2025 The Queens Cup Tips

Liam Swagger was recently seen running at the recent Cheltenham Festival, with the 12/1 shot performing well in the Juvenile Handicap Hurdle. It was a solid effort in a competitive encounter and that came after a victory at Southwell. This came in February and trainer James Owen will now be keen for his charge to return to the winners’ enclosure.

Align The Stars was somewhat disappointing at Nottingham in a previous showing and there were also underwhelming efforts at Saint-Cloud and York. However, there was a bright display at Goodwood Racecourse in early August. That came in Coral Summer Handicap and that came after winning the bet365 Handicap at Haydock Park.

Wild Waves is a four-year-old who can also go well. Trainer Andrew Balding finished second last at Doncaster and that came after a brighter display at York. This was a fourth-placed finish out of sixteen runners in the Sky Bet Melrose Handicap, with jockey Oisin Murphy on board a horse who could be favourably weighted for this encounter.

Wise Eagle is an older adversary who was flashy at Kelso and should really have landed a victory in a field of seven runners. This came over two miles in a handicap hurdle, with the horse performing well at Catterick when triumphing in December. There was also a success at Musselburgh at the end of November.

2024 Queen’s Cup Tips

Chillingham returns to make his seasonal debut and the five-year-old could go off as favourite to win the Queen’s Cup. The last performance saw the horse finish second out of ten runners on the all-weather at Wolverhampton when the runner finished narrowly behind Prydwen when being sent off at 4/1.

This came after finishing ninth out of thirteen runners at Newcastle back in November, with Sweet Fantasy looking like a better contender after registering consecutive victories. There was a smart performance at Catterick in early March when there was a seventeen length triumph against five other runners.

Berkshire Rocco is a seven-year-old who runs off a favourable mark of 9-7 and the horse is capable of bouncing back from a disappointing showing at Salisbury last time out. The runner previously ran well when finishing fifth out of a field of twenty-two when finishing two and a half lengths behind Absurde.

Struth was able to run well on the all-weather at Newcastle in his previous outing and we think that this could be the value bet in the race. Losing by a neck in the Virgin Bet November Handicap provides a good platform upon which this horse can build. There were previously encouraging showings made at Ascot and Newmarket.

2023 Queen's Cup Tips

Spirit Mixer is a talented five-year-old who last ran in July, with Andrew Balding saddling the horse to a sixth-placed finish in a competitive handicap at Newmarket. That was in the bet365 Trophy on the July course, with the runner also putting in a good effort when finishing second in the Northumberland Plate on the all-weather at Newcastle Racecourse.

Last season, there were a string of wins for the same horse and the first of these came at Salisbury in early May, with this being a success over one mile and six furlongs. Then there was a success over a similar distance at Chelmsford, with Callum Hutchinson on board the runner for this latest effort and the pair appear to be a good combination.

Wise Eagle runs for trainer Adam Nicol and owners The Seahouses Syndicate will look to be celebrating in the winners enclosure as they were at Pontefract back in October. Danny Tudhope was on board the runner who was able to oblige over two miles and two furlongs, so this latest race is a step back in trip for a horse who should be able to stay the pace.

Previous wins at Redcar and Musselburgh means that the runner has to be respected and we’re interested to see if Good Show can do exactly that when he lines up in this race. A second-placed finish to Self Inflicted Sid was the last time we saw the runner at a race track, with Keith Dalgleish’s charge having been lightly-raced.