Royal Ascot tips: ‘He'll power home like the class act he is' – Templegate's bullish 3-1 NAP on day five

TEMPLEGATE takes on Saturday's racing from Royal Ascot confident of bashing the bookies.
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SERAPH GABRIEL (5.35 Royal Ascot, nap)
He got off the mark at Lingfield on his second run before finishing his juvenile campaign with a short-head second in good company at Redcar. Trainer Ralph Beckett brought him back for his handicap debut in the competitive Esher Cup at Sandown in late April. He looked well and travelled sweetly before just being edged out in the closing stages. That was over a mile and he gives the strong impression that this longer trip will be ideal.
ARAMRAM (5.00 Royal Ascot, nb)
He has looked better than ever this season and followed to fine Newmarket seconds with a cosy win at Newbury last time. The official margin was a length but he was coasting in the closing stages and could have made it a lot more. The handicapper has been more than fair with a 4lb rise in the weights and the booking of Moore for Richard Hannon's flyer is the cherry on top.
MOMENTS OF JOY (2.30 Royal Ascot, treble)
'The Lads' of Ballydoyle have been hoovering up the juvenile races all week and can add the Chesham to their tally. This Justify colt took the Leopardstown maiden as last year's winner Bedtime Story last time.
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'In a match, obviously, you're just playing in the moment, just so present in the time. I didn't even realise that I was so far out the field. It was just my player had gone out there. 'I remember just looking and I could see the ball was gonna be hit down the line, anticipating it. And then, I suppose I just won the ball, and d'you know, head up. And I was like, 'Oh, I'm actually up far enough now, I suppose I'll take a strike at it.' "But when you're playing in such a high pressure match, and it's that intensity, you don't dwell on it too long. It was reset, back out again. 'It was great when that final whistle blew. We actually got over the line this time. And I think, being able to say, we won that last year and winning the Munster the year before, I think, those two games put a huge belief system in us that we can push over the edge. And we do have it in us to finish things out fully.' 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