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Genki emerged as the victory of the last major race at the 2009 Glorious Goodwood meeting on Thursday, taking victory in the 6 furlong Steward’s Cup.
The 14/1 priced 5 year old emerged at the head of the pack in the final furlong of the handicap, and had enough speed to hold off Even And Odds by a length.
Top weighted Knot In Wood arrived home in third place while the antepost favourite, Markab, rewarded his each way backers in fourth place.
“He’s a lovely old horse,” winning jockey, Steve Drowne, told the Press Association after the race. “I was well behind at halfway, but I had the ones on my side covered. When I got to the front on my side the others started to come back to me, he’s picked them off and he’s gone and got them.”
“He’s quite versatile for trip and settles well. He missed the kick the last twice for some reason and today he was sharp out and broke on terms with them and travelled with them. He’s such a game horse. We must have been 10 to 15 lengths behind those on the far side at halfway. He’s done well to pick them up.”
Henry Cecil’s Midday walked away with the spoils in the final group one race of the 2009 Glorious Goodwood Festival, landing the Nassau Stakes.
The filly, who had come close to winning both the Epsom and Irish Oaks, came good on her potential by defeating antepost favourite, Rainbow View. Moneycantbuymelove finished the race in third position.
Midday’s win was particularly impressive given that Cecil had been on the verge of withdrawing her from the Nassau Stakes following heavy rain over Goodwood Racecourse on Friday.
“She doesn’t like it soft but I had seen her work well on good to soft and they were going through it,” Cecil said after the race. “The times of the other races weren’t too bad so I took a chance but then thought ‘God, I have done the wrong thing’.”
“I couldn’t watch the race and felt quite sick but I heard everyone shouting ‘come on Midday, come on Midday’ so I knew that we weren’t tailed off.”
Midday’s victory handed winning jockey, Tom Queally, his third group one title of the season.
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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It’s the final day of the 2009 Glorious Goodwood meeting, and organizers have saved the best for last, with racing fans in for a treat with the day’s feature race – the 2009 Nassau Stakes.
The Nassau Stakes has been hit by a slew of late withdrawals, with the likes of Sariska and Lush Lashes opting out of the race. There’s more than enough quality in the field though, with the likes of Rainbow View and Midday still in contention for group one glory in the race.
It’s the former that many punters will be looking to in today’s race. At 4/1 Rainbow view will return stakes on each way bets, and like Rip Van Winkle in the Sussex Stakes, is overdue a group one success this season.
The filly who emerged as a champion in her two year old season will have to contend with Henry Cecil’s Midday, who placed in both the Irish and Epsom Oaks, but has also failed to claim a group one race this season. Midday is the antepost favourite at odds of 7/2.
Aside from the two favourites there are several runners priced around the 7/1 margin who are certainly worth a look for each way bets. Moneycantbuymelove looks particularly compelling coming into the Nassau Stakes on the back of two wins.
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Caracciola’s connections have decided not to put their 12 year old veteran stayer out to pasture following his disappointing run in yesterday’s Goodwood Cup.
The veteran had been priced among the favourites for the group 2 race over 2 miles, but eventually lost out to a clutch of younger racehorses, led by Saeed bin Suroor’s Schiaparelli.
Despite finishing a country mile behind Schiaparelli, owner Piers Pottinger believes that his racehorse has one more good run left in him, and will send him to Japan to compete in the 2 mile 2 furlong Sports Nippon Sho Stayers Stakes.
“The ground was not ideal but he was staying on very well at the end and we’re still on for the trip to Japan later in the year,” Pottinger was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. “We’re really hoping the Japanese will realise he’s a bit of a star and make a fuss of him.”
However, the former national hunt racehorse won’t required to go back to the office just yet. He’ll be returning to the national hunt format first, and will also benefit from having regular trainer, Nicky Henderson, at his side when the trainer returns from a ban.
“He will now go off to Fiona Marner at Kingwood Stud for a good rest,” Pottinger concluded. “Then we might bring him back for the Cheltenham meeting in November for a prep-run for hurdles. He is always best fresh for jumping.”
Jockey Jimmy Fortune is confident that he can land his second Glorious Goodwood feature race onboard Rainbow View in tomorrow’s group one Nassau Stakes.
Fortune, who expertly guided Laa Rayb to victory for Mark Johnston in the totesport Mile, will be leading Rainbow View into battle against a top quality field that includes a clutch of 4 year old group one winners and this season’s top performing filly – Sariska.
The jockey is hopeful that Rainbow View will overcome an indifferent season that has seen her struggle to fulfill the potential she showed as the 2 year old champion filly in 2008.
“She’s run a good race every time she’s run this season and has done nothing wrong,” Fortune told the Press Association. “She just hasn’t had her ground. The rain we had on Thursday will hopefully help but if we have a drying day then it’s back to good again. It’s just a pity the Nassau wasn’t on Thursday.”
“I think a mile and a quarter should be right for her and obviously I’d be hoping it’s going to rain. I think there are showers forecast so let’s hope they fall on the track as that would certainly help her cause.”
“It’s a competitive race, as you’d expect for a Group One, but I certainly haven’t lost faith in her. She’s working well, we’re very happy with her and I’m certain that when she gets proper soft ground she’ll come back to her best. She’s definitely up to winning a Group One and I wouldn’t swap her for anything else in the race.”
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