Carmers Collects in Queen’s Vase for Paddy Twomey

'He's down in grade with top jockey in charge' - Templegate's Royal Ascot NAP

TEMPLEGATE tipped up Tuesday NAP Carmers at 6-1 and watched him storm home in the Queen’s Vase at 9-2… let’s aim for more of that on day three. Back a horse by clicking their odds below – and bag yourself some of our best free bet offers. ROYAL ASCOT – Best betting offers and new sign-up deals DETAIN (5.35, nap) He was just denied in the French Derby earlier this month and will enjoy this drop in grade. He can give Colin Keane another big-race s…

Carmers collects in Queen’s Vase for Paddy Twomey

Billy Lee drives 9-2 chance home for determined win.

Wootton Bassett's Carmers Breaks The Track Record In The Queen's Vase

Providing owner-breeder Fiona Carmichael with the ultimate thrill on Wednesday, Carmers put another feather in Wootton Bassett's cap by breaking the track record in Royal Ascot's G2 Queen's Vase. Becoming the first to dip under three minutes for the 14-furlong trip here, the unbeaten Paddy Twomey-trained Listed Yeats Stakes winner recorded a 3/4-of-a-length success from Furthur (Waldgeist), with a head back to Rahiebb (Frankel) in third. It was …

Carmers is one to put Twomey in the big time

AIDAN O’Brien has made the Queen’s Vase (3.05pm) his own in recent years. The master of Ballydoyle has won the race eight times and equalled Sir Henry Cecil’s record of victories in the race last year with Thursday’s Gold Cup favourite Illinois. Bookmakers seem to expect O’Brien’s Shackleton to take that tally to nine wins this afternoon, but on the face of it, I don’t think he’s a favourite I want to be with. He took three starts to get off the…