Ryan Moore shares his thoughts on on Meditate in the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes, and his four other rides at Newmarket on Saturday

Ryan Moore has five rides at Newmarket on Saturday, featuring Meditate in the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes.

He also partners Classic Encounter, the well bred son of Shamardal and the Grade 1 winner Zhukova, in the 3.50.

Here, Betfair ambassador Moore goes through his five rides on Saturday.

13:30 Newmarket

Whispering Words

A mark of 88 looks okay on her form over 7f/1m to date and this Dubawi filly could well be suited by the step up to 1m2f on her handicap debut.

14:40 Newmarket

Decoration

You can obviously disregard her run last time and this Frankel filly had earlier run well in defeat at Windsor. 

She is 4lb higher here though and is unproven over 1m4f, but she is obviously lightly-raced and her pedigree would give you a fair amount of confidence that this longer trip would suit.

15:15 Newmarket

Meditate

I suspect Inspiral will be hard to beat if bringing her A-game but, that said, the French horse is bidding for her third straight Group 1 and pretty much boasts the same level of form, if on an easier surface admittedly. 

Any drying of the ground will be in my filly’s favour and she hopefully showed she was on the way back in first-time blinkers in the Matron Stakes last time. 

Actually, if you take out her soft ground runs, she has actually run to a consistently good level this season and hopefully she will have sharpened up for that run off a break at Leopardstown last time. 

She has a fighting chance against the top two. if at her best.

The jockey (right) has also booked rides on Classic Encounter and Military Leader

15:50 Newmarket

Classic Encounter

The betting would have you believe they expected more from him on his debut but they have gelded him since and hopefully this well bred son of Shamardal and the Grade 1 winner Zhukova can show a lot more here.

16:25 Newmarket

Military Leader

He cost a fair bit as a yearling, not surprisingly as a Dubawi colt from a very good family on the distaff side and being a half-brother to this season’s Coronation Stakes third Sounds Of Heaven. 

I don’t know anything about him as it stands, to be honest, but the raced horses don’t seem to set too high a bar.