It’s the fifth and final day of the Glorious Goodwood Festival on Saturday, with the Lillie Langtry Stakes and Stewards' Cup highlights on the seven-race card.
The Racing Post’s Phill Anderson has picked out three selections for the best of Saturday's action at Goodwood, including one in the Stewards' Cup.
Saturday's Glorious Goodwood Racing Betting Tips
13:50 Goodwood - Sing Us A Song @ 6/1
15:35 Goodwood - Mitbaahy @ 12/1
17:20 Goodwood - Blue Courvoisier @ 9/2
13:50 Goodwood - Sing Us A Song @ 6/1
Saturday’s opener looks like one of the less demanding handicaps of the week and it’s perhaps a good opportunity for Sing Us A Song to bag his first win of the campaign.
The Wathnan representative won his maiden at this track and bookended last season with handicap wins, gaining his first success over this trip at the end of the campaign.
He’s been steadily warming to the task this year, hitting the crossbar at York in May before a three-length defeat at Royal Ascot when fifth of 16 in the Copper Horse Stakes.
The Ascot effort can be upgraded having been involved in a pace battle that was never going to hold up and he easily did best of those that were in the front rank.
He’s been left on the same handicap mark and the round track suits prominent racers, particularly when there’s no cutaway so he should be more effective here than Ascot.
He’s also received the vote of confidence from retained jockey James Doyle over Hopewell Rock who has solid claims and Sing Us A Song makes plenty of appeal each-way, with bet365 offering an extra place on the race.
15:35 Goodwood - Mitbaahy @ 12/1
There have been signs that Mitbaahy retains a good chunk of his old ability in his last couple of starts and there are a few reasons to think he’ll go well in Saturday’s feature race.
The son of Profitable was a Group 2 winner a couple of seasons ago in the Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh but he’s well suited to big-field handicaps where they go a good gallop and his current rating of 104 (due to go up 3lb for a Group 3 second last time out) underestimates his ability.
His run in the Wokingham was full of promise, staying on for fifth from an unpromising position and with a lot of pace in this contest, particularly in the high numbers, his draw of 25 could be a big advantage.
He’ll be coming on to the scene late and he’ll need a bit of luck in-running but this has probably been the long term aim for owners who target this meeting and he looks overpriced each-way with bet365 paying six places.
17:20 Goodwood - Blue Courvoisier @ 9/2
The finale for the Goodwood Festival looks like a cracking renewal and a progressive three-year-old could be the one worth chancing.
Blue Courvoisier has looked steadily progressive since his winning debut at Leicester. The colt subsequently finished runner-up to Item at Bath on his final juvenile start, form that looks a lot smarter now than it did at the time, and returned with a narrow defeat at Newmarket this season, another race that has worked out well.
He subsequently finished fourth behind Outback Heat who went on to be narrowly denied in the Britannia at Royal Ascot before getting his head back in front at Carlisle with a gutsy performance from the front.
His Royal Ascot performance last time out is worth excusing having had no chance from a low draw when there was a clear bias to the near side and from 1lb lower in a lesser race, he may be capable of getting back on an upward trajectory with a handy low draw to work with.
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Phill Anderson selected Avalon Queen (recommended at 11/1) at Goodwood earlier in the week and has three more each-way picks for Saturday’s action.
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