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The Data Detective: clues and tips for day two of Royal Ascot
By Andy Stephens
Last Updated: Tue 16 Jun 2026
Andy Stephens, armed with the RaceiQ data, marks your card for Wednesday's action at the Royal Meeting.
3.05 ROYAL ASCOT: LIMESTONE
Win strike-rate: 60%. Navan win time: -3.21s vs Par.
Navan FSP: 106.31%.
Limestone looks tailor-made for the Queen’s Vase after winning over 13 furlongs at Navan last time.
The half-brother of Lone Eagle, the 2021 Irish Derby runner up, powered through the final two furlongs to score in a time 3.21 seconds quicker than the RaceiQ Par.
Carmers won that Navan race en route to glory here, and Limestone can emulate him.
3.40 ROYAL ASCOT: CATALINA DELACRIO
Draw advantage: 0.22 lengths (best).
Final 2f latest: 25.06sec (easily best). Billy Lee A/E at Ascot: 2.07
Catalina Delacrio was a non-staying third in the Ribblesdale at Royal Ascot last year and showed a mile suits her better when winning in taking style at Leopardstown last time.
She quickened up smartly, clocking her top speed of 38.48mph in the penultimate furlong and using that momentum to be only horse to dip under 13 seconds in the final furlong. Among the opposition, Arrisaig’s numbers also point to her outrunning her odds.
4.20 ROYAL ASCOT: OMBUDSMAN
There has not been two-time winner of the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (4.20) since the race was elevated to Group 1 status in 2000, but Ombudsman can claim hus place in the history books.
The five-year-old, trained by John and Thady Gosden, was a stunning winner of last year’s edition when zooming through the final furlong in 11.82 seconds and getting a Time Index of 9.3 when the meeting average was 7.8.
And he didn’t rest on his laurels, subsequently landing the Juddmonte International in between finishing runner-up in the Eclipse and Champion Stakes.
He has limbered up for his defence with victories in the Dubai Turf and Briadier Gerard Stakes, typically having the strongest Finishing Speed Percentage in the latter.
It’s a vintage edition of the £1 million contest with Daryz, Alamaqam and Minnie Hauk in opposition but Ombudsman’s overall RaceiQ data suggests he can provide the answers.
5.00 ROYAL ASCOT: JAGGED EDGE
Win strike-rate: 50%. Top speed: highest in half of his 6 races.
FSP at Naas: 102.57% (easily best)
Jagged Edge impressed last time (Healy Racing)
Jagged Edge is unexposed and makes each-way appeal in the Royal Hunt Cup after his emphatic win at Naas last month when having his first run for Stephen Thorne.
He swept from ninth to first with two fast final furlongs of 11.85 and 13.04 seconds, and there could be more to come. Colin Keane rides him for the first time.
Classic and Erzindjan are others for the shortlist. The data points to those drawn low being at a disadvantage.
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