Royal Ascot: Order Of St George to reclaim title on Day Three

Tips and preview of the third day…

Day Three of Royal Ascot looks a bit of a belter with the Ascot Gold Cup the feature race of the day three.

After a hellish opening day, Wednesday went the punter’s way to an extent. And it could be more of the same today as the ITV live cameras ready themselves for the action.

The Coral News Team preview three of the races, and tip up all six renewals.

Ascot Gold Cup, 4:20pm

In truth, it’s the only place to start. This Group 1 showpiece is shaping up to be a battle of Order of St George against Stradivarius.

Thankfully for the former, last year’s winner Big Orange is absent this time around. Not that it would make much difference as Aidan O’Brien’s charge is in superb form anyway.

A winner of this 2m 4f race in 2016, he was just pipped at the post last year. This six-year-old son of Galileo has won on his last three outings and hosed up in two of them. He’s got the form, the history and the class to go again here.

Norfolk Stakes, 2:30pm

Tim Easterby looks like he could have a sprinting star on his hands in the shape of Vintage Brut.

The two-year-old son of Dick Turpin has looked very impressive winning on both his outings at Thirsk and Sandown.