15.35
Good To FirmPrincess Of Wales’s Stakes (Sponsored By The Kingdom Of Bahrain) (Group 2)
- Prize money: £93571.5
- 1m 4f 0y
- Class 1
- 4 runners
Runners: 4 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly sunny
Evs (Won)
- Win: £1.73
Form: 3112-1 CD
Last run: 131 days
W: 9st 11lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 1 (1) |
9th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 4f 0y Class 1 |
9st 11lb |
Tremendous international performer who has won 21 of 31 races, amassing more than £12m in prize-money; two of last year's winning highlights were over 1m4f on fast ground at Royal Ascot and in the USA, and he was an odds-on scorer at Meydan in February on his only start this term; highly reliable too, so he looks hard to beat despite conceding 3lb all round. |
Evs |
|
4 (1) |
26th Jul 2025 Good 1m 3f 211y Class 1 |
9st 9lb |
Glorious globetrotter whose Group/Grade 1 record is 7-11 and overall strike-rate is 18-26; has done his winning at a lower level this year, mostly recently in the Hardwicke (Group 2) at Royal Ascot; thoroughly admirable and had an excuse (raced closer to the strong pace than ideal) when about 5l third in this race 12 months ago but he's a 7yo now and no horse older than six has won the King George. |
9/2 |
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1st 9 (11) |
21st Jun 2025 Good To Firm 1m 3f 211y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
Globetrotter who won 1m4f Group/Grade 1 races in Dubai, Hong Kong, Germany and the US last year; not at his very best when beating Epic Poet by a head in the Group 2 Yorkshire Cup at York (good to firm) last month but that was 1m6f and he was conceding 5lb to the winner (level weights today); leading contender if at the top of his game now back down to 1m4f. |
5/2 |
33/1
Form: 6351-5
Last run: 32 days
W: 9st 8lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 107
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 4 (1) |
12th Sep 2026 Good 1m 4f 0y |
9st 9lb |
Is lightly raced for his age but is dual Group 3 winner over 1m2f and won a Windsor Listed event over 1m4f last year; the best of two runs this year was when second to Rebel's Romance in the Group 2 Princess of Wales Stakes last time; has to be considered. |
10/1 |
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2nd 3 (2) |
9th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 4f 0y Class 1 |
9st 8lb |
Missed most of 2024 and a narrow Listed win at Windsor (11.4f, good to firm) last August was the only time that he's recaptured his best; even that isn't nearly enough to win this and he trailed in last behind Tenability on reappearance at Goodwood last month; stablemate of Rebel's Romance and might make the running. |
33/1 |
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5th 2 (2) |
7th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 1m 3f 218y Class 1 |
9st 3lb |
2024 Sandown Classic Trial winner (good to soft) who missed the rest of that season; underwhelming on first four starts last year and ran particularly poorly at Glorious Goodwood (sole visit here) but he ended that campaign by winning narrowly in a four-runner Listed race at Windsor in August; needs to build on that but should stay 1m4f. |
7/2 |
7/1
Form: 119-33
Last run: 42 days
W: 9st 8lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 2 (5) |
9th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 4f 0y Class 1 |
9st 8lb |
Three wins from his first four starts, with a soft-ground Listed success at Ayr (1m2f) last September standing out in form terms; respectable third to top-class Ombudsman at Sandown six weeks ago was easily the best of three runs since, all at 1m2f on good ground (unraced on firmer); he needs to return to peak form and to stay a new trip, so others look far more solid. |
7/1 |
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3rd 2 (2) |
28th May 2026 Good 1m 1f 209y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Three wins (1m-1m2f, soft/good to soft) from his first four starts, including two Listed races; his progress has stalled on good going on his two starts since but one was the Group 1 Champion Stakes and the other was last month's reappearance (here); it's too soon to label him a slow-ground specialist and he's not written off in view of his abundant earlier promise. |
15/2 |
2/1
Form: 117-15 D
Last run: 33 days
W: 9st 8lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 118
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 1 (3) |
8th Aug 2026 Good 1m 2f 42y Class 1 |
9st 10lb |
Successful five times from ten attempts, including in Group 3 at Newbury (1m4f, good) in April, but soundly beaten twice since; now on a retrieval mission and has to concede weight all round. |
11/2 |
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4th 4 (4) |
9th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 4f 0y Class 1 |
9st 8lb |
Tailed off in the mud in his Group 1 attempts last November and last month, latterly in the Coronation Cup at Epsom; progressive otherwise, including two Group wins last autumn and another at Newbury (1m4f, good; Tenability a close third) this April; that Newbury performance makes him a serious contender on form but he's not raced on ground firmer than good. |
2/1 |
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5th 3 (3) |
6th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 1m 4f 6y Class 1 |
9st 2lb |
Scored on soft ground on debut; flopped in the German race won by Bay City Roller but otherwise progressive and overcame trouble to defy a Group 2 penalty in Group 3 contest at Newbury (1m4f, good) on seasonal debut, taking record to 5-8; about 3l behind Lambourn at Chester last term but is now in the same ball park as that opponent on ratings, with a chance of further improvement to boot; adds great interest to this race. |
13/2 |
Non-runners
Tenability
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £7.90 |
| Straight Forecast | £11.51 |
| Trifecta | £16.70 |
Selections
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