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The Sun
15 hours ago
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- The Sun
Templegate's Tote Placepot tips for Goodwood day one with huge £200,000 guaranteed
GLORIOUS GOODWOOD gets underway TODAY with five days of top class action to get your teeth stuck into. Our man Templegate is back with his Placepot tips in the hope of helping you towards a share of the mammoth £200,000 guaranteed pot! The Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in the FIRST SIX races of any meeting. You can pick more than one horse in a race – you just multiply the number of selections in each race to calculate your stake. So for staking it's 2x2x2x2x2x2 which adds up to 64 lines. You can stake what you want upwards from 5p a line which would cost a total of £3.20. 10p a line is £6.40 and so on. Provided at least one in each race is placed, we get a payout! Goodwood Tuesday placepot LEG 1: Grey Cuban, Jolly Jack Tar GREY CUBAN clocked a massive personal best when scooting in at Chester last week and looks a fair price to go close again. The booking of Oisin Murphy takes the eye and he is best over this trip on fast or sticky ground. JOLLY JACK TAR is improving with every run and looks the main danger. This is his turf debut for the Gosdens but he had plenty in hand when scoring at Chelmsford last time. He's up 9lb for that but stays and can progress again. LEG 2: Dorset DORSET looked the latest future star off the Balldoyle production line when stepping up from his debut to win impressively at The Curragh. As you'd expect he's from a high-class family and likes this trip. He should take another big step forward under Ryan Moore. LEG 3: Noble Champion, Kinross NOBLE CHAMPION was impressive when winning the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot last time. Being gelded over the winter has clearly worked wonders as he looked a different horse and clocked a decent time despite drifting across the track late on. He's proven over the trip and is open to plenty of improvement. KINROSS still looks the main danger at the age of eight. He's won this twice and has been placed on his two other attempts. He was just behind Ten Bob Tony – who has an each-way shout here – at Haydock last time but is better off at the weights today and will have needed that comeback. LEG 4: French Master, Illinois FRENCH MASTER put himself right in the picture for the Goodwood Cup when running away with the Copper Horse Handicap at Royal Ascot last time. He won that competitive contest over 1m6f like a top-quality Cup horse in the making. ILLINOIS sets the standard after his second in the Ascot Gold Cup last time to the gutsy Trawlerman. That was his first crack over two miles or more and he saw it out well enough, still finishing ahead of some useful marathon runners. LEG 5: Dream Composer, Redorange DREAM COMPOSER has a cracking record at Goodwood and looks a big price in a wide-open race. He's dropped to his last winning mark and went close at Pontefract last time. A repeat of that gives him a solid chance. REDORANGE was beaten just half a length in hot company at Ascot last time despite having the worst of the draw. That was after an excellent third at the Royal meeting and he's a threat. LEG 6: Naval Light, Anashhad NAVAL LIGHT ran well in the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot despite still running really green and can improve for Karl Burke who does well with juveniles. ANASHHAD has looked decent in a couple of good maidens and can figure again for Roger Varian. Remember to gamble responsibly A responsible gambler is someone who: Establishes time and monetary limits before playing Only gambles with money they can afford to lose Never chase their losses Doesn't gamble if they're upset, angry or depressed Gamcare – GambleAware – For help with a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 or go to to be excluded from all UK-regulated gambling websites. *New customers online only. Eligibility restrictions apply. One welcome offer per customer. Bet a minimum of £/€10 at odds of 1/1 (2.0) or greater across sports or racing (if EW then min £/€10 Win + £/€10 Place) within 7 days of registration to qualify. Receive £/€20 Tote Credit, £/€10 sports Free Bet and 20 Free Spins on Big Bass Bonanza within 48 hours of qualifying bet settlement. Qualifying bet is the first racing pool or sports bet added to the bet slip. 7-day expiry. 18+. Full T&Cs apply. Full T&Cs apply.
