David Probert blog: ‘I think he could make up into a Royal Ascot contender’

Metal Merchant was very good when winning the Spring Cup at Newbury last time, and he’s a very tough horse who brings a good level of form to the race. He likes those big fields, so he should enjoy this, but he’s another horse I wouldn’t want the ground to dry up too much for.

There looks to be plenty of speed around where we are drawn, so we should get a nice tow into the race, and hopefully everything will go to plan for him.

Godwinson who we beat last time is in opposition once again, so I’m sure his connections will be confident he can reverse the form, but I really like Metal Merchant, and I’m confident he’ll be bang there once again.

Metal Merchant odds

Our Golden One really surprised us last time actually as we just felt she might need the run, but I thought she won well in the end which was a real positive. We’ll find out more about her tomorrow going up in class, but I’d be very hopeful she’s up to competing at this sort of level.

There are a few fillies that bring real potential to the race, but she won with some authority last time, so she certainly shouldn’t be underestimated.

As I say, we’ll learn a bit more tomorrow about just how good she is and where we can go with her for the rest of the season, but I think she’s a very promising filly, and I’m really looking forward to the ride.

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