Royal Ascot 2025 Day Two: Los Angeles to win the Prince Of Wales's Stakes
LOS ANGELES can win the Prince Of Wales's Stakes (4.20pm) on the second day of Royal Ascot 2025.
Aidan O'Brien's four-year-old can make it three wins from three starts this season with another victory in the Group One feature on the second day of the Royal meeting in Berkshire. The son of the Ballydoyle stable's 2012 2,000 Guineas and Derby hero Camelot, like his sire, won the Irish Derby last June having been third to star stable-mate City Of Troy at Epsom earlier in the month.
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Having also won the Group Two Great Voltigeur Stakes at York in August he ran some fine races in defeat, finishing fourth to Economics in the Irish Champion Stakes and third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at ParisLongchamp.
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Los Angeles returned to action with victory over White Birch in the Group Two Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh over 1m2f at the start of last month and held off Anmaat – who is set to line up in opposition again – to win the Group One Tattersalls Stakes at the same Irish track three weeks ago. He didn't have much in hand against the reopposing rival but his willing attitude, battling qualities and quality saw him come on top.
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Owen Burrows' now seven-year-old Anmaat – who won over course and distance in the Champion Stakes last October – is sure to come on for his seasonal return but he has done most of his best work on ground with some juice in it, which he is unlikely to get at Ascot. Los Angeles has won on a variety of going and the tough four-year-old can do so again with the supplemented Andrew Balding filly See The Fire – impressive at York last month – in with a good each-way shout.
Liverpool FC fan and trainer Karl Burke has won the Group Two Queen Mary Stakes (Fillies) (2.30pm) twice in the last three years and he may score again with ZELAINA. Yorkshire trainer Burke won with Dramatised in 2022 and then again with Leovanni – who carried the same Wathan Racing colours as Zelaina will sport – 12 months ago. The daughter of Mehmas made a taking debut when scoring by two-and-three-quarters-of-a-length from Godolphin's Secret Oath at Nottingham at the start of the month. Burke holds her in high regard and she can give him another victory ahead of chiefly Aidan O'Brien's True Love and the Ralph Beckett-trained course and distance winner Society Kiss.
SHACKLETON can give Ballydoyle maestro O'Brien a record ninth victory in the Group Two Queen's Vase (3.05pm). The three-year-old son of the stable's 2012 Derby hero Camelot was fourth in the Group Three Gallinule Stakes on his seasonal return over 1m2f. He ran with promise that day and the step up in trip can bring out more improvement and see Shackleton land a second career success on just his sixth start. Stable-mate Scandinavia looks the chief danger and may bring up a one-two for O'Brien.
Irish raider ONE LOOK can take the Group Two Duke Of Cambridge Stakes (3.40pm). Paddy Twomey's four-year-old daughter of Gleneagles is an upwardly mobile filly who can land a first success at Group Two level. She won a Listed mile contest at Killarney last August and was second to Je Zous in a Group Three Fillies Stakes at Gowran Park the following month.
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This season she has continued that progress, scoring in a Group Three contest at the Curragh in April before getting within a half-a-length of the smart Group One performer Porta Fortuna in the Group Two Lanwades Stud Stakes back at the Irish track last month. That is top-class form and One Look can get the better of chiefly Godolphin's Cinderella's Dream and the John and Thady Gosden-trained Running Lion, who won this race last year.
URBAN LION could well outrun his biggish odds to win the Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (5pm). Jack Channon's four-year-old is in fine form and has progressed with each run this season. He won on the all-weather at Chelmsford City in February and was second to Hunt Cup rival Ebt's Guard at Newbury in April before getting his head back in front at Sandown on Saturday. He won well over the mile there, staying on strongly to beat Classic by two lengths. Urban Lion is quickly turned out under a 5lb penalty and from what looks a decent draw in stall three, can double up.
The aforementioned Ebt's Guard – trained by Willie Muir and Chris Grassick; Roger Varian's hat-trick-seeking My Cloud; and the Andrew Balding-trained Fox Legacy are others who can go well in the always-competitive mile handicap.
Ed Walker's ROSE PRICK has a good each-way chance in the Kensington Palace Stakes (Fillies' Handicap) (5.35pm). While in the finale on day two, the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes (6.10pm) OLD IS GOLD, from the Balding stable, can add to his victory in Beverley's Two Year Old Trophy last month.
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ROYAL ASCOT (Day Two)
2.30pm Zelania
3.05pm Shackleton
3.40pm Rainbow's Edge
4.20pm Los Angeles
5pm Urban Lion (NAP)
5.35pm Rose Prick
6.10pm Old Is Gold
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