Champions Day at Ascot take centre stage with some excellent racing to get stuck into. Here are the thoughts of our Racing Factors tipster.
Ascot
J: S Pasquier
T: F Graffard
Calandagan comes into the race with the highest official rating and he can prove himself the class horse in what looks a strong field for the Champion Stakes. Calandagan has shown steady improvement this season and was a most impressive winner over 1m4f here at Royal Ascot in the group 2 King Edward Stakes, blitzing his rivals by 6 lengths. He backed that up with a fine run at York to finish 2nd to City Of Troy in the Juddmonte last time out. Calandagan stays this distance very well and handles soft ground very well and with the likelihood of more improvement to come he can land his first group 1 win. Calandagan rates a 4 star win Pick.