St James’s Palace Stakes racing tip: Chaldean can carry Frankie Dettori to more Royal Ascot glory
Chaldean and Frankie Dettori after winning Dewhurst Stakes
Tipstrr’s racing pundits have been busy dissecting the feature race of day one at Royal Ascot, with plenty of support for both the favourite and a strongly-fancied each-way punt.
16:20 St James's Palace Stakes (Group1) (1 mile)
Promoted to Group 1 status in 1988, this is usually a high-quality race, and a year ago Coroebus confirmed his 2,000 Guineas success, although backers of the odds-on favourite were made to sweat as 28/1 shot Lusail came within a head of creating an upset.
The bookies have this year's edition down as a two-horse race between two classy performers in the shape of the Andrew Balding-trained Chaldean and Aidan O'Brien's Paddington.
However, our final nod goes to the early favourite, Chaldean, who rounded off a successful juvenile campaign in 2022 by completing a tidy four-timer when getting the better of the opposing Royal Scotsman in the Dewhurst Stakes.
