It has been a fine week at Goodwood for William Haggas and Tom Marquand and they can land the week’s big betting raceIt has been a fine week at Glorious Goodwood for the newish combination of William Haggas and Tom Marquand, who got their fourth winner together at the Sussex track when Pablo Escobarr won a Group Three on Friday. They can cap it all off by taking the Stewards’ Cup back to Newmarket, as Nahaarr (3.35) looks hard to beat in the annual cavalry charge over the Downs.The winner of five of his eight starts and still improving, Nahaarr belted the crossbar in the Silver Wokingham at Royal Ascot, racing prominently throughout but possibly making his move a shade...
Classy colt looks nicely weighted for his first run in a handicap, having run above his rating in the recent Summer Mile at AscotRichard Hannon is having a productive Glorious Goodwood, notching his second handicap success of the week yesterday, and his Urban Icon (2.45) is the interesting one at 14-1 for the Golden Mile, a race his trainer won last year. The colt is battle-hardened after 11 runs but perhaps not entirely exposed as he makes his handicap debut under top weight. Related: Leading owner Sheikh Fahad deletes tweet after false claims on O'Brien horse Pontefract12.25 Polastri 12.55 Humid 1.25 Iva Reflection 1.55 Little Ted (nb) 2.25 Sudona 2.55 Frankenstella 3.25 Squelch 3.55 PetitionerWe have a £100 account credit from Betfair...
The track, trip and quickening ground will suit last year’s winner of the Group One race ideallyFancy Blue was Donnacha O’Brien’s first runner in France when she took the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) at Chantilly this month, and the 21-year-old trainer will aim to repeat the trick when the same filly is his first runner in Britain in Thursday’s Group One Nassau Stakes.The daughter of Deep Impact is lightly-raced and still improving but faces a very different calibre of opponent as she steps outside her own age group for the first time, against three previous Group One winners. Related: Mohaather produces devastating finish to win dramatic Sussex Stakes Goodwood 1.10 Glamorous Anna 1.45 Zabeel Champion (nb) 2.15 Supremacy 2.45 Al...
Kameko can collect at Glorious Goodwood and return to an upward curve, after failing to stay in the Derby last timeThe Sussex Stakes has more strength in depth than any Group One contest in Europe so far this summer, as the 2,000 Guineas winners from Ireland and England go up against the battle-hardened Circus Maximus and late bloomer Mohaather, bidding to give Marcus Tregoning his first highest-grade win since Sir Percy took the Derby in 2006.Mohaather was five lengths adrift of Circus Maximus in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot but is fancied to finish in front of him on Wednesday after showing significant improvement to win the Summer Mile last time out. Related: Stradivarius overcomes trouble to win...
Government will be asked to ditch insistence on cash-free betting when bookmakers return at Goodwood on SaturdayBookmakers are to make a last-ditch appeal to the government to relax restrictions around their return to the racecourse at Goodwood this week. Just four bookmakers are to be allowed to bet at the Sussex track on Saturday, when around 5,000 racegoers will be allowed entry, and have been told they must take bets only via cards, not cash, which one bookmaker described as “a disaster waiting to happen”. Related: Enable and Frankie Dettori surge to historic King George victory Market Rasen 12.20 Prince Percy 12.50 Coulonces 1.25 Wisecracker (nb) 1.55 Fubar 2.30 Jacks Last Hope 3.00 Arthur’s Sixpence 3.30 Net Love 4.00 Caviciana...