Blue can ensure a good week ends on a high for Amanda Perrett tomorrow. He has a fine chance of victory in the £40,000-added Ladbroke Stakes at Ascot.
His trainer has already visited the Berkshire track's winner's enclosure this week, having gained the first victory of her career at the Royal meeting with Give The Slip in the King George V Handicap on Thursday.
That merely underlined the good health of the Pulborough stable, whose Mossy Moor won at Kempton on Wednesday - a few hours after Tillerman ran a fine fifth in the Royal Hunt Cup.
All three were ridden by Pat Eddery, who can boost his bid for a 12th jockeys' championship with success on Blue.
He was on board when the four-year-old defied a long absence with an authoritative win over this mile-and-a-quarter trip at Doncaster in April.
That confirmed the promise of a juvenile campaign which had seen the colt run second to high-class pair Nowhere To Exit and Golden Snake in maiden company.
Stepping up to a mile and a half at Newmarket next time appeared not to suit Blue who could find no exra in the last two furlongs, though his close fifth place under top-weight that day was far from a poor effort.
Returning to his ideal distance tomorrow, the four-year-old is well treated with just 9st 1lb to carry.
With most of the top middle-distance handicappers having run at the Royal meeting instead, he has been found an excellent opportunity to land a decent prize.
But the lack of a five-furlong handicap at Royal Ascot means tomorrow's Palan Stakes over that trip for three-year-olds has attracted a decent field.
Ansellad, Connect and Corridor Creeper each look potentially well handicapped on their return to the minimum trip, having shaped encouragingly over six furlongs of late.
Marginal preference is for Ansellad, who will be ideally suited by the firmish ground and hails from the bang-in-form stable of Alan Berry.
Peacock Alley may be the best bet at Ayr.
She followed up a maiden victory at Warwick with a game success at Epsom two weeks ago - despite meeting trouble in running - and could well complete a hat-trick in the Bonusprint Handicap.
Mick Channon can land a double with Roofer and Budelli at Pontefract on Sunday.
Roofer should confirm the promise of her recent debut by taking the EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes.
There was much to like about the two-year-old's first appearance at Kempton, where she ran on best of all to finish fifth of 21 - beaten only by a better-drawn quartet who each had previous racecourse experience.
The stiff uphill finish at Pontefract will suit her well and Channon appears to have found Roofer a good chance of landing her first win.
Budelli has strong claims for the six-furlong De Lacy Classified Stakes.
He won a maiden at Lingfield last month and ran another good race when second in a handicap Kempton last time, caught only close home.
Keep Ikis is worth another chance in the Tote Pontefract Cup.
She was beaten for finishing pace in a slowly-run race when only fourth over this course and distance a fortnight ago.
The six-year-old had looked a fair stayer in the making when winning at Ripon the previous month and could well recoup last time out's losses.
Island Queen can land the Tauber Maiden Auction Stakes at Lingfield for Richard Hannon.
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