Royal Ascot | BELL HOPING FOR MOMENT OF MAGIC

Royal Ascot | BELL HOPING FOR MOMENT OF MAGIC. Four kilometres of bunting can adorn Ascot in honour of the Royal Ascot, however surely nothing may prompt the party spirit quite sort of a royal winner.

There had been hopes of Her Majesty's Set To Music starring within the Coronation Cup at Epsom on Jubilee weekend, however whereas she fell slightly in need of the specified normal to require half, there are not any such worries regarding her stablemate Momentary at Royal Ascot.

While Set To Music has one thing to seek out within the best company, Momentary may be a filly on the up and is attributable to face her toughest task so far within the Ribblesdale Stakes.

Indeed, she may be finishing a double for the Queen at the meeting if Carlton House conjointly scores the day before, however Momentary represents such a lot of what Her Majesty's racing interests are regarding.

A renowned horse-lover, the Queen bred this filly herself and Momentary's nice grandam was Phantom Gold, who landed the Ribblesdale for Her Majesty back in 1995.

Looking back even any in her pedigree, Momentary's nice nice nice grandam Expansive was a Ribblesdale winner in 1979, therefore the breeding is there for all to check.

Unraced at 2 for Michael Bell, Momentary finished a promising fourth on her 1st racecourse look at Newbury in April before returning to the Berkshire track for a landmark success last month.

Sent off a 33-1 shot, Momentary showed an equivalent kind of stamina as her owner did within the pouring rain on the Royal barge when keeping off Shirocco Star by a brief head.

That filly has since finished second within the Oaks and with third-placed Starscope a thousand Guineas-placed, Bell is assured of Momentary's credentials on paper.

"Obviously type|the shape} of her race at Newbury has been franked by Shirocco Star finishing second within the Oaks and it had been already smart form with the third being second within the Guineas," he said.

"On the book you'd ought to say she features a smart likelihood.

"We did not run any two-year-olds from September onwards last year as we tend to had a haul with them and that they were scoping dirty, however i believe she in all probability would have had an autumn run, and a promising one at that.

"She has been a pleasant surprise this year and she or he extremely has began to blossom.

"She had been operating we tend toll before Newbury and that we would not have run her if we did not assume she had an opportunity, however i might be lying if I said I wasn't shocked."

The Queen has not tasted Royal Ascot victory since Free Agent came from an not possible position to prevail within the 2008 Chesham Stakes.

Bell admits to feeling to a small degree pressure during this terribly special year for Her Majesty, and would love very little over to gift her along with her twenty first victory at the fixture.

"It would be wonderful to own a winner for Her Majesty. it is usually nice to own a Royal Ascot winner however it'd be extraordinary with this horse," he said.

"You perpetually need to try to to well for all the house owners however if you're lucky enough to coach for the Queen, you significantly need to try to to well in what's a memorable year."

Should Momentary manage to urge her head in front on the road, it'll not solely be a winner for Her Majesty, however conjointly for the queen of the weighing space, Hayley Turner.

Turner, who continues to chalk up firsts for woman riders, has partnered the filly in every of her 2 starts so far and Bell is happy to keep up the partnership.

"Hayley can ride. She gave her a decent ride at Newbury and she's fifth within the jockeys' table at the instant therefore there's very little reason to vary a winning formula," he said.

The Golden Jubilee ten years ago was a blank year for the Queen at Ascot, however it'll definitely be hats off during this Diamond year if Momentary will do the business.