher in a Group 3 at The Curragh towards the end of the same month.  We need to bear in mind that the Oxx stable was in very poor form during the period of his second run, but have turned the corner somewhat since the beginning of June.  Adilapour will find this grade of race a little easier than the last, but the step up in trip is an unknown at this stage, so a small stake is recommended.


Thanks,
@Sir_Tip
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Current Overall 2011 position: 49.3% Yield (from 146 bets)

2011 Q1 Yield 38.1% (from 57 bets)
all bets detailed on this blog
summary viewable here:
http://community.betfair.com/gingerprince/blog/2011/04/15/sir-tip---381-yield-from-horse-racing-tips-in-q1-2011

2011 Q2 position: currently Yield 55.9% (from 88 bets)

(note: Final 2011 Q2 Yield will be published at the beginning of July 2011, but current figures are available on request)