AscotSat, June 21, 2025

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14:05 Ascot

Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2)

C1 | 4+

Winner GBP £141,775 - 12 runners

1m 3f 211y

Going: Good to Firm

Surface: T

Race Tip

Class prevailed when REBEL'S ROMANCE (9) claimed the G2 Yorkshire Cup over 1m6f by a head in May. The multiple G1 winner trained by Charlie Appleby will be better suited by this drop back to 1m4f and can complete a double racing for top connections. AL RIFFA (2) brings top-class form. Shaped nicely when fourth behind a subsequent G1 winner in the 1m2 1/2f G1 Prix Ganay at Longchamp and must be respected with first-time blinkers applied. Amo Racing secured a big-money purchase in GHOSTWRITER (7) who could be thereabouts on form of his fourth in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic over 1m1f at Meydan in a. SPACE LEGEND (10) cannot be completely dismissed.