Royal Ascot 2025 Day Three: Ilinois to strike in Ascot Gold Cup

Illinois bids to enhance O'Brien's Gold Cup record

Illinois will go into unknown territory when he plays the role of super-sub for Aidan O'Brien in his search for a 10th victory in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

Royal Ascot 2025 Day Three: Ilinois to strike in Ascot Gold Cup

Aidan O'Brien's four-year-old can land the Group One feature on the third day of Royal Ascot while Merchant, Garden Of Eden, Charles Darwin, Teroomm, Detain and Never So Brave can also score

Royal Ascot: Illinois the one to beat in Gold Cup on day three as Aidan O'Brien seeks 10th title

Illinois and Trawlerman set to battle it out in the Gold Cup on day three of Royal Ascot (4.20); Charles Darwin a hot favourite in the Norfolk Stakes (2.30); watch every race of Royal Ascot all live on Sky Sports Racing

Don’t Signor Cecelia to strike Gold in the Albany

FRIDAY’s opening contest is the Group Three Albany Stakes (2.30pm), and I think there could be a few runners flying under the radar in the market, especially with the World Pool in operation. OH CECELIA comes from Jack Davison’s yard and could likely go off at a big price on the World Pool given her smaller Irish connections. She didn’t know her job on debut at the Curragh over five furlongs on soft ground but was only beaten a neck that day. Sh…

Illinois Has The Gold Cup Baton As O'Brien Seeks Number 10

Most trainers don't get one Gold Cup legend in their training career, but Aidan O'Brien is already on two and on the look-out for a third as Illinois flies the flag in Thursday's Royal Ascot feature. Tasked with bringing home a 10th renewal, one of last high-class sons of Galileo has an ideal profile having contested the St Leger and won this meeting's G2 Queen's Vase at three. While his predecessor Kyprios took time to show his true class, this…