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The ground at Goodwood will be on the Soft side today ( tomorrow it will be Good Soft ( good in places ) but they have opened up fresh ground and there could be a bias towards those making their moves up the far rail. Although conversely they have removed the false rail which will…

August looks set to be a particularly profitable month with any number of Somerville Lodge based horses now primed and with sufficient racetrack experience to progress and win several races before the end of the season. I have earmarked over 20 and four run on Saturday. Treasure Time 4.55 Goodwood My biggest error of the…

Although the rain arrived 10 minutes too late for Maximised we continue to enjoy Goodwood with a majority of the decisions correct, including the decisions to take a watching brief on Lake Forest, High Degree and Sea Force who all ran well and would have paid out ew money. The yard remains in excellent form.…

A month typified by drama, duly ended in dramatic fashion, with the rainstorms at Goodwood and as so often the case as our fortunes changed towards the end of the month, the luck went our way, with the nose success of what is our ‘horse of the season’ Merchant who landed the 3rd successive 3pt…

With the rain falling and the markets equally turbulent the only sensible advice is take a pull and sit and watch the action unfold. The Haggas team must be pretty certain that heavy rain will arrive as they have withdrawn Treasure Time from the Golden Mile on Friday but declared the 4yo for the finale…

With the forecast rain looking inevitable I think it is well worth taking a price about one of the few horses that will be suited by the conditions in the shape of Maximised in the 1.55 at Goodwood. The form of his Woodcote form on Good to Soft at Epsom has worked out really well…

The roller coaster that is betting on horse racing has never been better illustrated than the roller coaster course of Goodwood. The skill of race riding and judgement of pace is key critical which also applies to race reading and punting. What impacts both more than any other factor is ground conditions. The forecast rain…

After a good day 1 with the victory of Scandinavia one of only two bets at the meeting and two winning bets from two at Ripon , an ultra competitive card kicks off Day 2 with a 1m 4f handicap for 3yo’s at 1.20. It is complicated by the stable form of Ralph Beckett who…

Given the way his horses are trained so patiently it is important to focus data based on that reality. This means that 3yo’s in handicaps are prime targets for betting purposes in July and August, after they have gained experience and strengthened up with racing. We have benefitted from this reality in recent days with…

After a good day 1 with the victory of Scandinavia one of only two bets at the meeting and two winning bets from two at Ripon , an ultra competitive card kicks off Day 2 with a 1m 4f handicap for 3yo’s at 1.20. It is complicated by the stable form of Ralph Beckett who…