Glorious Goodwood Day 2 predictions: Opera Ballo to serve it up to the three-year-olds
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Glorious Goodwood Day 2: Best bets, each-way selection and treble
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After a brilliant day of action on Tuesday, Goodwood is back on Wednesday afternoon and there is more Group 1 action on the card.
There is a stellar renewal of the Sussex Stakes in which Bow Echo will bid to maintain his unbeaten record.
The Molecomb and Oak Tree Stakes are two more Group races on a cracking seven-race card, which also features some competitive handicaps.
We have selections and analysis for the best of the action on day two.
Day two - Key info
First Race: 13:50 - Shaker Handicap
Feature Race: 16:10 - Sussex Stakes
The Sussex Stakes is the big Group 1 on day two of the Goodwood Festival and it looks like the strongest renewal in recent memory on paper with the likes of the 2,000 Guineas winner Bow Echo taking on his elders.
The action kicks off with a hugely competitive handicap, before a pair of Group 3 races at 15:00 and 15:35 and the card concludes with a couple more handicaps.
Best Bet Of The Day
Flora Of Bermuda to win the Oak Tree Stakes (15:00) @ 10/3 with Livescore Bet
Flora Of Bermuda may have to carry a penalty in the Oak Tree Stakes but she has rock solid claims of gaining back-to-back Group 3 wins after a success on the Knavesmire earlier this month.
The step up to seven furlongs has the potential to bring further improvement having shaped like she’s going to stay further than six on several occasions, including last time out at York, and Goodwood is not a demanding track as far as stamina is concerned.
She ought to be able to gain a good position from her low draw in stall four and she should arguably be favourite given that her main market rival seems less likely to stay the new trip.
Best Each-way Bet Of The Day
Under The Twilight each-way in the Charlton Handicap (17:00) @ 6/1 with Livescore Bet
A case can be made for plenty of them in the penultimate race on the card but Under The Twilight is very well treated on form.
She took a significant step back in the right direction when winning at Windsor last time out, an effort worth marking up from a higher draw than ideal, and she’s lurking 4lb lower than when narrowly denied at this meeting last year.
Having Goodwood form in the book is another big factor in her favour and a high draw is often an advantage on the straight track here.
Day 2 acca
Accumulators can offer generous returns and we have picked out an each-way treble for day two of Glorious Goodwood, which pays at 191/1 with LiveScore Bet.
Bet 1: Opera Ballo to win the Sussex Stakes (16:10) @ 9/2
Bow Echo has to be respected with his unbeaten record still intact after his Royal Ascot success last time out, following up his 2,000 Guineas win, but he’s going to need some luck in-running and there’s a chance that Opera Ballo will have a much more straightforward task from the front.
The Godolphin runner did well to finish as close as he did in the Queen Anne having set a particularly strong pace and he could be hard to pass on a track that is better suited to frontrunners.
Bet 2: Hidden Gift to win the Alice Keppel Filliles’ Conditions Stakes (14:25) @ 4/1
Hidden Gift was another one that put up a rock solid frontrunning performance at Royal Ascot, finishing fifth of 25 in the Albany Stakes, and that form has already been boosted by Sun Goddess winning a Group 2 since and the winner going close at Newmarket.
The drop to five furlongs could bring improvement and he should be firmly in the mix if that is the case.
Bet 3: Under The Twilight to win the Charlton Handicap (17:00) @ 6/1
This well-handicapped performer could have a big advantage with a high draw and she got back to winning ways last time out.
