Royal Ascot: O’Brien flyers and Alpha Centauri to star on Day Four

There’s been a bit of a battle at the head of the betting for this Group 1 feature race of the day between Clemmie and Alpha Centauri.

Aidan O’Brien’s charge had been leading all week, but money has steadily streamed in for Alpha Centauri and that solidifies our pick.

It’s going to be fast ground at the Berkshire course and that will suit Jessica Harrington’s flyer. She won on similar ground and a distance in the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh back in May.

And she destroyed O’Brien’s Clemmie that day, too. It’ll be tight, but we think Harrington’s star takes the spoils.

Albany Stakes, 2:30pm

As mentioned previously in the opening, there are a couple of potential superstars running in the 6f sprint to open up the day.

Aidan O’Brien has the leading two contenders in Just Wonderful and Fairyland. And the pair could turn out to be absolutely anything given their potential.

Ryan Moore is on board the former, but it’s Fairyland the Coral News Team are plumping for. The two-year-old comes in slightly more experienced, going unbeaten in both her starts.

She won a Listed race at the Curragh by 2-and-a-half lengths a few weeks ago and that will stand her in good stead here.

ITV Racing Tips:

2:30 Ascot – Fairyland

3:05 Ascot – Rostropovich

3:40 Ascot – Equilateral

4:20 Ascot – Alpha Centauri

5:00 Ascot – Desert Diamond

5:35 Ascot – Appeared

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