The rain arrived after the first race at Goodwood which was unfortunate
for Thunder Wonder but he ran better than his finishing position suggests. Unfortunately,
Tamam Desert wasn’t ridden as we hoped and it looks like old father time may
have caught up with Winter Fog. Two blanks in a row, now it is really starting
to feel like Goodwood and Galway! Check out Dave’s 2025 Glorious Goodwood Friday
fancies below.
2.30 Goodwood – Golden Mile Handicap (Heritage)
It is hard to believe it is three years since we backed
Orbaan to win this at 33/1. David O’Meara’s horses are always worth keeping
onside in this race but I am going to side with a horse who is going to
hopefully relish the testing conditions at Goodwood.
Star Anthem was placed when we backed him in the G3 Horris
Hill on heavy ground at Newbury last season. He also wasn’t beaten far in a 6f
G2 at the same track on heavy on his previous start so clearly, he is a horse
that enjoys getting his toe in.
After two moderate efforts on good-good to firm at the start
of this season, he showed signs of life when returned to soft ground at Chester
last time out. In that extended 7f handicap he was beaten just 2.5l into third
off 99 and he is now 1lb lower.
He has a high draw here but when the ground is testing they
tend to tack across to the near side so that may not be too much of a
hindrance. In that last Chester race it looked like Star Anthem was ready to
step up to 1m and if he stays, he will hopefully outrun his odds of 50/1.
2025 Glorious
Goodwood Friday Tip: Star Anthem e/w @ 50/1 (6 places)
3.05 Goodwood – Qatar Stakes (Group 2)
John Quinn won this race in 2023 with Highfield Princess,
who was a 4-9 fav on the day. He runs JM Jungle this year and while a rating of
102 leaves the son of Bungle Inthejungle with a fair bit to find, he has a
couple of pieces of form this year that suggest he may be able to rate a bit
higher.
Six runs ago, his last start on good to soft, he was beaten
1l by American Affair in a 5f handicap at Musselburgh off 93 when in receipt of
1lb. Jim Goldie’s horse has since gone on to win the King Charles at Ascot
and is now rated 114.
JM Jungle had his first start in stakes company at York last
time out and was beaten just over a length into third in that 5f listed heat on
good to firm. His only start over this C&D on soft saw him win a handicap
off 87 in 2023 and overall, his form figures on softer than good read 3154232442
so he doesn’t mind a bit of cut.
Quite a few of the shorter priced ones in here would prefer
quicker conditions and in the hope that the rain softened ground slows them
down, JM Jungle is the e/w selection at odds of 25/1.
2025 Glorious Goodwood Friday Tip: JM Jungle e/w @ 25/1 (4
places)
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