The first race at Goodwood, the 14.00, is the sort that usually gets the bookies off to a great start at these big meetings. I've got 3 trades lined up for today & this is probably the most risky as the size of the field brings in more variables to disrupt how I feel the race may be run to suit our trading horse. However, we wouldn't be dabbling if I didn't think it was worth it & our trade should be comfortable.
The horse in question is the mount of Richard Hughes, Cai Shen. He's stepping down from a group 2 race at Ascot last time out where he controlled the pace from the front which arguably lead to the downfall of Carlton House. In the last class 2 handicap he competed in at Royal Ascot which was a monster 30 runner field he was able to come through from the rear and trade from a BSP of 13.5 down to 2.42. This give me confidence that we will get a trade no matter what tactics are chosen by Richard Hannon.
Cai Shen is available to back now at 9.0 on here & with Bet365* for 2 points, we can then lay 2.6 points at 6.6 for a 30% pre race profit or if we have to go in play to get our trade then lay off 3.05 points at 5.8 to give us a 1 point 50% profit & an all green screen.
Best of luck.
*ALWAYS back with Best Odds Guaranteed bookmakers if possible, if the horse drifts we will use the ISP to record results & revise our in play lay off price upwards
2 more very confident selections to go at later on today however. This was only the 2nd loosing trade for our blog. A full updates for July will be posted at the close of today.