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Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2)

Royal Ascot · Saturday, 20 Jun · 13:05 · 1m 3f 211y · Class 1 · TURF
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Status
14:05
Off time
12
Runners
Good to Firm
Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

🏆 Top pick
#11 · Dr2 · 3.25
🥈 Second
JAN BRUEGHEL (IRE
🥉 Third
ETHICAL DIAMOND (IRE

Betting forecast

12 runners
01 · 🏆
3.25
9/4
02 · 🥈
4.50
7/2
03 · 🥉
7
6/1
9.50
17/2
9.50
17/2
10
9/1
17
16/1
26
25/1
09
29
28/1
29
28/1
51
50/1
101
100/1

Runners

Pos No. Dr Horse Form Jockey / Trainer Age Wgt Best decimal odds
6th 1 12
Amiloc (G)
Went from strength to strength last year, completing a 5-timer in the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes at this meeting before shaping with plenty of credit in defeat in the Irish St Leger/Breeders' Cup…
124-66U Rossa Ryan
R M Beckett
4 58.5kg 29
28/1
8th 2 7
Best Secret (C)
Won 3 of 4 races since an encouraging third in the Golden Gates handicap at this meeting 12 months ago, decisively seeing off West Wind Blows in the Group 3 Prix d'Hedouville at Longchamp (soft) last…
311-618 James Doyle
S Wattel
4 58.5kg 9.50
17/2
9th 3 9
Ethical Diamond (G)
H
Most progressive following his C&D success in 2025 Duke of Edinburgh, capping an unbeaten Flat season in the Breeders' Cup Turf. Things didn't pan out as well for him in the Sheema Classic on return …
4/111-59 Dylan Browne McMonagle
W P Mullins
6 58.5kg 9.50
17/2
1st 4 4
Giavellotto (H)
Last season's L'Arc de Triomphe fourth who couldn't quite make it back-to-back victories in the Hong Kong Vase in December and was unable to land a blow when third in the Sheema Classic in late March…
142-331 Oisin Murphy
M Botti
7 58.5kg 10
9/1
3rd 5 10
Goliath (G)
Impressive winner of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth stakes here in 2024. Since ran well in Group 1 company without scaling those heights, though this race has reportedly been a long-term targ…
103-213 C Soumillon
F Graffard
6 58.5kg 4.50
7/2
4th 6 3
Jan Brueghel (H)
Produced a career best when outstaying Calandagan in the 2025 Coronation Cup but never went with the same fluency when a well-held second in this year's renewal. He's a high-class performer on his da…
214-124 R L Moore
A P O'Brien
5 58.5kg 7
6/1
11th 7 1
Lambourn (C)
P
Made all in the 2025 Derby before doubling up in the Irish Derby. Successful in the Huxley Stakes at Chester on return, though he ended up as a pacemaker for Jan Brueghel when a distant third in the …
4-13054 Wayne Lordan
A P O'Brien
4 58.5kg 29
28/1
10th 8 5
Phantom Flight (G)
Smart 7-y-o who enhanced a fine course record when winning the Group 3 HM The King's Cup at Sakhir (Bahrain) in April. Hard to make a strong case for on the back of a below-par run in the Group 3 Joh…
1-19160 Billy Loughnane
George Scott
7 58.5kg 101
100/1
5th 9 11
Sons And Lovers (G)
P
Smart sort who has picked up plenty of prize money in the Middle East this year and he did as well as could be expected when 7¾ lengths fourth of 7 to Jan Brueghel in Ormonde Stakes at Chester. Worth…
3-14451 P C Boudot
J P O'Brien
5 58.5kg 51
50/1
7th 10 6
West Wind Blows (G)
Seen to maximum effect when chasing home Calandagan in Dubai Sheema Classic before running to a similar level in pushing the returning Kalpana close in the Aston Park Stakes at Newbury. However, he's…
422227 W Buick
S & E Crisford
7 58.5kg 26
25/1
2nd 11 2
Kalpana (M) FAV
P
Very smart mare who chased home Calandagan in last year's King George (Jan Brueghel in fourth) before landing a second successive win in Group 1 Fillies' & Mares' Stakes over C&D and, having won a sh…
271-121 Colin Keane
A M Balding
5 57.2kg 3.25
9/4
12th 12 8
Santorini Star (M)
P
Progressive mare who bagged Group 2 success in the Jockey Club at Newmarket (1½m) on return before showing a tenacious attitude back up in trip when narrowly denied in Longchamp Group 1 (15.5f). She'…
112-120 Tom Marquand
W J Haggas
5 57.2kg 17
16/1

Betting forecast: Kalpana (9/4), Goliath (7/2), Jan Brueghel (6/1), Best Secret (17/2), Ethical Diamond (17/2), Giavellotto (9/1), Santorini Star (16/1), West Wind Blows (25/1), Amiloc (28/1), Lambourn (28/1), Sons And Lovers (50/1), Phantom Flight (100/1)

Prize money

PositionPrize
P1141775.0 GBP
P253750.0 GBP
P326900.0 GBP
P413400.0 GBP
P56725.0 GBP
P63375.0 GBP