VIVE LA FRANCE!

ROI DE FRANCE (2.40) is right at home in today’s Victoria Cup at Ascot.

- By The Scout (Melissa Jones)

Thady Gosden, Roi De France has built a solid profile on Kempton’s all-weather surface.

But the four-year-old did not see out Newcastle’s mile as strongly as Storm Star last time and drops in distance under Oisin Murphy.

Yet to run in a big field handicap on fast ground, two-time winner Roi De France is the right type of unexposed horse to have on your side.

At Lingfield, PUPPET MASTER (3.00) is the William Hill Derby Trial favourite. Aidan O’Brien-trained stablemate Lambourn boosted their Ballysax Stakes form at Chester and the grey can show more at 1m 3½f.