How To Bet £20 on QIPCO British Champions Day: Move Swiftly for this 25-1 chance

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There are going to be few fresher horses on QIPCO British Champions Day than Move Swiftly and she is worth risking, at a general 25-1, to land the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot.

The William Haggas-trained filly has run only twice all season: when winning the Duke of Cambridge Stakes in great style on soft ground at Royal Ascot on her reappearance and then when failing to fire in France the following month.

Move Swiftly was definitely not herself on the latter occasion, with Haggas adamant that the ground was much quicker than officially given.

She’s since been given three months to recharge her batteries and if she is back in the kind of form that she was in at the Royal Meeting then the others had better beware because she tanked through that race and to my eye won with more authority than the neck winning margin suggests.

There was substance as well a style to that success and first-time cheekpieces could help add an edge. Tom Marquand is also a positive booking, being 2-2 on her.

I’m also going to have a saver on Lord Glitters, who performed wonders to win the Balmoral on soft ground at this meeting two years ago and confirmed his relish for the track when landing the Queen Anne Stakes in June.

The reliable grey will cope with the heavy going and I would not dwell on the fact that he failed to figure in last year’s renewal because he’d run in Canada the previous month, whereas this time he has had nothing more strenuous than racecourse gallop at York.

It could be a day to savour for Haggas because the strong-travelling One Master also looks a massive player in the Qipco British Champions Sprint, while Addeybb has plenty going for him in the QIPCO Champion Stakes.

One Master won a second Prix de la Foret a dozen days ago and had previously shaped like the best horse in the Queen Anne and Falmouth, only to find the closing stages of those mile contests beyond her.

Seven furlongs is almost certainly her optimum but she’s got the gears to cope with six and with the ground riding deep her stamina will come into play.

French ace Pierre Charles-Boudot, on board for both her Foret wins and that near-miss at the Royal Meeting, keeps the ride and don’t get too hung up on Move Swiftly’s defeat behind Advertise in the Prix Maurice de Gheest because that race simply did not pan out for her.

She’s had only 13 days to get over her latest exertions, which is a niggle, but she won with a bit up her sleeve and the general 6-1 on offer compensates or that. I also like her middle draw with Sands Of Mali (drawn 3) and Hello Youmzain (5) likely to provide a good tow into the race.

Haggas has also laid out Addeybb for the QIPCO Champion Stakes and a repeat of his smooth success in the Wolferton Stakes at the Royal Meeting may suffice because Magical and Meddaayih were well below-par in France only a dozen days ago and Coronet may well be vulnerable back against the boys over a trip short of her best.

Switching the race to the drier Inner Track has probably made for some interesting dinner conversations at the Haggas yard this week and in future he will probably be more careful what he wishes for because a week ago, when entertaining the media, he joked that ideally he would love the meeting to survive a morning inspection as he wanted the ground as soft as possible.

However, all is far from lost because Timeform assessed the going for his Addeybb’s Ascot win in June as good to soft and it seems unlikely to be any quicker than that. That was a career-best for him, for all that he has won at a higher level in the past, and a reproduction may suffice. Unibet make him a standout 5-1.

I’m keen to play in the Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes because Star Catcher has been the beneficiary of some wonderful rides by Frankie Dettori this summer and, unless he can again ride his rivals to sleep, then a best price of 7-4 looks extremely skinny.

Fleeting has been a Group One winner waiting to happen all year but she’s teased me once too often and so I’m happy to risk Antonia De Vega, who represents the red-hot partnership of Ralph Beckett and Harry Bentley.

Antonia De Vega’s only defeat in four starts was when getting injured in the Fillies’ Mile but she again looked a top prospect when winning easily on her return at Newbury, despite apparently having worked poorly beforehand.

A planned run in the Irish Oaks was aborted when the ground got quick but her four-month may prove a blessing as she clearly operates well when fresh. A recent racecourse workout satisfied her trainer and the ground will suit, as should the trip.

Beckett’s Biometric was also on my shortlist in the Balmoral but the potential blot in the race is the Aidan O’Brien-trained Amedeo Modigliani, who was prominent in the ante-post betting for the 2018 Derby after winning easily in the mud on his final start as a two-year-old.

Unfortunately, the Galileo colt did not make it to the track as a three-year-old and he has been beaten in Listed company in his three races this term. He shaped with plenty of promise on heavy going at Cork last time out after six months off and, a strong traveller who perhaps needs some kidding, looks just the type to thrive in a big-field handicap.

We know underfoot conditions will not perturb him, which cannot be said for many, and a mark of 98 for his fist run in a handicap may well underplay him. For instance, he was a close fourth to Imaging on his penultimate start and Dermot Weld thinks enough of that colt to run him in the QEII.

He's been a mover in the market - the 12-1 available at the start of the week has shrunk to 11-2 - but there is still some juice in his price.

Finally, Stradivarius has been imperious this year and I cannot see him getting beaten at odds-on in the Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup. However, that is reflected by his price and so it is a no-bet race for me.

How To Bet £20 on Saturday:

1.35 Ascot: One Master £4.25 win at a general 6-1

2.10 Ascot: Antonia De Vega £4.25 win 10-1 with SkyBet

3.20 Ascot: Move Swiftly £1.75 each-way at 25-1 with bet365

3.20 Ascot: Lord Glitters £1.50 win at 15-2 with Unibet

4.00 Ascot: Addeybb £2.50 win at 5-1 with Unibet

4.40 Ascot: Amedeo Modigliani £3 win at a general 11-2

Plus a 50p each-way accumulator

34p Win Heinz and a 30p each-way accumulator

1.35 Ascot: One Master

2.10 Ascot: Antonio De Vega

2.45 Ascot: Stradivarius

3.20 Ascot: Move Swiftly

4.00 Ascot: Addeybb

4.40 Ascot: Amedeo Modigliani