King Of The Swinger: win £1000 in free bets at Ascot on Saturday

The World Pool is back in domestic action at Ascot on Saturday - and that means the King Of The Swinger is back!

To enter, all you need to do is make two selections for the first seven races on the big card. If they finish in the first three, in any order, then you are in business.

The game is in association with the Tote and the Hong Kong Jockey Club and you can find further details here.

Here, we take a quick overview at the qualifying races this weekend and share some picks to get you started.

1.15 Ascot: Greatwood Charity 25th Anniversary British EBF Crocker Bulteel Maiden Stakes

Eleven runners - with nearly have of the field unraced - make this a tricky opener with the level of form on offer not at such a daunting level for the newcomers to aim at.

However, Kodiac Thriller did shape nicely in second behind a well-backed winner at Windsor last time and Charlie Hils' colt featured in the shake-up among rivals who already boasted racecourse experience. The booking of William Buick here is interesting too, with the rider and trainer teaming up to good effect in their careers to date (19%, +£62.67) and the pair have combined for eight wins from 22 starts together this Flat turf season.

Of the rest, Appellant is also likely to improve for his debut this month where he fared best of those patiently ridden and showed decent work late on at Ayr. The Charlie Fellowes yard does well here and has at least hit the places with three of their seven runners in Ascot maiden and novice races so far.

Of the newcomers, Richard Hannon isn't readily associated with debut winners in the way his father was but Timebar has several siblings who scored first time out and the trainer knows the family well.

The form of the Albany Stakes is working out pretty well and Komat travelled particularly nicely approaching the closing stages at Royal Ascot and finished in a fashion which suggests she has more to offer.

Pretty Crystal finished in front of Komat at the royal meeting and she can fill the places again here in ane exciting race of unexposed fillies but one in which there is a lack of Group or Listed form on offer. Soprano finished best of all in the Albany, but she ran at Sandown only on Thursday and her trainer indicated afterwards that the Sweet Solera up in trip back at Newmarket may be the likeliest next step.

The Listed race won by Cadeau Belle at Navan last month has worked out well enough and Johnny Murtagh's filly can make a winning visit to British shores and plunder this Group Three prize.

The Irish trainer has good figures with his runners in Britain and Cadeau Belle looks a real improver for the yard, winning going away last time, and she can take another step forward now and finish in the shake-up.

Ameynah has been off the track for a long time, but she was fourth in the 1000 Guineas over a year ago and that is excellent form in this context. The Roger Varian stable is going well and has a good strike-rate with runners returning after a year away (22%), while the yard's sole runner in this race, Princess Noor, was a winner back in 2013.

The big 7f handicap on the card is something of a poser but the George Boughey pair look a good place to start, with the drying ground likely not to pan out absolutely ideally for the soft-favouring Baradar and the quicker-ground preferring Spangled Mac. However, it's fancied that conditions will be more to the liking of the latter, who ran a cracker over course and distance in the Buckingham Palace at Royal Ascot and he's unsurprisingly been saved for this since then over a track and trip that looks ideal.

Of the very many others who could play a hand here, I'll give a mention to Bless Him, who comes good at this time of year and posted his best effort of the season so far when fourth in the Bunbury Cup last time. This set-up suits him ideally and he only just failed to land this race last year after the re-opposing Fresh seemed to get first run on him, while we all know about rider Jamie Spencer's prowess in big-field handicaps on the straight track at Ascot.

The big race of the day, and the race of the season according to many as seven top-level winners take part among a field of 11 for a stellar running of the Group One highlight.

While Ascot was hit by 31mm of rain in the seven days before Thursday morning, the forecast looks fairly dry up until race time and the going could be more something like good to soft - if not better - on Saturday afternoon.

Conditions will be slower than on Derby day and, over a test that should put less emphasis on speed than at Epsom, Auguste Rodin is fancied to confirm Classic form with King Of Steel with older stablemate Luxembourg also fancied to hit the first places given his rock-solid Group One form - and the fact that he might just have more to offer over a trip which he is unexposed at. He could maybe get the run of things out in front, too.

Nine runners, seven last-time out winners and six unbeaten contenders.

This two-year-old race looks a cracker - if not a particularly easy for our purposes - though the recent record of trainer Charlie Appleby is a convenient starting point and the trainer has sent out three winners and a third in this in the past four years. This has surely been the plan for Ancient Wisdom, a big-money buy who looked smart on debut at Haydock and did what he had to do on the July Course next time on a swift return to action. This breeze-up buy is fairly experienced and he can put that - as well as his no little talent - to good use.

Owen Burrows doesn't have many first-time out two-year-old winners (11 from 117) but Alyanaabi was an exception. It seems significant that the trainer introduced the Too Darn Hot colt at Salisbury - the same venue where he debuted Alflaila and got Minzaal off the mark. He won well there and there is more to come.

Lattam acts well on soft ground and hopefully he gets enough ease underfoot here to continue his good progress this season. He did very well to win the Irish Lincoln on his return and did best of those from off the pace to score at Newcastle last time. His sole defeat was at the hands of Sonny Liston, who has since bolted up in a Royal Ascot handicap. This lightly-raced four-year-old definitely has more to offer plus has the assistance of Ryan Moore.

Lowton will appreciate stepping up to a mile on handicap debut for a trainer enjoying an excellent season. The yard has sent out three winners and four runners-up from 10 handicap debutants this year and, while this is tougher, he has a decent draw and can go well under Hollie Doyle.