LUNEDÌ 25 LUGLIO 2016 Meeting: Martedì inizia il Qatar Goodwood Festival! Mercoledì le Sussex Stakes, sabato le Nassau Stakes. Il programma..
Martedì si inizierà con 2 corse di livello, e cioè le Vintage Stakes G2 per i 2 anni sui 1400 metri e 10 puledri dichiarati al via e da verificare una linea buona di Newmarket nelle Superlative Stakes G3 che verà ancora opposti Boynton (More Than Ready) e War Decree (War Front). Nelle Lennox Stakes G2 sui 1400 metri per anziani, da battere il trio di Godolphin Home Of The Brave (Starspangledbanner), allenato da Hugo Palmer, Birchwood (Dark Angel), allenato da Richard Fahey, e Dutch Connection (Dutch Art) allenato da Charlie Hills e con James McDonald in sella. I CAMPI PARTENTI DI MARTEDI QUI.
The week at a glance
Day 1 – Tuesday
The undoubted sporting and social highlight of the season, the Qatar Goodwood Festival gets underway in 2016 with the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday 26 July.
Day 2 – Wednesday
The Qatar Sussex Stakes is one of the highlights of the flat racing season, with prize money of £1million attracting a world-class field. This mile-long Group 1 race has previously been won, in both 2011 and 2012, by the peerless Frankel.
Day 3 – Ladies’ Day
Ladies’ Day is the most glamorous day of the meeting and is truly the place to see and be seen. There’s plenty of action both on and off the track with three group races and the unique ladies celebrity race, The Magnolia Cup, taking place.
Day 4 – Friday
The sight of a packed field of horses hurtling at speeds of over 40mph past the Goodwood grandstands makes the £300,000 Group 2 Qatar King George Stakes one of the highlights of the year. In addition there are three further Group races on this day.
Day 5 – Saturday
The 2016 running of the Group 1 Qatar Nassau Stakes will be the most significant mid-summer race for fillies and mares, thanks to the £600,000 prize money. Previous winners include the likes of Ouija Board, Midday, The Fugue, and Legatissimo.
Who will punters be cheering on to Goodwood glory on Tuesday?
PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)
What to look out for on day one at Goodwood
SCARCELY believably, we have already arrived at the Qatar Goodwood Festival in a year that seems to be flashing by in the blink of an eye.
While Irish racing fans revel in the delights of both the Flat and the jumps over at Galway, Goodwood represents the latest opportunity for the best performers on the level to pit their wits against each other once more.
Unlike some other major festivals (Cheltenham and Royal Ascot spring to mind), Goodwood gets off to something of a slower start, with no Group 1 races on the opening day – the Group 2 Lennox Stakes is the feature.
That’s not to say the day is without great quality and intrigue though, so allow us to point you in the direction of some of the stars and storylines likely to dominate the afternoon when the action gets underway at 2.00.
Home Of The Brave (right) will bid to follow up his Jury Stakes win
PICTURE: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)
Home Of The Brave to continue winning ways?
But for an eleventh hour problem, Home Of The Brave would have lined up in the July Cup over six furlongs a few weeks ago. Instead, he turns up in the Lennox Stakes over seven in a bid to extend his winning streak.
Hugo Palmer seems to have found the secret of calming Home Of The Brave down, allowing the now four-year-old to make best use of his considerable talents having so often blown his chances through keenness.
He is yet to register a victory at anything higher than a Group 3 but seven furlongs is surely his optimum trip and Tuesday’s race presents a perfect opportunity to land the biggest win of his career and make it three on the bounce.
The King George winner Highland Reel is a Vintage Stakes hero
PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)
Will a star be born in the Vintage Stakes?
The other Group 2 contest on the opening day is the Vintage Stakesfor two-year-olds, a race that has produced some real stars in recent years.
The race went the way of the subsequent 2,000 Guineas and St James’s Palace Stakes hero Galileo Gold 12 months ago, while Saturday’s King George winner Highland Reel scooped the prize in 2014.
In 2012, it was Olympic Glory and in 2013 Toormore was the victor, so the question is this: is there another star of the future lurking among the ten heading to post on Tuesday?
Boynton is undefeated and impressed when winning the Group 2 Superlative Stakes from War Decree at Newmarket last time. Can he confirm himself a live Classic hope for next season for owners Godolphin, who are desperate to find just that?
He faces up against War Decree once again in a burgeoning battle between Coolmore and Godolphin that could prove to be a storyline stretching far behind Tuesday if the two colts can build on the promise they have shown so far.
Can James McDonald go out with a bang?
James McDonald has made a huge impression during his stint in Britain and will head back to Australia at the end of this week, with the Spring Carnival just a few months away.
The New Zealander has notched 15 winners since arrival in Britain and has proved a more than able deputy for the suspended William Buick.
McDonald has six rides on the opening day the festival, including aboard Dutch Connection in the feature Lennox Stakes.
Going news
The going at Goodwood was on Monday described as good on the straight course and good to firm, good in places on the round course with watering having taken place to maintain conditions.
Clerk of the course Seamus Buckley said: “There hasn’t been any measurable rain for 14 days and it has been blisteringly hot, so we’ve put down sufficient water to keep the moisture in the ground.
