Spencer suspects Keyser could be Hunt Cup ace

Up and coming Newmarket trainer Richard Spencer knows what it's like to saddle a Royal Ascot winner.

Last year he sent out Rajasinghe to break the track record when winning the Coventry Stakes last year, and he is hoping there is more to come next week.

Although Rajasinghe will not been seen out again this season having picked up an injury, Spencer is still buoyed by that success 12 months ago. "It was great as it happened during my second full season as a trainer, giving everybody a boost," he said. "To have a winner at Royal Ascot is fantastic. The whole world seems to tune in for Royal Ascot and we want to compete on the big stage."

So far this season Spencer has a 31 per cent strike rate with his two year olds and is planning to run three at the Royal meeting. Alfie Solomons will bid to emulate Rajasinghe's victory in the Coventry, while Rumble Inthejungle is likely to go for the Norfolk Stakes and Cococabala tackles the Windsor Castle Stakes.

"Alfie Solomons has come out of his Newcastle win last week very well and he's on track for the Coventry.

"I think the race he ran in at Newbury is going to be one of the hottest six-furlong maidens run this year; the first three (home that day) will be lining up in the Coventry (Advertise, Pogo and Burj).

"He ran a good race there and he stepped up to win at Newcastle nicely last week. His build-up has been very similar to Rajasinghe's last year - we know he stays six furlongs and we're looking forward to running him. He will have a very good chance at a big price.

"Rumble Inthejungle has two entries and worked very well on Wednesday with Michael Hills. We are leaning towards the Norfolk, but he also has an entry in the Windsor Castle. He won very well at Salisbury first time out - we had not overdone him beforehand - and the form of that race has worked out well, I think two winners have come out of that race already. He's taken a big step forward from his debut, where the penny dropped and he won with a bit left up his sleeve, and I think he'll be bang there in the Norfolk."

Cococabala gave 12lbs and a beating to a well-backed Mark Johnston debutante at Wetherby a week ago and will line up for next Saturday's Windsor Castle Stakes. "He has come out of the Wetherby race well and i think he's got a great chance," Spencer.

He is also hoping Keyser Soze can get in Wednesday's Royal Hunt Cup, for which he is a general 12/1 shot.

And if he makes the cut, Spencer is confident of a big run from the four-year-old makes the cut: "We're on the cusp of whether we're going to get a run. He's in great form and he'll do his final bit of work this week and I think he's got a very good chance. He would be our main hope of the week.

"I think the race will play to his strengths, he's run twice this year and run very well both times - he was certainly unlucky not to win first time."

"They are all going to Royal Ascot with chances not just for the owners to have a day out."