The Sun
a day ago
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- The Sun
Frankie Dettori got on well with this old boy and I'm backing him at 4-1 to score on day one of Goodwood
YOUTH is a gift of nature while age is a work of art. That's certainly the case at Goodwood on Tuesday as the Glorious five-day meeting gets under way live on ITV. 1 The new kid on the block – can they touch this!? – is three-year-old Scandinavia who goes in the Group 1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup over two miles. But painting a pretty picture once again is veteran Kinross, back for more in the Group 2 HKJC World Pool Lennox Stakes over seven furlongs. Ralph Beckett's two-time Group 1 hero has Lennox form figures of 1213 in four previous tries. It's hard not to love Goodwood on the Sussex Downs, and while there might be some rain today most of the week looks set for decent weather. Scandinavia's Aidan O'Brien-trained stable companion Illinois is likely to start a hot favourite for the Goodwood Cup. And the Ascot Gold Cup runner-up faces some familiar names in Normandie Stud's terrific Sweet William and former St Leger third Sunway. Less exposed, though, is French Master, now owned by Wathnan but once running in the same silks as Sweet William. French Master is fascinating. Even more exciting could be SCANDINAVIA. He had a bad trip in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot but with cheekpieces looked really good in a St Leger trial, the Bahrain Trophy, at Newmarket last time. Ryan Moore has ditched him for Illinois, but I suspect Wayne Lordan will be in for a good spin. Eight-year-old KINROSS is not as good as he once was, and a mark of 116 is proof. He has been rated 119. But what it also shows is that he's still very capable as we all saw when he chased home Ten Bob Tony on seasonal debut at Haydock under a 5lb penalty. I'd expect him to improve past that race fit rival today. Coverage on ITV starts with a handicap over 1m2f. TONY MONTANA has the ability to go close in a race like this and gets a decent draw in stall 6 so he is the each-way selection. David Egan rides for Michael Bell on a horse who has finished second at Goodwood and York this term off a mark of 94 and 96. He was up to 99 when cheekpieces were added for the Hunt Cup over 1m but is back down to 98 now over the trip that suits. Third in this race when rated 94 and staying on well, he certainly has place claims. In the Group 2 Coral Vintage Stakes for juveniles over 7f I like ANDAB each-way for Dylan Browne McMonagle and Joseph O'Brien. The key to this horse is the step up in distance. The son of Saxon Warrior was a decent third in the Marble Hill before a fine fourth (Do Or Do Not in second) in the Coventry at Royal Ascot. He was powering home that day and I really think he's a different prospect at this trip. Coverage concludes with a handicap over 5f. SHAGRAAN is drawn around pace and he's in a good position to track and pounce. Ultimately he might be in the grip of the handicapper, but he beat 15 rivals over course and distance last year and has been consistent this season including when fourth to American Affair in a big field at York off 101. He remains on that mark for the fourth time in a row here. A few quid each-way for Tom Marquand and Mick Appleby. Commercial content notice: Taking one of the offers featured in this article may result in a payment to The Sun. You should be aware brands pay fees to appear in the highest placements on the page. 18+. T&Cs apply. Remember to gamble responsibly A responsible gambler is someone who:
Irish Times
19-07-2025
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- Irish Times
Minnie Hauk makes it more exciting than anticipated but lands Irish Oaks at 2/11
Considering much of the pre-race chat was whether Minnie Hauk might start the shortest priced classic runner ever, Saturday's Juddmonte Irish Oaks turned out to be much more exciting than many had anticipated. Ultimately Aidan O'Brien 's eighth winner of the race, and the 16th filly to complete the Epsom-Curragh Oaks double, won a shade cosily. But those who bet the 2/11 SP must have been momentarily shifting uneasily in the straight as Ryan Moore started to scrub on the hotpot while Dylan Browne McMonagle was motionless in front of him on Wemightakedlongway. The latter was fourth at Epsom and a change of tactics briefly looked like paying off only for Minnie Hauk to ultimately come through and win by just over a length. READ MORE If there was a rather underwhelming feel to the performance, she did at least land her cramped odds. O'Brien's Order Of St George was famously beaten at 1/7 in the 2016 Irish Leger, a race that Yeats also got beaten in at 2/7 in 2006. In the end Australia's record 1/8 price when landing the 2014 Curragh Derby was unchallenged and his awkwardly named daughter, Wemightakedlongway, momentarily underlined the dangers of betting very short. Having narrowly beaten her stable companion Whirl at Epsom, the charitable take on Saturday's double display was that Minnie Hauk might not do it prettily but does consistently pull off the all-important feat of winning. Moore said he was never worried, although Browne McMonagle's tactical shift appeared to be a surprise. 