Royal Ascot Day 1 Results 📈 ✅ Mission Central ($13.00) ✅ Bow Echo ($1.80) ✅ Map Of Stars ($8.50) Stake: 53.5u Return: 63 Profit: 9.5 (17.76% POT) Just wish Notable Speech didn't let us down early. Big start to one of the great weeks in racing!

2 races in and I think I've seen enough to suggest that the rest of the card might be a complete lottery 🎰

Gee How often does Ryan Moore pull the wrong rein on the O'Brien 2YOs 😳

Not one to criticise Channel 7's Racing Coverage normally, bur what on earth is going on? We're 4 minutes away from the Queen Anne ffs. No mounting yard coverage, no market updates. Nothing. Disappointing to say the least.

𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟏 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐒 💰🇬🇧 𝐑𝟏: 𝐆𝟏 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 #6 Notable Speech - W @ 3.20 (9u) 𝐑𝟐: 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 #5 Confucius - W @ 2.90 (2u) #17 Ruler's Pride - W @ 7.50 (1u) / P @ 2.70 (4u) 𝐑𝟑: 𝐆𝟏 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 #9 Overpass - W @ 3.60 (2u) #26 Mission Central - W @ 13 (1u) / P @ 4.40 (3u) #4 Cover Up - W @ 26 (1u) / P @ 7 (3u) 𝐑𝟒: 𝐆𝟏 𝐒𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬'𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 #1 Bow Echo - W @ 1.80 (11u) 𝐑𝟓: 𝐀𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 #16 Puthandstogether - W @ 7.00 (1.5u) #12 Small Fry - W @ 9.50 (1u) / P @ 3.30 (3u) 𝐑𝟔: 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 #12 Nahraan - W @ 6.50 (1u) #9 Haatem - W @ 8.50 (2u) #11 Map Of Stars - W @ 8.50 (2u) 𝐑𝟕: 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 #10 Valiancy - W @ 2.90 (6u)

𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟏 𝐓𝐈𝐏𝐒 🇬🇧 1️⃣ Notable Speech - NB👑 2️⃣ Confucius 3️⃣ Overpass 4️⃣ Bow Echo - BEST👑 5️⃣ Small Fry 6️⃣ Nahraan 7️⃣ Valiancy

Next 48 hours: 🏇 Royal Ascot Day 1/2 ⚽ FIFA World Cup 🏉Heading to the MCG for State Of Origin Actually need a caffeine sponsor. Sleep schedule is a late scratching. What a week!

Irankunda is absolutely terrorising the Turkish defense. Absolutely ripper 1st half performance from the young man. #FIFAWorldCup

Missed alot of yesterday's racing and only just catching up now. Wowee what's happened to Half Yours? Just not a genuine WFA contender. Thought the Stradbroke looked a bit under par. Bang average race for a Group 1, especially for the Straddie standards. Looked tough to make up ground at Eagle Farm. Would be taking the form out of the meeting with a grain of salt tbh.

𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗠 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗦 - 𝟭𝟯/𝟬𝟲/𝟮𝟲 🏆𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗞𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬🏆 1️⃣ Yellow Jersey 2️⃣ Hard To Exceed 3️⃣ Alalcance 4️⃣ Within The Law - NB🔒 5️⃣ Pereille 6️⃣ Niance 7️⃣ Stormy Marco 8️⃣ Fangirl 9️⃣ Half Yours - BEST🔒

What the with the drift on Stormy Marco?! Bloody wild. Think Tron Bolt is gross unders. Biggest field he's seen. Can't take that price. Stormy Marco hit the line well last start. That's the bet you want to take.

So many variables in the Q22 tomorrow. Finding it difficult to really have a firm opinion on who would come out on top. Think it's between Half Yours, Vauban, Militarize and Zambardo. Half Yours has had career peaks with relatively low weights. I'm questioning how good he is at WFA. Bit of evidence building that he regresses when forced to meet top-tier horses on level terms. They got the tactics wrong last start and I think he's got potential to bounce back in a big way. I expect improvement and I wouldn't be suprised if he took this out. Vauban should once again be well suited. The step up to 2200m on the bigger, more spacious Eagle Farm track plays right into his elite European staying credentials, and if Pride Of Jenni injects her trademark brutal tempo to make this a true test of stamina, he will be one of the strongest horses closing over the final furlong. He's going well this prep. Militarize looks like he wants to race again. He hasn't won since the 2023 Golden Rose, but he remains exceptionally well-placed at WFA and gets map favours. Almost guaranteed he lands in the right place with J Mac in the saddle. Could upset a few. 2200m is uncharted territory but you's think the stable know what he's capable of. Zambardo was close to victory last start and appears to have come back in great order after last year's champion Stakes 2nd to Via Sistina in heavy conditions. Good draw, should relish the track conditions and should be well suited to a fast tempo if POJ ends up running.

Is Fangirl getting scratched if Eagle Farm is heavy on Saturday?

Big watch on Race 1 at Eagle Farm this Saturday. High-class French import YELLOW JERSEY makes his Australian debut in the Listed Wayne Wilson. 📊 4: 3-0-1 career record 🎯 2: 1-0-1 at the 1600m 🏇 Mark Zahra takes the reins from gate 4 Opened a rock-solid $2.15 favourite and handles a soft track. Shades of the Sir Delius debut at Doomben here. We know how that one turned out 🔥

Heard the weather is pretty yucky up in Brizvegas today ☔️🌧 Will be interesting to see how much rain they get. The farm is currently rated a soft 7 and it looks like there might be more rain to come. Fingers crossed we don't get into the heavy range 🤞

Never thought I'd say this but I'm more excited for the Q22 than the Stradbroke this year. Can't believe they're sending Pride Of Jenni around 2200m. Bonkers placement. What a race🍿

Regal Award is the new $6 favourite for the Stradbroke ahead of tomorrow’s barrier draw. Lightly weighted 3YOs have proved lethal in this race over the past 10 years. With 49.5kg and Luke Cartwright booked, the formula is there. Huge chance if he doesn't draw the car park tomorrow.