The racing this week deserves a thread with a combination of high class handicaps and group clashes to analyse.
I will copy a post from forum member Euro below this post where he has put his ideas down.
I have been through the week to see what I fancy. I am wary of getting sucked in to backing one horse in every race for sake of it so I have only picked half a dozen horses to interest me from the Tuesday-Friday.
I will probably risk a yankee on them tomorrow, knowing that it's possible that one or two might get taken out or not declared.
I reiterate it's important to be selective for many of us so hence some races, especially the two year old races, I would seriously not like to lose money guessing too much what may happen.
Tuesday
1.45 This is an ultra competative handicap where Red October (NAP) trained by Hugo Palmer showed he'd improved from being gelded before his last winning performance. He ticks a lot of boxes in a big handicap like this. He's currently a 10/1 chance. That's a price I'll play at.
2:45. Looking at Beat Le Bon's (E/W) profile shows he did really well last season when winning big showcase handicaps here at Goodwood. Richard Hannon then stepped him up to Group level where I think those hard handicaps he won last season just took their toll. He lost a shoe the last day but you know what, back here at Goodwood he is an each way price in an open race. He is also entered in the Golden Mile, but declared for this race on Tuesday, where he gets my vote (each way) .
Wednesday
1.45 I was keen on Volcanic Sky before he was taken out this morning. I have looked at the race again. A very competative affair this year with loads of good horses who have their chances, though I have put last seasons runner up, Seinesational in my bet as he actually races off the same mark with Luke Morris on board this time. He probably ran the race of his career here last season where from memory a well handicapped Sir Mark Prescott trained horse got the better of him near the finish. I have done this fella each way so I only hope he can rekindle his run here last year to do something similiar again. He might prove he needs a marathon trip to show his best.
Thursday
2.45 English King is the horse who currently heads the market. He will be on many people's radars although at a better price I am going to give Highland Chief another chance. He put up a life time best at Royal Ascot off top weight on his penultimate start. As with a few of these, we don't know how they have come out of the epsom derby, but if he comes back to very best plus a few pounds I reckon he will be bang there.
Friday
1.45. I cannot see a good reason why I should jump ship, or not want to back Breathtaking Look. This filly was a massive improver last season. She placed in second in the Abernant behind Oxted, who showed what calibre of horse he was a little while ago. Breathtaking Look just got nabbed at the line last week, but a sharp 7F at Goodwood will be really interesting. She will be right up there from the start. I will take 6/1 that nothing will get past her this time. She deserves to get her head in front.
3:15 Battash Battash Battash. Who wants to back the horse at 1/3 though? Mark Johnston trains a useful improver, or what Matthew Chapman might call a 'roughie' , but Meraas (E/W) might be a solid each way bet having hacked up in a handicap off top weight the last day. He's open to any amount of improvement so looks an eye-catching entry for a top trainer who knows how to bring a horse from a 10K handicap to a race like this.
These are my notes for the week, will back these after declarations tomorrow hoping for the very best. I will see how my luck is after racing on Friday with a view to Saturday. I am hoping other posters will contribute during the week.
I will copy a post from forum member Euro below this post where he has put his ideas down.
I have been through the week to see what I fancy. I am wary of getting sucked in to backing one horse in every race for sake of it so I have only picked half a dozen horses to interest me from the Tuesday-Friday.
I will probably risk a yankee on them tomorrow, knowing that it's possible that one or two might get taken out or not declared.
I reiterate it's important to be selective for many of us so hence some races, especially the two year old races, I would seriously not like to lose money guessing too much what may happen.
Tuesday
1.45 This is an ultra competative handicap where Red October (NAP) trained by Hugo Palmer showed he'd improved from being gelded before his last winning performance. He ticks a lot of boxes in a big handicap like this. He's currently a 10/1 chance. That's a price I'll play at.
2:45. Looking at Beat Le Bon's (E/W) profile shows he did really well last season when winning big showcase handicaps here at Goodwood. Richard Hannon then stepped him up to Group level where I think those hard handicaps he won last season just took their toll. He lost a shoe the last day but you know what, back here at Goodwood he is an each way price in an open race. He is also entered in the Golden Mile, but declared for this race on Tuesday, where he gets my vote (each way) .
Wednesday
1.45 I was keen on Volcanic Sky before he was taken out this morning. I have looked at the race again. A very competative affair this year with loads of good horses who have their chances, though I have put last seasons runner up, Seinesational in my bet as he actually races off the same mark with Luke Morris on board this time. He probably ran the race of his career here last season where from memory a well handicapped Sir Mark Prescott trained horse got the better of him near the finish. I have done this fella each way so I only hope he can rekindle his run here last year to do something similiar again. He might prove he needs a marathon trip to show his best.
Thursday
2.45 English King is the horse who currently heads the market. He will be on many people's radars although at a better price I am going to give Highland Chief another chance. He put up a life time best at Royal Ascot off top weight on his penultimate start. As with a few of these, we don't know how they have come out of the epsom derby, but if he comes back to very best plus a few pounds I reckon he will be bang there.
Friday
1.45. I cannot see a good reason why I should jump ship, or not want to back Breathtaking Look. This filly was a massive improver last season. She placed in second in the Abernant behind Oxted, who showed what calibre of horse he was a little while ago. Breathtaking Look just got nabbed at the line last week, but a sharp 7F at Goodwood will be really interesting. She will be right up there from the start. I will take 6/1 that nothing will get past her this time. She deserves to get her head in front.
3:15 Battash Battash Battash. Who wants to back the horse at 1/3 though? Mark Johnston trains a useful improver, or what Matthew Chapman might call a 'roughie' , but Meraas (E/W) might be a solid each way bet having hacked up in a handicap off top weight the last day. He's open to any amount of improvement so looks an eye-catching entry for a top trainer who knows how to bring a horse from a 10K handicap to a race like this.
These are my notes for the week, will back these after declarations tomorrow hoping for the very best. I will see how my luck is after racing on Friday with a view to Saturday. I am hoping other posters will contribute during the week.
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