2009 Steward’s Cup Preview

If you’re into lotteries than you’ll love the final feature race of the 2009 Glorious Goodwood meeting – the 6 furlong Steward’s Cup.

Combining the unpredictability of a sprint with a handicap produces a genuine cavalry charge that is set to be contested by no less than 28 runners. Much will depend on which horses get away early, and the jockeys will have their work cut out navigating through the field.

The betting market for the race is headed by Markab at a price of 8/1. This means little as favourites have an exceptionally poor hit rate in handicaps, so we’d recommend taking on some of his backers by laying him at a betting exchange like Betfair.

The rest of the field is priced over 10/1, and it is pretty much anyone’s guess how the race will pan out, with the handicapper having the last say. With this in mind we’re happy to back several runners in the field each-way, with a place by any one of these certain to provide an overall profit.

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