A implausible Wednesday is in store at Glorious Goodwood as day two of the 2025 Qatar Goodwood Festival has three Group races on the cardboard, including the most important race of the week, the Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes (3.05)
The day features probably the most exciting horse in Britain this season as wide-margin Royal Ascot winner Field Of Gold bids to substantiate that he’s the most effective miler around.
Our expert, Clive Gildon, has a trio of selections on the cardboard including one within the opening handicap and one within the last.
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13:20 Goodwood – Sudu – 5/1
An excellent day kicks off with a competitive 1m4f handicap, but it surely could be become a procession by Sudu, who has appeared to be on the up quickly since switching to handicaps.
The Roger Varian-trainded gelding must have won on his handicap debut at Newbury last month. He travelled powerfully on the within but found every little bit of trouble going and got out too late. He finished off his race strongly, but couldn’t reel within the winner and settled for fourth.
He went off a red-hot 4/5 favourite to make amends at Epsom last time and did so in style. Sudu again travelled like the category act that he had checked out Newbury and this time he ran away from the sector to attain by seven lengths, with any amount left within the tank at the road.
He has gone up 9lb within the weights, however the form was franked when the Epsom runner-up Navid won at Salisbury last week, and Sudu represents the Varian team that has won this race twice within the last 10 years from only three runners in that point.
15:45 Goodwood – Ashariba – 13/2
Local trainer David Menuisier often has a number of lined up for this week at Goodwood and Ashariba could be one in every of them. She appears to be steadily returning to her best form.
The daughter of Ribchester won twice towards the top of last season and gave the impression to be on the upgrade. Nonetheless, she has yet to achieve that level in two starts during this campaign.
She didn’t run badly when seventh at Epsom on her seasonal reappearance, but took a giant step forward at Newcastle last time. She was beaten only a length-and-a-half by the winner that day and that was after taking on the running a good distance out into the teeth of a headwind.
Ashariba is capable of higher now that she is returned to turf off a mark 1lb lower than last time and he or she remains to be unexposed on the surface, so there might be plenty more to come back.
16:55 Goodwood – Leadman – 7/1
The ultimate race of the day is a 20-runner handicap and the draw will probably be key. A low stall is crucial in such a giant field over 7f at Goodwood and Leadman has it from gate three.
The son of Kingman is flippantly raced for a five-year-old and appears to be improving. He recorded a career-best Racing Post Rating when winning a 7f handicap at Newmarket last time and has gone up only 4lb within the weights, so is able to find the progress needed.
Leadman had Saturday’s Ascot International winner Two Tribes behind in third that day, so the shape looks strong, and it is a race that trainer David O’Meara won with Rhoscolyn two years ago. This has probably been the goal since and William Buick is a positive booking.
Buick has six wins from 20 rides for the O’Meara team within the last five seasons and an additional three were second, and 4 third. That implies connections mean business this time.
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