Key takeouts from Royal Ascot - including a 20-1 tip for the St Leger and the one way Field Of Gold might be vulnerable
Betting editor Keith Melrose kicks off a new weekly column getting between the lines of the form book

In The Form Hacker, betting editor Keith Melrose will help Racing Post+ subscribers to stay on top of the Flat season by using the most sophisticated racing data to analyse the recent action and identify the horses to watch and the formlines to follow - as well as highlighting some cracking bets.
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It was refreshing, in a way, to hear Jerome Reynier publicly chew out Flavien Prat for the ride given to his Facteur Cheval in last week's Prince of Wales's Stakes. It was equally dispiriting to see the reflex action to dismiss him.
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