Templegate’s Tote Placepot tips with £150,000 guaranteed for Ascot on Saturday

ASCOT takes centre stage this Saturday and Templegate returns with his Placepot selections for the meeting.

And it’s one you’ll want to get involved in, with a whopping £150,000 guaranteed in the pot!

The Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in the FIRST SIX races of any meeting.

You can pick more than one horse in a race – you just multiply the number of selections in each race to calculate your stake.

So for staking it’s 2x2x1x1x2x1 which adds up to  just eight lines in the Placepot. 

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You can stake what you want upwards from 5p a line. 20p a line is £1.60, 50p is £4 and so on.

Provided at least one of our horses in each race is placed, we get a payout!

Saturday’s Ascot Placepot picks

Leg 1: Inthewaterside

INTHEWATERSIDE was impressive when scooting in at Lingfield last time and can improve again. This sort of trip is ideal and he can strike for Paul Nicholls and Harry Cobden.

Leg 2: Kilbeg King, Apple Away

KILBEG KING could have this race set up nicely if front-runners Apple Away and Brave Kingdom take each other on up front. Either way, Anthony Honeyball’s hopeful ran a cracker behind French superstar Ile Est Francais in the Grade 1 Kauto Star at Kempton on Boxing Day. He sees out this three-mile trip strongly and handles a bit of cut in the ground. He is improving with every chase run and can pull out more. 

APPLE AWAY was a Grade 1 winner over hurdles and has done well since switching to the bigger obstacles. She paid the price for cutting out the pace behind the excellent Grey Dawning at Warwick last time. Her 5lb mares’ allowance will come in very handy and it will be interesting to see if Derek Fox lets her take a lead this time.

Leg 3: Rare Edition, Santos Blue

RARE EDITION has the benefit of Harry Cobden in the saddle again after he steered Charlie Longsdon’s hurdler to a comfortable victory at Kempton last time. That was over two miles but he certainly wasn’t stopping and shapes as though this longer distance will bring improvement. A 3lb rise in the weights is very fair and some cut in the ground is ideal. 

There was a lot to like about the way SANTOS BLUE scored at Wetherby last time. His jockey could even afford to lose his irons as they pulled nicely clear. He stays strongly and can be relied on to run his race.

Leg 4: Threeunderthrufive

THREEUNDERTHRUFIVE has been knocking on the door and this looks a good chance to land an overdue win. He was an excellent second in the Badger Beer at Wincanton in November and went close again at Cheltenham last time. This slightly lesser test of stamina may help and he is the only confirmed front-runner in the field.

Leg 5: Pic D’Orhy, L’Homme Presse

PIC D’ORHY clocked a big personal best when pushing the high-class Banbridge all the way in the Silviniaco Conti at Kempton last time. It took a long time for the Irish star to overhaul Paul Nicholls’ hope who showed his liking for Ascot when second in this last year and in winning the 1965 Chase by 16 lengths in November. He was helped by Shishkin refusing to race that day but it was still a good performance. His best form would take him very close.

It was great to see L’HOMME PRESSE return from a year off to win nicely at Lingfield last month. He was a brilliant Brown Advisory winner at the 2022 Cheltenham Festival and will hope to tee-up a Gold Cup run with a good effort here. He’s highly respected despite the Venetia Williams yard struggling for winners lately. There’s always a chance this may come too soon after that comeback but he will be a tough nut to crack.

Leg 6: Loup De Maulde, Havaila

LOUP DE MAULDE has been running well and was a good second at Huntingdon last time out. He is a strong stayer who was second in this last year and can go close again.

HAVAILA had plenty left in the tank when winning at Sandown last time and this longer distance should be right up his street.

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