Vintage Stakes Odds: Aidan O’Brien and Charlie Appleby to clash once again

The second race on Day 1 of Glorious Goodwood is the Group 2 Vintage Stakes for two-year-olds.

There’s a £175,000 prize pot on offer for the 7f event and a field of eight has been declared.

This race has been won by the likes of Highland Reel, Galileo Gold, Expert Eye and Pinatubo in the last 10 years and last year’s winner Haatem hasn’t done the race’s reputation any harm.

Vintage Stakes Odds

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The Parthenon

It’s probably quite telling that Aidan O’Brien’s colt started his career in a Group 3 and he wasn’t beaten too far despite finishing fifth of the seven runners.

He managed to get the job done when winning a Gowran maiden next time and whilst the step up in grade looks steep on the evidence of that effort, you can never rule out a Ballydoyle runner.

Aomori City

Charlie Appleby’s colt maybe had more in hand than the winning margin suggests when getting off the mark at the first time of asking at Nottingham.

Third in the Group 2 July Stakes at Newmarket next time, he didn’t quite have the gears to live with the impressive winner and the step up in trip should suit. Further progress seems likely and he should have every chance.

An Outlaw’s Grace

This horse showed plenty of promise when winning nicely on debut at Salisbury, although it has to be said that you would probably want the form to have worked out better. The son of Dandy Man did leave room for improvement, however.

It was a fair effort when fourth in the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin at Chantilly earlier this month and shaped as if the extra furlong will help.

Cool Hoof Luke

He was a narrow winner of a Chelmsford maiden in June and backed that up with a fine fourth in the Coventry Stakes next time.

Keenness was his undoing but he was less than a length behind the winner and that form suggests he’s capable of winning this, provided he settles better.

Electrolyte

Archie Watson’s colt bolted up on debut at Ayr and was denied by the narrowest of margins when second in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.

A repeat of that effort would surely give him every chance, although he was well beaten behind Aomori City earlier this month and will need to step up on that form.

Wolf Of Badenoch

Plenty went wrong for him at Doncaster on debut and he was carried right at the start. Hugo Palmer’s two-year-old overcame that significant inconvenience to win well and he was value for more than the official margin.

This Group 2 signifies a significant rise in class but there could be any amount of improvement to come on just his second start here.

Arabian Sun

Clive Cox’s colt was second here over 6f on debut and went one better at Salisbury on his next start. The form has since received a couple of boosts as the second and fourth both went on to score.

He probably has plenty still to find, however, and there are others that make more appeal in this competitive event.

Tiger Mask

The ratings suggest he needs to find a fair amount of improvement but there’s a lot to like about his form. Karl Burke’s grey was second to the very promising The Strikin Viking at York on his penultimate start.

Tiger Mask made no mistake when making all the running to get off the mark at Ascot earlier this month. Perhaps not the most obvious candidate, but his profile does suggest that he’d be dangerous to rule out.

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