Preview Of August's UK Horse Racing
If Wimbledon in June indicates strawberries and cream, then competing in August can only represent Goodwood as well as York, two flagship festival meetings that control the month's activity starting with five amazing days on the Sussex slopes.
As preferred as ever before, Marvelous Goodwood offers some top-class activity and also is often a meeting that puts earnings in punters' pockets. The Gordon Stakes on the fixture's opening day, August 1, has actually long been acknowledged as a conventional for the St Leger later on following month, and the message here is a clear one: pay specific hearken to whatever Sir Michael Stoute runs in the mile and also half contest. This year's Stoute agent may well be among the lawn's better three-year-olds.
The Team 1 Sussex Stakes on August 2 hosts the conference's normal clash between the milers of the different generations as well as trainer Jeremy Noseda holds solid prospects of following up last year's success with Proclamation when he sends Araafa, his easy winner of the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. An excellent performance at the Royal meeting is the usual stepping-stone to Sussex success and Araafa is most likely to be really difficult to defeat.
Thursday's activity on August 3 sees the stayers take centre phase in the Goodwood Cup and local fitness instructor Amanda Perrett will certainly be wishing that her clever older equine Tungsten Strike can improve numerous valuable initiatives this period. Sadly 2015's champion Distinction has been required to miss this race via injury and the chances are that in a poor year for stayers, the pattern contest will not take that much winning. Watch out as well for whatever instructor Mark Johnston chooses to run; five victors in the past 10 years has gained him outstanding documents in this two-mile competition.
On the very same day as the Goodwood Cup, the quick juveniles can play their sell the five-furlong Molecomb Stakes as well as the one to see below is the twin Windsor Castle and Super Sprint hero, the extremely zippy Elhamri, who will surely take some capturing as he pilots on the Sussex Downs.
Friday's action on August 4 brings the season's leading mile handicappers forward with yet one more extremely competitive operation of the Totesport Mile. A high draw is important to any kind of opportunity of success and whatever you do here, it is best not to wager up until the overnight statements have been made and also the draw is understood.
The ultra-progressive Sir Gerard heads the market and also holds strong insurance claims while Easy Air, who completed simply behind the former in a sophisticated renewal of Royal Ascot's Britannia Risks, is an additional that ought to work out on the moving downland course where finishing rate is constantly a key property in identifying the week's handicap victors.
Friday's Richmond Risks is one of the week's critical juvenile occasions and backers need look no further than Paul Cole's outstanding Newmarket champion Strategic Royal prince, if he takes his chance while the Oak Tree Stakes on the very same day sees Red Evie and also Makderah lock horns once more after ending up very first and third in a similar occasion at the Royal conference.
Goodwood's last day on August 5 puts the fillies in the limelight thanks to the Group1 Nassau Stakes, and also this time around the older fillies might well call the tune with Ouija Board, Red Bloom as well as last year's easy victor, Alexander Goldrun, ready to do battle. Anticipating the result won't be simple yet if the former turns up in the kind she revealed to land a Group1 at Royal Ascot then she'll confirm difficult to defeat.
Gift Equine was a last-gasp winner of the Stewards' Cup twelve months ago and also one year on it might once more pay to check out steeds that have actually run well in the Wokingham Stakes at Royal Ascot as well as going after that line of thought brings Firenze, Borderlescott and Intrepid Jack right into the picture and it would certainly be no surprise to see the winner emerge from that remarkable trio. The previous has been on fire this period and has developed into a much-improved as well as awesome opponent in sprint handicaps.
Completion of Remarkable Goodwood signals a time-out in proceedings prior to the three day Ebor festival kicks in at York later in the month, and numerous severe auto racing fans relax in between Goodwood and York. On August 12, Haydock stages the Rose Of Lancaster Risks and also this Team 3 competition over a mile and a quarter can sometimes regurgitate a helpful champion. Mutamam took the race in 1998 and Nayef landed the spoils for Marcus Tregoning in 2001, highlighting the latter's penalty document in the race and also the dominance of the event by three-year-olds.
On August 19 Newbury hosted the Team 3 Hungerford Risks as well as the message here is to side with one of the first three in the wagering. This isn't a race for outsiders while over at Ripon the 'Garden' course stages the Excellent St Wilfrid Handicap, among the season's most competitive sprint handicaps. A high draw is necessary and also a current success or seem positioned initiative is typically on the c.v, of the ultimate champion.
The Group1 Juddmonte International establishes issues on their way on August 22, the opening day of York's superb three-day Ebor celebration and this is not a race for outsiders. Wanted equines often succeed and no champion of this race because 1994 has started at bigger probabilities than 6-1. Brian Meehan's David Junior makes certain to be among the market leaders and also may be the one to beat while Jeremy Noseda hasn't ruled out tackling this race with ace miler, Araafa.
The Team 2 Great St Voltigeur Risks over a mile and a half for three years of age on August 22 is the period's crucial trial for the St Leger and also 6 recent winners of the last standard have completed in the York showpiece. Once More Sir Michael Stoute is the man to watch and his choice to target Papal Bull at this prize suggests that the latter might well be the yard's top Leger prospect.
The Tote Ebor on August 23 is usually a race for an enhancing young equine that hasn't been strained with a big weight and Luca Cumani, that has actually won the race a couple of times in current years, may have a likely type in Sparkling while in the Yorkshire Oaks over a mile as well as a fifty percent there will be only one champion if the imperious Alexandrova takes her place on the Knavesmire.
York's last day on August 24 might well see another Irish victory in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Risks over five furlongs when Ireland's top 2 speedsters, Dandy Guy and also Osterhase go head to head with preference for the previous who has looked elite occasionally this term and also defeat the last aboveboard at the Curragh in July.
August ends with the Event Mile at Goodwood on August 26 and also in-form and also progressive sorts often tend to hold sway in this beneficial event, while over at Beverley on August 27 there's a competitive sprint handicap over five furlongs that has been won 3 times in recent periods by John Wainwright as well as his steady selected need to be thought about very carefully.
Malcolm Heyhoe is GG.com's resident informant contributing a day-to-day "Best options" column and an once a week function called "The Weekend break Data". He is likewise a tipster for the Racing Blog post Weekender, factor to The Guardian and also has actually composed on racing for Sporting Life, Competing Article, Irish Examiner and The Independent newspaper.
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