Our team at GG have taken a peak at Day Four of Glorious Goodwood and picked out their best bet, alongside Kwiff’s latest offer where new customers can claim £20 In Free Bets when placing a £10 bet on Goodwood this week.
Daryl Carter – Acklam Express, King George Stakes
ACKLAM EXPRESS is a fair price here on the back of his excellent third at Ascot in the King’s Stand when having Equilateral and Lazuli in behind, and he returns to the scene of his brilliant handicap success in 2020. He may not be the best horse in the race, but he has a very good draw in stall eight for his prominent racing position, and that could make all the difference in keeping Equilateral – the best horse in the race – at bay. Raasel and Mitbaahy are progressive types but will need luck in running, as will Lazuli if he starts slowly again. The selection is underestimated on the strength of that Ascot run, and he has plenty in his favour today to reproduce the goods.
1pt win
Andrew Mount – Blue For You & Orbaan, Coral Golden Mile Handicap
The false rail has been removed overnight, revealing a fresh strip of ground on the inside and giving low-drawn runners a big advantage in this 1m contest.
David O’Meara’s BLUE FOR YOU needed his stable debut after leaving Dermot Weld’s care and has recorded form figures of 332 (0-3) since then, finishing within half a length of the winner every time. He’ll be hard to kick out of the frame from stall 1.
Stablemate ORBAAN is a massive 15lb lower than when a respectable 66-1 sixth in this race 12 months ago and was beaten by less than four lengths when a solid 40-1 eighth of 21 over an inadequate 7f in the International Stakes at Ascot last Saturday. The booking of Silvestre De Sousa is a worry, as he tends to ride as though he’s got a plane to catch, gunning his mounts from the outset, even if such tactics are not suited to the track (see just about all his rides at Ascot in the past two years). However, he did give him a hold-up ride at Ascot last time and fingers crossed he doesn’t do anything daft. Softer ground would have been preferable but he’s a big price and is worth chancing from stall 2.
Joe Napier – Caius Chorister, Oliver Brown Handicap
It is worth waiting for the last for the best bet of the day. Usually a 17lb rise for a single victory would be too much to even consider backing a horse to follow up, but few horses win races in the manner CAIUS CHORISTER has the last twice at Epsom. He may have only been meeting a total of five rivals in those two races, but he won them by a grand total of 31 lengths. Benoit De La Sayette seemed to treat the most recent of those wins as a piece of work, gradually sending his mount further and further clear from an early stage. Those two victories made it four on the bounce for David Menuisier’s charge and his yard has had more than its measure of success at this track. Even his triumph at Salisbury in June looks sensational in hindsight, with the neck runner-up, Wagga Wagga, now rated 17lb higher after winning his next two races. All told, this is a horse who has been racing miles below a level he is truly capable of and another success can follow.
Today’s Racing
Joe Eccles – Rebel’s Romance, L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate Glorious Stakes
Backing horses purely on the basis that you don’t fancy any of the others in the field probably wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but that’s my modus operandi for selecting REBEL’S ROMANCE as a strong play in the 1m4f Group 3. A glance through the field suggests that Regal Reality is a doubtful stayer, Fancy Man needs softer ground and possibly a left-handed track, John Leeper is a law unto himself and is now nine without a win, Max Vega and Foxes Tales would prefer it softer whilst both Kemari and Desert Encounter were behind the selection last time. Rebel’s Romance proved both well-being and ability to act on this surface when going in impressively at Listed level at Newmarket last month and he’s already won at Group 2 level on dirt. Stablemate Global Storm looks his biggest danger, but he was given a freebie up front last time, which looks unlikely here, whilst he’s also gained all four career wins at handicap level.
Jordan Arksey– Bolt Action, Coral Beaten-By-A-Length Free Bet Nursery Handicap
My idea of the best bet on day 4 of the Qatar Goodwood Festival comes in Friday’s penultimate contest as BOLT ACTION makes his nursery debut for trainer Roger Varian. After comfortably beating a pair of subsequent winners over the minimum trip on his debut at Leicester in May, Roger Varian’s Kessaar colt was pitched straight into the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot the following month. Sixth on that occasion, he shaped with plenty of promise in behind and was only beaten four lengths at the line in a race that has worked out extremely well since – the winner has since landed a Group 3 event, while the second, third and fourth have also subsequently landed valuable sprint contests. Roger Varian’s charge is entitled to improve plenty on just his third racecourse outing on Friday afternoon and looks a worthy favourite here.
Rob Plumbridge – Raasel, King George Stakes
RAASEL is such a likeable horse and rates as a superb each way bet to nothing here for me. He’s now 9 wins from 14 starts on turf and should take this in his stride and make a bold bid under regular partner James Doyle – who seems to be getting a real tune out of him. His hold up style and powerful finish have already been seen to great effect at Goodwood this season and expect an action pact run at the back end of the race. He holds a few of these on form this year, beating Mitbaahy and Acklaim Express already and I think he might be a horse who just gets the job done, so there could well be extra to come from him. You can play him confidently each way here.
Tom Aldridge – Mitbaahy, King George Qatar Stakes
It was a three-year-old (Suesa) that ended the Battaash dominance of the King George last year, and I’m siding with another 3-y-o this year with MITBAAHY. In his four races this year, he’s won two and finished second in the other two, beaten ¾ of a length and a neck. That neck second last time out to Raasel was a fantastic effort considering Raasel had a much easier run and Mitbaahy just couldn’t get through a gap when he wanted. I think we should see that form reversed here and he looks a fantastic bet at the prices on offer. Equilateral looks to be the danger after an equally difficult passage in the Coral Charge, but Mitbaahy finished over a length clear of him that day and he rates a confident bet for me.
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