Racing Chat- Friday 2nd August

[The Brigadier]

Goodwood 1.50

Day four of Glorious Goodwood kicks off with a nineteen runner class 2 handicap run over 2M 4 1/2F which will be started by flag. Last year’s winner Temporize trained by predominately jumps trainer Syd Hosie is 10lb higher this year but arrives in top form having won at Newbury over 2M last time out from a possible improver of William Haggas’s. Back in third that day was Hughie Morrison’s Kyle Of Lochalsh and on 3lb better terms and an additional half a mile can get closer. The 2022 one - two Master Milliner and Super Superjack are other possibles as we know they will stay this stamina sapping trip. The pick for me though is Kyle Of Lochalsh who can turn the stables on his Newbury conqueror Temporize with the extra half a mile in his favour.

Last year’s runner up Robert Johnson is also worth a mention and a small each way saver as now racing for the first time for a new stable in Tracy Waggott and is now 6lb better off for a 1 1/4L beating from last year with Temporize when he didn’t get the run of the race.

 

KYLE OF LOCHALSH 1 point each way @ 11/2 bet365 1/5th12345

ROBERT JOHNSON 1/2 point each way @ 14/1 bet365 1/5th 12345

 

Goodwood 2.25

Ten run in the Group 3 1M Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes for three year olds. Roger Varian’s Al Musmak bounced back to form 22 days ago at Newmarket in listed company when beating Kitty Rose by 2 1/4L with Lead Artist (3rd), Socialite (4th) and Native American (5th) all behind and seemingly held here. Roger Teal’s Dancing Gemini is back to a mile, the trip of his best run this season after flirting with 12F and 10F on his last two starts and is a player. Task Force looks the best each way value having finished 7th in the 2000 Guineas and Jersey stakes this season and sporting a first time tongue tie today but the selection has to be Al Musmak who is on the upgrade still it seems and I’m surprised he’s not shorter than his current odds.

 

AL MUSMAK 1 point win @ 4/1 William Hill

 

Goodwood 3.00

A maximum field of twenty contest one of the biggest ‘draw’ races in the racing calendar. The 1M Coral Golden Mile Handicap favours (although not last year on soft ground) low numbers with the previous nine year’s winners exiting from stalls 2, 5, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 9 and 5. Yorkshire trainer David O’Meara has a good record in this race having won it twice in the last four years and saddles 8 of the 20 runners. I like the look of his 2022 winner Orbaan who won cosily that day by 3 1/4L from stable mate Blue For You and off of the same handicap mark can run a big race from stall 4 under Silvestre De Sousa despite being the oldest in the field at nine. His stable mate and possibly the pick of stable jockey Danny Tudhope, Blue For You, has also fared well with the draw in stall 5 and with his recent York win already boosted by the runner up Northern Express winning the big 7F heritage handicap at Ascot last Saturday can also go well.

 

ORBAAN 1 Point each way @ 16/1 bet365 1/5th 12345

BLUE FOR YOU 1 point each way @ 11/2 William Hill 1/5th 12345

1/4 point reverse forecast the pair

 

Goodwood 3.35

Thirteen have declared for the Group 2 King George Qatar Stakes run over one of the fastest five furlongs in the world. Australian runner Asfoora took the KIng Charles III Stakes at Ascot in good style and must go well although she does have to shoulder a 5lb penalty today. Back in third that day was Mick Appleby’s Big Evs beaten only 1 1/2L and now 2lb better off. He is a consistent sprinter who won the Molecomb as a two year old at the meeting last season and can turn the tables on his rival. Others with chances are the George Boughey trained Believing and Clive Cox’s three year old Jasour but I’ll take Big Evs to show his usual speed and score under Tom Marquand.

 

BIG EVS 1 point win @ 10/3 Betfred

[ivans82]

150  Goodwood  Temporize

300  Goodwood  Perotto

Hope the course misses the thunderstorms both need it good/firm at least .  EW double .