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Newmarket 2.20 betting: Hand Of God was an 11-4 shot this morning however he has been backed right down to 13-8 and is likely one of the gambles of the day thus far.
13-8 Hand Of God
4-1 Arabian Mild
11-2 Approval
15-2 Fox Legacy
10-1 Galeron
20-1 bar
NEWMARKET 2.20, BETFRED SUFFOLK STAKES HERITAGE HANDICAP
A handicap that revolves round Harry Charlton’s Hand Of God, the profitable favorite in final summer time’s Golden Gates Handicap at Royal Ascot and a four-year-old who options prominently in most lists of “horses to observe” over the approaching season. He has been gelded over the winter and will properly be that almost all elusive of creatures, a Group-class horse working a handicap, off a brand new mark of 102 that’s 11lb increased than final yr. That isn’t sufficient to place him on the high of the weights, nonetheless, and the 106-rated Arabian Mild, a handicap winner at Meydan in February, is the opposite runner for cash on this race at round 9-2.
SELECTION: HAND OF GOD
Crimson Advocate will get the win by a nostril at Goodwood, and it was a neck again to Vivid Thunder in third.
GOODWOOD 2.00 RESULT: Crimson Advocate wins
1. CRIMSON ADVOCATE 3-1F, 2. Betty Clover 14-1, 3. Vivid Thunder 7-2.
Wow, that may be a pixel at most between the primary two at Goodwood.
Off and working within the 2.00 at Goodwood …
Sirona takes them alongside early, Protest subsequent, Crimson Advocate final at midway … Vivid Thunder poised in third, Crimson Advocate going properly and making floor on the surface, 4 fillies converging on the road … Crimson Advocate possibly simply received there forward of Betty Clover nevertheless it’s very shut !
Goodwood 2.00 newest betting:
5-2 Crimson Advocate
4-1 Vivid Thunder
11-2 Sirona
17-2 Sea To Sky
8-1 Arisaig
12-1 bar
It took Extra Thunder some time to hit high gear within the dash handicap at Newmarket and he was nearer final than first going into the Dip, however as soon as he hit the rising floor he stayed on with actual function and he received there with half a stride to spare.
GOODWOOD 2.00, RACINGCLUB.COM CONQUEROR FILLIES’ STAKES, LISTED, 1M
It’s almost two years since Crimson Advocate sped down the rail to win the 2023 Queen Mary Stakes, for juvenile fillies over furlongs, and develop into a uncommon US-trained winner at Royal Ascot. It was a vastly promising efficiency, however she has clearly been a tough horse to coach since, with simply 4 begins to her title. Now with John and Thady Gosden, she was stepped up considerably in journey – from the minimal of 5 furlongs to a full mile – for her steady debut in March and noticed it out properly, happening solely narrowly to a rival who received first run. If the Gosdens can hold her sound, she might be an fascinating contender for Group races at round this journey over the summer time, and this appears to be like like an honest start line for her return to turf. Vivid Thunder, the winner of a Listed race at Chantilly for Karl Burke final summer time, is the closest market rival to Crimson Advocate, and ran with promise when fifth on her return to motion on the Curragh final month, whereas David Menuisier’s Sirona, who confirmed up fairly properly at Group One degree within the Falmouth Stakes final July, is one other to contemplate although she is making her seasonal debut right here.
SELECTION: CRIMSON ADVOCATE.
NEWMARKET 1.45 RESULT: Extra Thunder storms it
1. MORE THUNDER 11-4F, 2. Aramram 11-2, 3. Two Tribes 9-1.
Off and working within the Newmarket 1.45:
Deadly Levi broke properly and leads, Extra Thunder is properly off the tempo and coming underneath a experience …. Now Aramram leads however right here comes Extra Thunder from clouds … three cross the road collectively however possibly Extra Thunder simply received there.
Newmarket 1.45 betting:
11-4 Extra Thunder, 11-2 Woodhay Marvel, 6-1 Aramram, 17-2 Deadly Levi, 10-1 Two Tribes, 11-1 bar.
2,000 GUINEAS FORM GUIDE: FIELD OF GOLD
Will John Gosden lastly get his fingers on the two,000 Guineas, to finish the set of all 5 British Classics? If it doesn’t occur this afternoon, then maybe it by no means will as Subject Of Gold goes into this afternoon’s race with the standout piece of latest kind, and arguably the most effective kind, full cease.
Whether or not to again him or oppose him is the apparent start line for any evaluation of as we speak’s race from a punter’s standpoint, and the reply relies upon virtually fully in your view of his win within the Craven Stakes over the Traditional course and distance, when Wimbledon Hawkeye, who had kind in a number of good juvenile races final season and is a 16-1 shot as we speak, was three-and-a-half lengths away in second.
