21st Jun 2012 | Royal Ascot
Buckingham Palace Pace Chart
We look where the pace is drawn in the 7f handicap at 5.35 Friday.
With 30 runners spread across the track in the Buckingham Palace (5.35 Friday), the race could be dependant on where the early pace is. Using a method presented by Jon Gibby in the excellent book, “Well-Handicapped Horses” we can rank horses by their early speed. Looking at their last three runs, they are awarded points on how prominently they raced. The horses with the highest numbers are deemed the ‘pace-makers’.
Buckingham Palace Pace Chart
A difficult race to judge with no guaranteed front-runner. Bronze Prince or Decent Fella could make the running but the race could be quite messy in the early stages. It might all depend on which horse gets the best start.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 11:52 21st Jun, 2012 but subject to change
