2nd buggar !!! Hope it's not the sign of things to come. Polygon to beat Vita Nova at Goodwood 8/1 2nd fav !!!
Looking forward to Vita Nova next at Goodwood - obv short enough at 1/2 so no bet but she is a high class filly and should have a good season
****s sake Van Persie. Shambles. Ref has had a shocker this game. Nothing wrong with the goal I should say.
Cheers George - not being particularly interested in either team I'll stick with the racing now it's on! But was sure it was on TV somewhere - but couldn't find Channel 4 just showed Frankel's gallop. Looked fairly impressive to me, and yes - he was wearing hind protectors of some sort. This Goodwood race is dragging on .... I have Western Pearl ew in this one and Al Kazeem ew in the soon-to-be-off 2-30 at Newmarket!
‎5.15 Goodwood Captain Cardington 25/1 I think Mick Channon's 3 year old looks very overpriced. He was last seen at Nottingham about a month ago where he ran a decent race before folding in the latter stages to finish about a 5L beaten 5th. He ran in his typical fashion of getting bumped from a fair way out and with about 1f left he looked a real player before finishers swamped right past him. It was on ok effort but it wasn't fantastic. He races today off a mark of 65, 1lb lower than his last effort, and he is only 1lb above his last winning mark which was 3 starts ago at Lingfield over 10f, with the 2nd winning by 4L on his next start so there is a lot to like about that effort. In relation to his turf form, I think he has shown some good efforts which make him look pretty well handicapped. On his 2nd career start back in June of last year, Captain Cardington ran out an impressive winner of a maiden at Epsom. The form of that race looks strong , with the 2nd performing admirably off a mark of 70 subsequently and the 3rd winning twice in the interim period, including off a mark of 78. After this Captain Cardington was stepped into Class 2 company for his handicap debut off a mark of 75 at this track where he ran a very credible 3.25L beaten 7th in a race with very strong form. After being readily outpaced, he met a lot of traffic in running before staying on over the 7f trip and if reproducing that effort today he should take all the beating.This run at Goodwood, coupled with his maiden success at Epsom, demonstrates Captain Cardington's liking for undulating tracks and I think he will relish returning to Goodwood. Today's contest is a Class 5 event and now being 10lb lower than his good handicap debut over what was probably on the sharp side I think he appears very well handicapped. Trainer Mick Channon has his string in pretty good order at the moment and with the ground not looking to much of an issue I certainly think he is weighted to run a very big race.
