Group Three action at Goodwood and if official ratings are to be believed then Emotionless should win this in a procession, such is the lofty mark he earned after routing a Doncaster Group Two field last year. By Sharmadal, he should love the prevalent good ground at Goodwood and his half-sister…
1pt win Intelligence Cross @9/2, 14:35 Goodwood, Thursday
The 14:25 Qatar Richmond Stakes on Thursday’s Glorious Goodwood card looks a really hot renewal with recent July Stakes winner and Coventry Stakes second Mehmas not even second favourite. The favourite looks certain to be Godolphin’s Sharmadal colt Blue Point for Charlie Appleby, who looked brilliant in winning by 11 lengths…
1.5pt win Big Orange @4/1 or best morning price, 15:10 Goodwood, Thursday
A year on since his triumph in the race last season, BIG ORANGE looks to have a big chance of repeating the trick in the two-mile Goodwood Cup after warming up in fine style by beating the classy The Grey Gatsby in the Princess Of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket’s July meeting. He…
0.5pt each-way Medieval @16/1, 14:35 Goodwood, Tuesday
I’m backing MEDIEVAL in the 14:35 Group Two at Goodwood, a seven-furlong heat for two-year-olds. It’s going to be the fastest ground he’s raced on as both starts, a maiden win at Newbury and then fourth in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, were raced on soft ground over six furlongs. Trainer Paul…
1pt win Birchwood @7/1, 1pt win Gifted Master @8/1, 15:10 Goodwood, Tuesday
Tuesday’s Glorious Goodwood card hosts the seven-furlong Lennox Stakes and firm, fast summer ground looks likely. Hugo Palmer’s Home Of The Brave, unbeaten in two starts this season, looks likely to go off favourite at around 2/1 with the ground in his favour. He’s a good horse but looks fully…
1pt win Intisaab @15/2, 0.5pt EW Tatlisu @16/1, 16:10 York, Skybet Dash
The Skybet Dash at York looks as open as ever and with the quick ground returning we should start to see large swings in form-lines. Kimberella wouldn’t be winning out of turn here. But has been the victim of his own success having held his form very well this season…
1pt win Mondialiste @12/1, 15:35 York, Saturday
He’s not shown much in two starts on soft ground this season but David O’Meara’s MONDIALISTE looks overpriced at 12/1 for this York Group Two. A Grade 1 winner across the pond last season and an excellent second to superstar mare Tepin in a white-hot renewal of the Breeders’ Cup…
1pt win Toscanini @8/1, 0.5pt win Final Frontier @25/1, 15:05 Curragh, Sunday
The Curragh hosts the Group Two Minstrel Stakes over seven furlong today, and the ground is good-to-yielding. Out-of-form sprinting stalwart Gordon Lord Byron is the first name off the shortlist, and the seven-year-old Sovereign Debt, though favourite for this, in good form and consistent, is also there to be shot…
1pt win Illuminate @10/1, 15:35 Newbury, Saturday
There’s no British Group One this weekend but Newbury’s Saturday card hosts the Group Three Hackwood Stakes, a six-furlong sprint likely to go off on quick summer ground. So rare has that been this season that the value of the recent form book is questionable, and a couple of last…
1pt win Carry On Deryck @12/1, 0.75pt EW Revolutionist @14/1, 16:15 York, John Smith's Cup
The feature race at York this weekend is the 57th John Smith’s Cup with 20 set to go to post. At the time of writing, James Fanshawe’s Arthenus was sitting at the top of the market at a general price of 7/1. His run in the Wolferton was eye-catching as…