S.P.Read Esq: Glorious Goodwood Day One
Our daily columnist and pundit S.P. Read Esq. looks ahead to the start of GLORIOUS GOODWOOD and finds the best opportunities available on Star Spreads, the home of sports spread betting.
Glorious Goodwood and day two of the Galway Festival. Not exactly a bad punting day !
I had a good day yesterday with the buy of distances at Galway. It certainly never hurts to have a 16 length winner in the opener !!
The ground is drying a little today at Galway but good to soft for the opening day on the Sussex Downs when there are two Group 2 races on the card.
Both look good punting contests but I am drawn towards the Qatar Lennox Stakes over seven furlongs at 3.10pm. It’s down to a seven runner race after the defection of Absolutely So, Glory Awaits and Limato.
Clearly proven ability to handle the underfoot conditions is paramount and this certainly shouldn’t be a problem for the favourite Toormore who won the Vintage Stakes over course and distance as a two-year-old on good to soft ground. He’s been campaigned over a mile of late – at the highest level too. His last three races have all been in Group 1’s and he hasn’t been beaten far in any of them – notably finishing a neck second to stable companion Night Of Thunder in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. The drop back to seven furlongs isn’t likely to hinder him, in fact quite the opposite – I think it is a positive and he looks a solid favourite to make up for his defeat in the race last year when pipped a neck by Es Que Love.
There’s more of a going question mark over Dutch Connection who has one piece of form on good to soft ground at Haydock where he was second to Faydhan as a two-year-old. However, he was beaten six lengths that day and I’m not convinced that he will be as effective with juice in the ground. He is a previous course winner here though which is always a positive around this unique circuit.
The remainder are mainly taking a step-up in class including Ascription who was runner-up in a Group 3 at Haydock last time out.
In summary, Toormore looks a solid day one bet and I am buying him on the Star Spreads 50/25/10 index which means it’s money back if he’s second and a profit for the win. I am not contemplating any other outcome 😉
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