Glorious Goodwood Wednesday Betting Tips PT 1

Glorious Goodwood is in full effect and we’ve got some stellar wagering options ahead of us on Wednesday at one of the premier summer meets. The days card is anchored by the widely-anticipated Sussex Stakes and there are plenty of reasons to expect a seriously stand-out performance from the top contenders in that major Group 1 contest over the one mile distance. 

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The opening race is a 2m5f handicap with twenty different runners and it’s going to be a pretty tricky scenario to gauge the outright winner here. William of Orange lines up for Sir Mark Prescott and he’s been knocking on the door for a while now but still hasn’t made the breakthrough yet this season. He’s trading at a 4/1 margin right now while Air Squadron, undefeated on the year, looms as the main spoiler with a 7/1 price tag. 

He hasn’t been running in the greatest of races and this is a big step up for him but those wins were respectable ones and the contests the favourite was running in and losing previously aren’t really a whole heck of a lot better. 

The second race of the day is the Group 3 Gordon Stakes with a 1m4f distance to be tackled by a tricky group of 10. Highland Reel, a disappointment in the past three efforts looms as the betting favourite here with a very short 7/4 price tag after dropping down from a fifth place finish in the Irish Derby. Should he run to his second place effort at Chantilly recently then he’s got as good a chance as any and that’s likely what the punters are banking on with the relative drop in class. 

Medrano is your second choice and looks a contender with a 7/2 price tag while Scottish has seen some steam recently and was taken into 8/1 from 10/1 by the bookmakers after the money came. He was notable for finishing second at Royal Ascot in the King George V Stakes, which is a Class 2 handicap. Prior to that he broke his maiden at Newbury on the third time of asking and looks an interesting contender going forward.