'I just had to wake her up to get past Dylan, a little bit like at the Oaks at Epsom. She'd be quite deceptive. She's become more professional and at least we've learned a little bit more about her today. 'There's probably no doubt that it was a weak running of an Oaks. I'm happy with her and I'm sure she is going to go on to better things as well. 'When I asked her, she switched her lead and went and done it. At Chester at the start of the year she only won by a length, she just timed herself. When she got to the front at Epsom, she went asleep on me again. We are learning about her, and she'll be better than this,' reassured the English rider. Ryan Moore on Minnie Hauk win The Juddmonte Irish Oaks (Group 1). Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho O'Brien quickly added that the best of the €1.85 million 2023 Orby sales-topper won't be seen until she gets a very high race tempo to target. Afterwards, the Ballydoyle brains trust debated a potential route towards October's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, with either the Yorkshire Oaks or the Prix Vermeille apparently to the fore as possible trials. 'The boss (John Magnier) asked Ryan where to go with her and he said to go to the Yorkshire Oaks. The boss said 'what about if we give her a break and train her for the Vermeille and give her a French Arc prep?' All those things are open, and we'll see how she is. 'I think she can do either of those things but if she's going to the French trial she'd have to have a couple of easy weeks. Obviously if she's going to York she wouldn't have those couple of easy weeks,' O'Brien commented. The immediate dividend though was a seventh classic of the year for the trainer and an 11th Group One success in all. Having briefly threatened to spoil the short-priced Oaks party, Dylan Browne McMonagle later hit the mark on his own odds-on favourite Al Riffa in the Group Two Curragh Cup. The dual-Group One winner made light of the step up to 14-furlongs and quickened past inferior rivals to set up a tilt at the Irish Leger in September. Joseph O'Brien , twice a Melbourne Cup winner, didn't rule out a tilt at the Flemington highlight either with a colt who was classy enough to land a National Stakes as a two-year-old. Proud of Wemighttakedlongway's classic effort – 'Minnie Hauk is a champion, and we gave her a fright for a few seconds' – O'Brien is also eyeing a profitable autumn with Al Riffa. Earlier on the classic programme, True Love's 1-2 odds were comparatively generous when she made no mistake in kicking right away from three colts in the Group Two Gain Railway Stakes. The Queen Mary winner had no trouble stepping up a furlong and proved five lengths too good for her stable companion Puerto Rico. Ryan Moore on True Love wins The GAIN Railway Stakes (Group 2) at the Curragh. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho Having proven her credentials for the trip, O'Brien nominated potential targets in the Phoenix Stakes back at HQ, Deauville for the Prix Morny, and Newmarket's Cheveley Park Stakes. True Love was the first filly to win the Railway in 27 years and having successfully led the Ballydoyle juvenile bandwagon here may end up taking on colts again later this campaign. O'Brien indicated his exciting Albert Einstein 'probably' won't run again this season. That leaves the Coventry winner Gstaad – who beat True Love in his maiden – as his most likely top colt to go to war with later this summer. As well as the Phoenix and the Morny, Gstaad's ambitions could also see him aimed at seven-furlong contests in the National Stakes and the Dewhurst. However, the dangers of planning too far ahead also got underlined on Saturday when O'Brien revealed doubts about last year's champion juvenile filly Lake Victoria even racing again. Out of action since landing the Irish Guineas in May, he said: 'She is not back in exercise yet. She's doing very well physically, but she's not back in work yet. 'John (Halley, vet) will make the decision on whether she comes back into work for this year or is left alone until next year, or is retired altogether. They'll be decisions that will be made as weeks go by.' O'Brien opened Saturday's card with a 1-2-3 in the juvenile maiden where the odds-on New Zealand won by a nose from the eye-catching newcomer Isaac Newton. The sprinting division is often Irish racing's poor relation but there could be a real top-notcher in Ireland for a change as Arizona Blaze continued his progress up the ranks and landed the Group Two Barberstown Cstle Sapphire Stakes. Runner up in Royal Ascot's Commonwealth Cup, and at last year's Breeders' Cup, the AMO Racing colt dropped to the minimum distance and proved too quick for the English raider Mgheera. David Egan, whose sister Alexandra rode her first winner at Down Royal on Friday evening, dominated from the front on the winner and a potential tilt at York's Nunthorpe next month could be another shot at a top-level success. AMO's big-spending owner Kia Joorabchian was present at the Curragh to watch the colt and expressed confidence that a top-flight victory is within Arizona Blaze's grasp. 'He's been professional all the way. He loves five and can go six and seven. He loves the five furlongs and hopefully we'll have a lot more fun with him,' he said. 'I think we'll aim for the Breeders' Cup. I think he'll get a Group 1 somewhere.'
