The Goodwood And Galway Trixie (Wednesday)

All selections placed last week and two winners on Tuesday, yes short prices I know but Pinatubo and Cobra Eye (Pictured) both done the buisness for us and hopefully we can get a treble up soon. 

15:00 Goodwood 31 Jul 2019 

Wesley Ward runs MAVEN with the Legend Frankie Dettori on. Two runs and two wins you can't ask more than that. Made 4/9 favourite for his debut at Aqueduct in April, Maven held on to win by under a length. The American Pharoah colt showed his class next timeout when winning the Group 3 race at Chantilly with Group performer Jolie in second place. That looks good form and Maven was entered to run in the Windsor Castle Stakes and the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot but didn't run because of the soft going. A leading player for the American trainer and will be my selection (3/1). Air force Jet runs for Joseph O’Brien. Homebred Charm spirit colt who has run some decent races already this season. Second to Strive For Glory in a Listed race last timeout at Tipperary. Might be a step too far but should run his race. Alligator Alley is another for Joseph. 100,000 gns Kingman colt who was most impressive in his last run at Navan. Will have to improve again to trouble the market principles here. Aussie Showstopper done everything wrong last timeout when finishing sixth to Liberty Beach, could be a lively outsider here. Cool Sphere looks out of his depth here. French challenger Fan Club Rules looks a nice horse but will have to reverse form with Maven to be in with a chance. Raahy another nice colt who has also ran some nice races this season but in my opinion could fall short here. Brocklesby winner Show Me Show Me another who has ran at a decent level and was unlucky to get beat last strides in the Super Sprint the other week. Zulu Zander looks outclassed here. Dr Simpson was impressive at Chester last timeout when winning by seven lengths. Has a few nice entries to be honest and could be anything. Hasn't raced at top-class level so market check needed. I did like Hand On My Hearts debut at Windsor in June. The Clive Cox trained Iffraaj colt was purchased by Hot To Trot racing for 150,000 gns. He beat some experienced rivals that day and looked professional and could get placed. Liberty Beach is, of course, the one to beat with the best form brought to the table including the Listed Dragon Stakes at Sandown last timeout. The short price against some potentially nice horses means I will be looking elsewhere. 

Sam: 2:25 Goodwood - 

DURSTON overcame trouble last time out at Chester to swoop late on to take the prize. He’s 2-2 in handicaps and there is no reason why he shouldn’t compete the hat trick. Jamie Spencer takes the ride and we all know what a master he is at delivering a challenge late on. Bet365 7/1 

Aaron: SO LONELY - 6:10 Galway: she’s won 3 of her last 4 starts just under 2m, could have more progression in her up 6lb and up in class (12/1 first 5 Paddy Power) Good Luck and thanks for reading.

2019 Brocklesby Stakes Winner: Show Me Show Me (The Money!)

Well, after the long wait for the flat season and more importantly for me the first 2-year-old race of the season, the Brocklesby, it was over in a minute, well 1 m 0.35 seconds to be exact, which by the way is the quickest time since My Boy Bill won in 1 m 0.14 seconds back in 2012. 

I've been telling myself that this year will be different, no more impulse bets just for the sake of it but previewing races on my blog makes this a little more difficult. The Unibet Lincoln was the first race I wrote about, so even though all week the only horse that was getting mentioned was the Charlie Appleby trained Auxerre who was apparently a group horse in a handicap race, I decided to have an each way bet on Humbert which at the time of writing this could still be running and of course the heavily backed Auxerre pissed it. 

I also previewed the Brocklesby and decided to play the waiting game to see which horse was backed as the winner had been well-supported in previous races. I was still in two minds whether to have a bet or not but as four o'clock came I ran around the bookies and still not knowing what horse to back but knowing Show Me Show Me (pictured) had been backed steadily since early morning. Two minutes till the off I put my win bet on the Ontoawinner owned Show Me Show Me. 

The race was pretty straightforward as he broke well (which is always the worry with unraced 2-year-olds) before taking it up a furlong out and staying on well under a great ride from Paul Hanagan to win by just under a length from the expensive George Scott trained Strong Power. So, what did I take from the race, well after winning a few quid on Show Me Show Me, I probably won’t bet on him again this season. The second-placed Strong Power ran a great race who was also well-supported and I imagine well thought of and will be worth keeping an eye out for next time out. The sixth-place Mick Channon horse Birkenhead who was an 11/2 shot could be well worth following and is declared to run in the 2.30 at Lingfield tomorrow, I will check the betting before deciding whether to have a bet or not. 

Another I will be looking forward to seeing again is the Kevin Ryan trained Coast of Dubai, who opened up a 10/1 shot and was well backed before the off into 5/1(I was worried by this, to be honest) before missing the break and struggling to make an impact, definitely one to note. The downside to the race was the fatal injury to Anna Fallow who fell just over one furlong out, a sad day for connections. 

Just a quick word on my preview for the 3-year-old Novice race at Doncaster yesterday, as I mentioned in it Fox Champion was very well entered as a 2-year-old last season and although I didn’t bet yesterday due to the fact that I did a 19 miles marathon training run in the morning and couldn’t walk for the rest of the day, it was good to see the Group horse information I talked about come good again as he stayed on well to win at 9/4. Thanks for reading and good luck if you have a bet this week.