Flared Nostril - Armour can be sweetheart for Royal Ascot punters (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Flared Nostril - Armour can be sweetheart for Royal Ascot punters

8:53am Tuesday 16th June 2009 in

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OUTSTANDING sprinters don't come along that often but Henry Candy's AMOUR PROPRE looks cast in the mould and after Royal Ascot we should know if he's top drawer material.

Unbeaten in four consecutive starts, this bargain buy - he cost 1,500 guineas - was immensely impressive on his return to action this season when beating Ho Ho Hoh in the Group 3 Palace House Stakes.

Spin Cycle may be the value each-way bet as he is improving fast, but Armour Propre is nap material.

Don't give up on DELEGATOR for the St James Palace Stakes.

Brian Meehan's colt only found double classic winner Sea the Stars too good in Newmarket's 2,000 Guineas and he looked as if he would improve.

A firm ground horse, conditions were against him when he was unplaced behind today's likely favourite the Aidan O'Brien-trained Mastercraftsman, but he can turn the tables on his favoured surface.

One of the most impressive speed figures in recentm onths was set by GALADIATORUS in Dubai as he cemented a hat-trick of victories.

The Queen Anne Stakes looks well within his scope and Michael Stoute's Main Aim is the danger in my book as he is unexposed and on the upgrade.

I like the look of Jamie Osborne's TREADWELL to upset favourite Canford cliffs in the Coventry Stakes.