Escobar looked back to his very best at York last time out and Jamie Spencer is the right jockey to deliver him on the lineThere is a familiar feel to the betting for the Golden Mile Handicap at Goodwood on Friday afternoon thanks to the presence of David O’Meara’s Escobar towards the top of the market, and he is worth backing at around 8-1 in the hope that he enjoys more luck than he did 12 months ago.Escobar travelled like a winner from the start to the furlong pole, where he was stopped in his tracks when attempting to find a gap. By the time he did find running room, it was too late to make any impression but he...
Phoenix Of Spain beat Too Darn Hot with ease in the Irish Guineas and can underline his superiority again at GoodwoodFrankie Dettori delivered for the punters on the first day of Glorious Goodwood and he is aboard another short-priced favourite in Too Darn Hot in the Group One Sussex Stakes on Wednesday.It took four races and a drop back to seven furlongs for Too Darn Hot to get off the mark as a three-year-old in the Prix Jean Prat last time out. With that win in the book and Dettori in such irrepressible form, however, backers seem ready to overlook his less promising start to the season when he steps back up to a mile this time. Related: Glorious Goodwood:...
Back at two miles where he broke the track record for one mile six furlongs last summer, the former Melbourne Cup winner offers real value against the favourite in the Goodwood CupOver 400 of Great Britain’s roughly 450 licensed jockeys have yet to win a single race at Group One level. Frankie Dettori, by contrast, has won nine since the end of May and he will be a hot favourite to reach double figures when he rides Stradivarius in Tuesday’s Goodwood Cup, the feature event on day one of Glorious Goodwood. Stradivarius pushed the betting industry towards a Dettori-driven meltdown when he took the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last month, taking his rider to four wins from four on...
The crack sprinter has won the last two editions of the King George Stakes despite showing signs of nerves at other coursesSometimes in horse racing a trainer just has to stick with what works, even if logic suggests it should not. That is the situation in which Charlie Hills finds himself as he prepares to send Battaash to Glorious Goodwood next week, where the crack sprinter will try to become the first horse to win the King George Stakes three times.For all his speed, Battaash has so far been unable to win at either Ascot or York but he is unbeaten in two visits to Goodwood. Asked what makes the Sussex track ideal for the horse, Hills said yesterday: “I...
Alhakmah’s defeat was frustrating but a couple of wins at Goodwood on Thursday would make it all right againDid you see Alhakmah yesterday? You know it’s Goodwood when your horse gets knocked sideways, crosses the entire width of the track and then finishes at improbable speed from a mile back to be beaten a neck. I imagine her trainer, Richard Hannon, was throwing things at the screen. That’s what I was doing, anyway. Related: Glorious Goodwood: Lightning Spear and Oisin Murphy take Sussex Stakes Goodwood 1.50 Bathsheba Bay (nb) 2.25 Pilaster (nap) 3.00 Shine So Bright 3.35 Billesdon Brook 4.10 Greenback Boogie 4.45 Accordance 5.20 Cowboy Soldier Continue reading...