Pinza

Race started as Listed event 1990 and upgraded to Group 3 2009. 24 past races 16 past winners ran at Royal Ascot; 12 of those ran in 2 mile Vase (all LTO) Only two won the Vase and that was 1990 and 1991. 4 ran in Derby - three Epsom and other Rome. One of the 3 Epsom ran in Vase after. 7 ran in recognised derby TRIAL race (5 of those in last six years)and only one did not run Ascot or Derby. The TRIAL element is interesting because it shows a recent shift in trends. John Gosden has won the race on four occasions, and the last three runnings. His 2012 winner hadn't achieved much and only won it's maiden on latest start, BUT it did finish 2nd in Lingfield Derby TRIAL. Other than that race one could have discarded it from winner calculations. 9 winners won a maiden race as...

[b]2.05 NMKT[/b] Bogged down with this race. The Group race winners Trumpet Major & Farraaj should be too high in weights to win this and also the listed winner Burano. Only 9 past races to interrogate but no horse won that had won higher than class 2. The weight range favours 8-9 to 9-0 and only Michael Stoute won with higher weight when 4yo Confront woon with top weight 9-10. His runner today, Bold Sniper has to overcome fact that no 12f winner has won this race yet. David O'Meara is still experimenting with his two French purchases but whilst Tea For Two did win at Ripon the jockey on it that day rides at Thirsk and Donny today Jockey's are important for this race as regular jockeys who have won on the horse account for 7 of the 9 races so far. The other two involved Andrew...