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Unibet Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (3yo+) Morando is an obvious favourite for the five-runner Geoffrey Freer Stakes having finished down the field behind Enable last time out in a Group 1. The step down in class alongside the soft conditions have the yard hoping they can bag…

7f  (Str) Denford Stakes (Listed Race) (formerly The Washington Singer Stakes)  (Class 1) (2yo) The favourite Juan Elcano is odds-on and would need to be comfortably the best of this six-runner field, which I’m not sure he is. The horse that beat him to Group Two glory at Newmarket bombed at Goodwood next time…

1m  Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques le Marois (Group 1) (3yo+ No Geldings) (Turf)  (3yo+) I thought SHAMAN ran better than his finishing position suggested when fifth behind Circus Maximus at Royal Ascot. He didn’t have the best draw and, for all he wouldn’t have won, I’m not sure he was…

1m2½f  (1m2f100y) Rose Of Lancaster Stakes (Group 3)  (Class 1) (3yo+) Addeybb cannot be trusted as a short-priced favourite for this, even though he stands out as the class horse in the race. I’m siding with RAISE YOU for Andrew Balding and Oisin Murphy as his French run had excuses, and the form of…

1m British Stallion Studs EBF Dick Hern Stakes (Listed Race) (Fillies & Mares) (Class 1) (3yo+) This a moderate looking Fillies & Mares Listed Stakes over at what is going to be a rather wet-looking Haydock Park on Saturday afternoon. There doesn’t appear to be a course specialist lurking in…

7f  Theo Fennell Oak Tree Stakes (Group 3) (Fillies & Mares)  (Class 1) (3yo+) There’s 18 runners, many of which are unexposed, so it’s impossible to say the favourite Jubiloso is the right price at 5/4. She may have the best form but it’s not too high a bar for something to come…

6f  Qatar Richmond Stakes (Group 2) (Colts & Geldings)  (Class 1) (2yo) This race looks wide open as the Coventry Stakes form has been a bit ropey of late, and Threat, the second from that race, leads the market at what looks a skinny price. I’m going to throw two darts at this…

5f  Markel Insurance Molecomb Stakes (Group 3)  (Class 1) (2yo) Picking holes in the favourite Liberty Beach’s impressive form is not easy. She looks a big unit of a horse and probably just has a physical edge over less developed two-year-olds, but her 6/4 price alone is easy to take on in a…

It’s very difficult to separate these improving middle-distance three-year-olds for the Unibet Handicap at Glorious Goodwood. Le Don De Vie was purchased for £460,000 off-the-back of two successful outings at Epsom this season. He carries a 10lbs rise for his latest win going in to first start since switching to…

Pinatubo was brilliant at Royal Ascot and deserves to be a skinny price for success in the Group Two Vintage Stakes, but there is rain forecast and not many of his sire Shamardal’s like any cut in the ground. The opposite is true of Lope Y Fernandez’s sire so any…