QATAR "GLORIOUS" GOODWOOD FESTIVAL [TUES 28th JULY - SAT 1st AUG] -- DAY THREE

THURSDAY 

RIP Sir Peter O'Sullevan. The Voice of Racing sadly passed away on Wednesday, aged 97 he one of racing's most recognised personalities and will be sadly missed. 

Wednesday was a little sad in many respects and we dropped a few points so just the +0.9 points profit to take forth into Ladies Day. 

We are only looking at the major races each day not the entire card so focused on the main Group Races or major handicaps. The meeting runs to Saturday and we'll keep running totals of profit / loss throughout the week.

So lets look at Day Three which is of course Ladies Day we've got a Group 3 and a pair of Group 2's which include the feature race the 2m Goodwood Cup;

Going -- Good.
Weather -- Generally sunny, bit breezy and high 19C

2:35 Richmond Stakes 6f (Group 2) 
With the defection of Air Force Blue it's looking likely that SHALAA will take the beating for the inform Gosden / Dettori team. [WON 11/8F]

Of the rest they seem fairly even but will change RIFLESCOPE from Mark Johnston who runs two and does well at this meeting. [6th 11/1]

Where did you get that hat ... 

3:10 Goodwood Cup 2m (Group 2)
Ascot Gold Cup winner TRIP TO PARIS is on a roll still and looks a good solid option to take this unless the ground changes though still looks good value at 4/1. [3rd 5/1]


3:45 Molecomb Stakes 5f (Group 3)Our final supporting race today is a 14 runner Group three sprint. LADY DRAGON [5th 8/1] catches the eye with plenty of consistent form in the book, and JORDAN PRINCESS [3rd 7/1] has the benefit of winning around this course so we'll aim to play the pair against the field for the win.

That's all for Thursday, a small loss today making it -0.725 down for the meeting so far, we will soon have an update for Friday which will feature the Group 2 King George Stakes.