GALWAY FESTIVAL 2016 [JULY 25th -- JULY 31st] -- DAY FOUR

DAY FOUR

Another day of close but no cigar on Wednesday with all beaten favs and four of them coming second.

But we must move on to our fourth day which will begin in the afternoon at 1:50pm with a 2m 6f Beginners Chase. The feature race today, and indeed for the week, is the Grade A Galway Hurdle over a two mile, and is worth over 180,000 euro's to the winner. 

As mentioned on day one our recent years have focused on the horses from trainer Dermot Weld and we will continue to track his progress this week though we might also offer one or two other selections in particular the feature races if no Weld runner is declared.

Going -- NH -- Good, Flat -- Yielding, Yielding to soft.

Weather Forecast -- A high of 17C with the overall outlook of rain forecast so take a brolly or stay in the bar. Have a good afternoon.  

DAY FOUR SELECTIONS;

1:50 -- DON'T TELL NO ONE  [3rd 11/2] Beaten a neck and a head into 3rd by a 66/1 shot. When your lucks not in ... 


3:30 -- EMERGENT  [6th 13/2]

4:45 -- SILVER CONCORDE  [Non Runner]

Day Four Figures -- Only had the three entries planned for today and one of them turned out to be a non runner. Placed in the opening race and one to go ...

D Weld p/l for week +/- [-13.44pts down]

Overall week p/l to date -- +/- [-14.44pts down]

Summer, Horse Racing, Galway, Irish Women, Guinness = Life IS Good.

Day Five (Friday) will be published soon, and we'll hope for better luck then. 

Enjoy your week. Soon be the weekend...

QATAR "GLORIOUS" GOODWOOD FESTIVAL [TUES 28th JULY - SAT 30th JULY] -- DAY THREE

THURSDAY
Wednesday was another day of near misses with places in the feature events but well done to The Gurkha for a narrow win in the Sussex Stakes beating Galileo Gold by a neck and now we move forward to 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).

Just a small field of five for our opening Group 2 event this afternoon, Mehmas and Intelligence Cross are closely matched on recent G2 form at Newmarket, this long galloping straight should suit both, but probably struggling to match the form of BLUE POINT from Godolphin. [2nd 5/6F]

Where did you get that hat ... 

3:10 Goodwood Cup 2m (Group 2).

Today's feature event the Goodwood Cup, a big field of 15 and plenty in with chances, though I still remember seeing the way PALLASATOR [2nd 9/1] won over 2 miles at Sandown in May and was impressed with that form and this galloping track should suit.


3:45 Molecomb Stakes 5f (Group 3)

Small field again only the 7 declared, like the opportunity of MILL SPRINGS [4th 5/1] under the command of Frankie Dettori who is closing in on 3000 winners in Britain and this could well be the one to get him nearer to that landmark.

That's all for Thursday, results will be updated during the afternoon, and we will soon have an update for Friday which will feature the Group 2 King George Stakes.

GALWAY FESTIVAL 2016 [JULY 25th -- JULY 31st] -- DAY THREE

DAY THREE


The Galway festival is off with a bang, after the first couple of days results we are a little behind on -5.44pts but It's early days ...  

The third day begins a little earlier than the opening fixtures and will begin at 3:00pm with a 2m maiden hurdle, but the feature race this afternoon is the Grade A Galway Plate over 2m 6f which will get underway at 5:30pm. 

As mentioned on day one our recent years have focused on the horses from trainer Dermot Weld and we will continue to track his progress this week though we might also offer one or two other selections in particular the feature races if no Weld runner is declared.

Going -- NH -- Good ; Flat -- Yielding

Weather Forecast -- A high of 16C with a chance of a few showers later as it has been so far this week.  

DAY THREE SELECTIONS;

3:00 -- SILVER CONCORDE  [2nd 4/7F]

4:45 -- A SHIN KILDARE  [2nd 1/2F]

5:30 -- Now it's time for today's feature event which is the Grade A GALWAY PLATE over 2m 6f+. 

Dermot Weld runs THREE KINGDOMS [10th 25/1] here and is back-able at about 16/1. The race should be a good opportunity for the classy ROAD TO RICHES [Pulled Up] to take and we'll aim to support that one too today. 

6:40 -- CREME DE LA  [2nd 7/1]  /  THE MOORE FACTOR  [4th 9/2]

7:10 -- NEWCROSS  [2nd 5/4F]

Day Three results;
A bad start when the first couple of short priced favs get turned over, is that the signal for the week I don't know. No joy in the feature race and plenty of large bets went down on the favourite there too the bookies must have the luck of the Irish eh. 

More near misses later on too with Creme De La another 1/2L defeat. It's not our day.

D Weld p/l for the week +/- [-11.44]
Overall week p/l to date +/- [-12.44]

Summer, Horse Racing, Galway, Irish Women, Guinness = Life IS Good.

Results to update later tonight, and Day Four should be ready by then, not forgetting our other updates this week from the 'Glorious' Goodwood meeting.

Have a great week.