Subject Of Gold’s solely begin at Group One degree as a two-year-old, in the meantime, was within the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longhamp on Arc day, the place he completed fourth behind Aidan O’Brien’s Camille Pissarro (who was crushed on his three-year-old debut on the Curragh in March).
NEWMARKET 1.45, WEATHERBYS WITH VENATOUR RACING HANDICAP, 6F
Sir Michael Stoute’s well-known Freemason Lodge steady was down on numbers from its peak by the point he retired on the finish of final season, however there was nonetheless loads of high quality to be redistributed elsewhere and Extra Thunder already guarantees to be a really worthwhile new recruit for William Haggas’s steady. The four-year-old was campaigned over 9 and 10 furlongs by his former handler however he has a possible sprinter’s pedigree and Haggas dropped him again to 6 furlongs for his steady debut to instant impact as he beat Aramram and Woodhay Marvel, who each reoppose as we speak on 5lb higher phrases, by one-and-three-quarter lengths and one-and-a-half. Extra Thunder’s 5lb penalty for that win makes issues barely tougher right here however he’s in wonderful fingers and it appears to be like the sort to progress steadily via the yr.
SELECTION: MORE THUNDER.
Unequal Love proved to be a really disappointing favorite for the opener, she couldn’t reply after Oisin Murphy kicked for residence on Frost At Daybreak and completed nearer final than first.
NEWMARKET 1.10 RESULT: Tiger Bay takes the victory
1. TIGER BAY 11-1, 2. Frost At Daybreak 4-1, 3. Vadream 9-1.
Not the begin to the afternoon that punters have been hoping for, as Tiger Bay and Trevor Whelan run down Frost At Daybreak (Oisin Murphy) shut residence.
They’re on the put up for the opener right here at Newmarket at 1.10, the cash has come for Unequal Love and William Haggas’s mare is now a shade of odds-on at 10-11.
Newmarket Heath is a considerably bleak expanse of East Anglian panorama and the racecourse itself just isn’t probably the most viewer-friendly observe – it was, apparently, designed with spectators using behind the motion on horseback in thoughts, relatively than the widespread herd watching alongside.
However on a day like as we speak, it completely comes alive and there are millions of racegoers right here having fun with the sunshine and looking out ahead to a top-class afternoon of racing.
ITV’s protection doesn’t kick in till the 1.45 race right here, however proceedings are about to get underway with the 1.10, the Listed Chaloner Stakes over six furlongs. Unequal Love, who had some helpful kind as a four-year-old together with a win within the Wokingham Handicap at Royal Ascot and a third-place end within the Group One Dash Cup at Haydock in September, made a profitable seasonal debut on this race final yr and is buying and selling at round 11-10 for a repeat.
Preamble
Good afternoon from the Rowley Mile at Newmarket, the historic setting for the 2,000 Guineas, the primary Traditional of the brand new Flat season, later as we speak.
Eleven runners are because of go to put up at 3.35pm BST, and one will take the distinctive alternative so as to add his title to a roll of honour that dates all the best way again to 1809. The sure favorite is Subject Of Gold, a putting gray, who bolted up within the Craven Stakes over the Traditional course-and-distance final month, however he’s opposed by a number of very promising three-year-olds with various ranges of accomplishment and expertise up to now.
The very stay opponents to Subject Of Gold, who will probably be bidding to provide his veteran coach, John Gosden, a long-overdue first victory within the 2,000 Guineas, embody Shadow Of Mild, who took Britain’s most prestigious juvenile occasion, the Dewhurst Stakes, final October, and Ruling Courtroom, a “darkish” horse within the method of final yr’s winner, Notable Speech, with simply three runs to his title thus far.
Shadow Of Mild is one among simply two juvenile Group One winners within the discipline – Scorthy Champ, the Nationwide Stakes winner, is the opposite – whereas Aidan O’Brien depends on Prolonged as he goes searching for a record-extending eleventh Guineas winner.
Elsewhere on as we speak’s televised card, a aggressive renewal of the Palace Home Stakes, a major pointer in direction of the massive sprints to return at Royal Ascot and past, is due off at 2.55pm, whereas a Royal assembly winner from final season, Hand Of God, makes his first begin since within the Suffolk Stakes Handicap at 2.20pm.
The ITV motion is accomplished by Thirsk’s function occasion of the season, the Thirsk Hunt Cup Handicap, at 2.35pm, and a fast journey to Sussex for the Conqueror Stakes for fillies at Goodwood at 2pm.
The 2025 Flat season could have its first Traditional winner in simply over three hours’ time, and all of the build-up in addition to the race itself will get in-depth protection because it occurs right here on the Guardian’s stay weblog.