A nice winner

Goodwood is not normally one of my better meetings but it is going well this year, particularly today when Beachfire won the opener after I backed it last night at 10-1. The race hardly went to plan with the horse missing the break and losing the advantage of his high draw and he was being pushed along before a furlong had been raced.

But he got the hang of things as they turned in towards home and flew down the outside to win on the line. A great result!

I followed that up with a nice win on Kalahag in the 4.35 at 11-2 but had three losers on the day. All in all though a very satisfactory day.

For tomorrow I have had another go at one of Goodwood's big handicaps, the Totesport Mile at 3.25, and I hope I have found a cracker at 12-1. The horse is Webbow, the bottom weight and ideally drawn in stall 21. He was fourth last year after being impeded and then running on strongly once in the clear and he is now 3lb lower in the handicap. The fact that he has not won for two years will put many off but his last two runs have been very encouraging, particularly when 5th of 26 in the Buckingham Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot and second of those racing on the near side.

A very useful apprentice takes off a further 3lb tomorrow and he is my bet of the day for day four of Glorious Goodwood.

It is a busy time at the B&B with a full house of guests tonight so no time for further study tomorrow morning but the good news is that the wife has a hair appointment tomorrow afternoon so no interruptions!