{"id":176639,"date":"2025-06-11T21:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176639\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:05:18","slug":"eyecatching-entries-an-unmissable-group-1-clash-fascinating-wathnan-recruit-and-significant-jockey-booking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176639\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyecatching entries: an unmissable Group 1 clash, fascinating Wathnan recruit and significant jockey booking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"Text__0__GlideArticleBody\">We now have <a target=\"_self\" data-testid=\"Link__0121__GlideArticleBody\" id=\"227636\" class=\"sc-b2c32ca0-0 dLKaTt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/news\/festivals\/royal-ascot\/confirmations-made-for-the-three-group-1-races-on-the-opening-day-of-royal-ascot-aIbX31L8kyru\/\" rel=\"noopener\">entries for all seven races on day one at Royal Ascot<\/a> on Tuesday. Four races have entries, to join confirmations from the three Group 1 races which were all early closers. Here are five horses who take the eye of our experts, Keith Melrose and Graeme Rodway . . .<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__3__GlideArticleBody\">Wathnan Racing have run nine two-year-olds this season and three of them are entered in the Coventry. Favourite Postmodern is among them, but it is significant to see Naval Light among the entries.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__4__GlideArticleBody\">This colt made his debut in the Two Year Old Trophy at Beverley, when he finished an almightily promising second to Old Is Gold. Out the back in a steadily run race, Naval Light flew home under minimal pressure and is bound to step up in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb0b4133-2 cgVXXE\">Read award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing, with exclusive news, interviews, columns, investigations, stable tours and subscriber-only emails.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to unlock<\/p>\n<ul class=\"sc-eb0b4133-5 hJkQDn\">\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Racing Post digital newspaper (worth over \u00a3100 per month)<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Award-winning journalism from the best writers in racing<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Expert tips from the likes of Tom Segal and Paul Kealy<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Replays and results analysis from all UK and Irish racecourses<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Form study tools including the Pro Card and Horse Tracker<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Text__SubscriptionFeature\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-6 kCjOjY\">Extensive archive of statistics covering horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, pedigree and sales data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/subscriptions\/\" data-testid=\"Link__Subscribe\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-7 yLNHi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__Login\" class=\"sc-eb0b4133-8 gRoJBC\">Already a subscriber?<a data-testid=\"Link__Login\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/api\/auth\/login\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__PublishedDate\" data-article-publish-date-string=\"Published on 11 June 2025\" data-article-publish-date=\"11 June 2025\" class=\"sc-baabe586-8 isYWMR\">Published on 11 June 2025in<a data-testid=\"Link__PrimaryTaxonomy\" data-article-primary-taxonomy=\"Royal Ascot\" class=\"sc-baabe586-10 fCsTLE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/news\/festivals\/royal-ascot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Ascot<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__UpdatedDate\" data-article-update-date-string=\"Last updated 19:42, 11 June 2025\" data-article-update-date=\"19:42, 11 June 2025\" class=\"sc-baabe586-8 isYWMR\">Last updated 19:42, 11 June 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We now have entries for all seven races on day one at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. 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