“I’m delighted with condition of the course and we will be starting the meeting on some very nice ground.”
Goodwood TUE 26 JUL 2016
GOING: Straight course – GOOD; Round course – GOOD TO FIRM (Good in places) (GoingStick 8.1) (Watering to maintain). (Mostly cloudy)
STALLS: Straight course – Stands’ side; Round course – Inside
| 2:00 |
MATCHBOOK BETTING EXCHANGE STAKES (HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (4yo+) Winner £31,125 18 runners 1m1f192y Good To Firm CH4 Race Conditions: £50,000 guaranteed For 4yo+ Weights highest weight not less than 9st 10lb See Note below:Minimum weight 8-0 Penalties after July 16th, each race won 6lb NOTE: Any horse rated above 110 shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 9st 10lb Subsequently, the excess over 110 in any rating shall be added to the weight allotted to that horse without limitation to the highest weight to be carried Revolutionist’s Handicap Mark 107 Entries 37 pay £ 250 Penalty value 1st £31,125.00 2nd£9,320.00 3rd £4,660.00 4th £2,330.00 5th £1,165.00 6th £585.00 |
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| 2:35 |
QATAR VINTAGE STAKES (GROUP 2) (CLASS 1) (2yo) Winner £113,420 10 runners 7f Good To Firm CH4 Race Conditions: £200,000 guaranteed For 2yo Weights colts & geldings 9st 1lb; fillies 8st 12lb Penalties a winner of a Group 1 or Group 2 race 3lb Entries 21 pay £ 1200 Penalty value 1st £113,420.00 2nd £43,000.003rd £21,520.00 4th £10,720.00 5th £5,380.00 6th £2,700.00 |
| 3:10 |
QATAR LENNOX STAKES (GROUP 2) (CLASS 1) (3yo+) Winner £170,130 8 runners 7f Good To Firm CH4 Race Conditions: £300,000 guaranteed For 3yo+ Weights 3yo colts & geldings 8st 10lb; fillies 8st 7lb; 4yo+ colts & geldings 9st 3lb; fillies 9st Penalties after October 31st, 2015, a winner of a Group 2 race 3lb; of a Group 1 race 5lb Entries 41 pay £ 1000 Confirmed 14 Penalty value 1st £170,130.00 2nd £64,500.00 3rd £32,280.004th £16,080.00 5th £8,070.00 6th £4,050.00 |
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| 3:45 |
BETTER ODDS WITH MATCHBOOK SUMMER STAKES (HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (3yo+) Winner £62,250 14 runners 1m6f Good To Firm CH4 Race Conditions: £100,000 guaranteed For 3yo+ Weights highest weight not less than 9st 10lb See Note below: Minimum weight 8-0 Penalties after July 16th, each race won 6lb NOTE: Any horse rated above 110 (or 124 if such a horse is three years old) shall be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 9st 10lb. Subsequently, the excess over 110 (or 124 if such a horse is three years old) in any rating shall be added to the weight allotted to that horse without limitation to the highest weight to be carried Elidor’s Handicap Mark 105 Entries 40 pay £ 500 Penalty value 1st £62,250.00 2nd £18,640.00 3rd £9,320.00 4th£4,660.00 5th £2,330.00 6th £1,170.00 |
| 4:20 |
WEATHERBYS PRIVATE BANK STAKES (HANDICAP) (CLASS 2) (4yo+ 0-105) Winner £19,407 19 runners 5f Good RUK Race Conditions: £30,000 guaranteed For 4yo+ Rated 86-105 (also open to such horses rated 85 and below)Weights highest weight 9st 7lb Minimum weight 8-2 Penalties after July 16th, each race won 6lb Maljaa’s Handicap Mark 105 Entries 30 pay £ 150 Penalty value 1st £19,407.00 2nd £5,775.00 3rd £2,886.00 4th£1,443.00 |
Long Handicap: Waseem Faris 8-1, Lady Kyllar 7-13, Red Stripes 7-13, Extrasolar 7-13
| 4:55 |
IRISH THOROUGHBRED MARKETING EBF STALLIONS MAIDEN STAKES (PLUS 10 RACE)(CLASS 2) (2yo) Winner £12,938 12 runners 6f Good RUK Race Conditions: £20,000 guaranteed For 2yo colts & geldings which are EBF eligible Weights 9st Entries 25 pay £ 100 Penalty value 1st £12,938.00 2nd £3,850.00 3rd £1,924.00 4th £962.00 |
| 5:30 |
SMARTER BETS WITH MATCHBOOK BETTING EXCHANGE FILLIES´ STAKES (HANDICAP)(CLASS 3) (3yo+ 0-95) Winner £12,938 13 runners 1m Good To Firm RUK Race Conditions: £20,000 guaranteed For 3yo+ fillies & mares Rated 76-95 (also open to fillies & mares rated 75 and below) Weights highest weight: 4yo+ 10st; 3yo 9st 6lb Minimum weight 8-9, 3-y-o 8-1 Penalties after July 16th, each race won 6lb Gratzie’s Handicap Mark 94 Entries 28 pay £ 100 Penalty value 1st £12,938.002nd £3,850.00 3rd £1,924.00 4th £962.00 |
Long Handicap: Pacolita 8-8
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