Royal Ascot day 1 tips: six horses to back on Tuesday

Tuesday's best bets at Royal Ascot by a team of our top tipsters . . .

Handicappers' nap

Israr (5.40 Ascot)

A Group 2 winner last year, and most recently runner-up at that level to the exciting Passenger at Chester. Jim Crowley's mount ran to a Racing Post Rating of 119 there, sufficient to have won all but one of the six runnings of this Listed contest since it became a non-handicap.
Paul Curtis

Israr17:40 Ascot

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Jky: Jim Crowley Tnr: John & Thady Gosden

Eyecatcher

Nusret (5.05 Ascot)

Joseph O'Brien's 139-rated hurdler has the potential to improve considerably for the marathon trip on fast ground.
Mark Brown

Nusret17:05 Ascot

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Jky: Dylan Browne McMonagle Tnr: Joseph Patrick O'Brien

Dark horse

Darlinghurst (4.25 Ascot)

Last seen comfortably beating First Look and that form has been franked since, as First Look finished second in the Prix du Jockey Club. Judging by his penultimate win at Chantilly, the French-trained colt may be comfortable taking the lead, so he may be hard to pick off from the front.
Liam Watson

Darlinghurst16:25 Ascot

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Jky: Christophe Soumillon Tnr: J Reynier

Speed figures

The Actor (3.05 Ascot)

Clocked the best figure of a juvenile this season to date when winning at Newmarket — a race from which four of the five horses to have run subsequently won.
Craig Thake

The Actor15:05 Ascot

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Jky: Sean Levey Tnr: Richard Hannon

The Punt nap

Notable Speech (4.25 Ascot)

Looked different class in the 2,000 Guineas on only his fourth career start and still ran a little green, edging right in the closing stages, suggesting further improvement to come. He'll be tough to beat.
Lee Sharp

Notable Speech16:25 Ascot

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Jky: William Buick Tnr: Charlie Appleby

Newmarket nap

Charyn (2.30 Ascot)

Was doing all his best work at the finish when second in the Lockinge Stakes last time and has since worked nicely on the summer gallop.
David Milnes

Charyn14:30 Ascot

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Jky: Silvestre De Sousa Tnr: Roger Varian

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