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The Royal meeting is upon us and punters have seemingly been busy in search to find some early value on Tuesday morning.
Aidan O'Brien will be bidding for a record-extending tenth success in the Group 2 Coventry Stakes and his River Tiber has been well-supported to do so. Early Tuesday morning showers have seen Charlie Fellowes' soft-ground lover Vadream clipped for the five-furlong sprint feature at 3.40 and Andrew Balding's Chaldean has been well-backed to prove the English 2000 Guineas form is the strongest at 4.20.
Other market movers to note include Law Of The Sea, who looks to give Ian Williams a third win in the Ascot Stakes (Heritage Handicap) over the last five years while the Ed Bethell-trained Chillingham has been cut in half to land the closing Copper Horse Handicap.
3.05pm Coventry Stakes (Group 2)
River Tiber – 6/4 from 15/8
3.40pm King's Stand Stakes (Group 1)
Dramatised – 6/1 from 8/1
Mitbaahy – 14/1 from 18/1
Vadream – 33/1 from 50/1
4.20pm St James's Palace Stakes (Group 1)
Chaldean – 6/4 from 2/1
5.00pm Ascot Stakes (Heritage Handicap)
Law Of The Sea – 6/1 from 10/1
5.35pm Wolferton Stakes (Listed)
Buckaroo – 7/2 from 7/1
Bolshoi Ballet – 6/1 from 7/1
6.10pm Copper Horse Handicap
Ruling Dynasty – 4/1 from 15/2
Chillingham- 10/1 from 22/1
Betfred spokesman Matt Hulmes said: "We are all awaiting the 'Frankie factor' to get into full swing. It will happen at some point but, other than Chaldean, we have not seen buckets of cash for his mounts yet.
"The 10 millimetres of rain early this morning also looks to have factored into punters' mindsets judging by some of the market movers.
"Racing Twitter eagerly anticipates the Coventry Stakes and, while it was the runaway Ripon winner Asadna who attracted the early support this morning, into 5/2 from 3/1, it is now River Tiber who has firmed up into 6/4 from 15/8.
"Mitbaahy and mud-loving Vadream are the pair supported in the King's Stand Stakes, while it is the Newmarket hero Chaldean the best backed of the pair of Guineas winners in the St James's Palace Stakes. Frankie's mount is into 6/4 from 2/1.
"Law Of The Sea, Pricewise in the Racing Post, has been supported into 6/1 from 10/1 in the Ascot Stakes, while Ireland looks to be the destination of the Wolferton Stakes judging by the moves for Buckaroo and Bolshoi Ballet.
"Again, soft ground thinking comes into play in the Copper Horse Handicap, with soft ground winner Chillingham halving in price to 11/1, while Ruling Dynasty, put up by Hugh Taylor, is into 4/1 from 15/2."
