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Weds - ASCOT 3.55 - 2M Grp 3 4yo+ Sagaro Stks
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12/14 had won in at least LISTED grade
11/14 had won over 16f , while the other 3 had won at 14/15f
8/10 with a rating were rated 108+
0/13 were Mares/Fillies [ none are entered for Weds race][/quote]


Quite a few rated below the 108 mark - AAJEL [100] , BALKAN KNIGHT [101], ELECTROLYSER [98] , MONTAFF [102] and OASIS KNIGHT [104] .
A couple on 106 but i'll include them for now.

ILLUSTRIOUS BLUE has never won beyon 12f and is one of those on 106 so out he goes on those 2 points.

MOJAVE MOON has also never won beyond 12f and wears a visor which is a negative for me.

YES MR PRESIDENT has never won above Cl 2 and has won twice on Ground with Soft in the title , another was on the AW .
I would tend to think he's a bit to find if troubling the judge imo.

That leaves us with ASKAR TAU and AKMAL to consider .

ASKAR TAU has won 2 G2'S , twice over the 16f and 3 times on G/F ground.
One concern is that he has not ran for 185 days and never won on his 3 seasonal debuts.

AKMAL has won a G3 over 16f , has won 4 times on ground considered G/F or Firm.
He ran 11 days ago when well btn in the John Porter Stakes at Newbury but that was over an inadequate 12f and i get thye impression that was a pipe-opener for this one .

Not a lot to separate these 2 so i'll leave it to Tuesday evening before making a firm selection.