Jane Mangan’s William Hill Blog: Tuesday’s Best Bets from Goodwood and Galway

William Hill ambassador Jane Mangan is back with her best bets from day one of Glorious Goodwood, as well as day two of the Galway Festival.

Tuesday, Goodwood

The Superlative Stakes looked like a strong race on the day, with Al Hudaiba trying to give the race away by jinking right inside the final furlong and still managing to win. Fifth that day, Alfred Wallace has subsequently franked the form at Ascot. Now, with a three-pound penalty and the application of blinkers, I think the reopposing PIKACHU can get an awful lot closer in the Vintage Stakes (2.00pm). While still a maiden after three starts, he ran a cracker in the Chesham Stakes at Ascot and now has a three-pound swing with Al Hudaiba. I think David Egan can give Charlie Johnston and AMO Racing the boost they need at this stage of the season.

The Lennox Stakes (3.00pm) looks to be the ideal distance for LAKE FOREST. He wasn’t quite quick enough to land a blow in the King Charles III over six furlongs at Ascot, but he did hit the line strongly and, before that, made a winning seasonal debut at Haydock following a gelding operation. He probably isn’t fast enough to be a top-class sprinter and would probably get a mile, so I think this seven-furlong trip in the Lennox is ideal for him.

The Goodwood Cup (3.35pm) is a rematch of the Ascot Gold Cup between four-year-old Scandinavia and a horse double his age, TRAWLERMAN. I thought it was near impossible for a horse to win the Gold Cup on his seasonal debut, but Trawlerman came very close to doing just that. With the benefit of that run, and the fact that Aidan O’Brien’s yard has a few question marks over it, I think the eight-year-old can turn the form around. This is a great race, and I think Trawlerman will be hard to catch around this track with the Gold Cup run under his belt.

Tuesday, Galway

In the Beginners’ Chase (5.10pm), I like the chances of FRANKIE JOHN, who had a hurdles rating of 138. The pick of his form in that sphere came when he finished just four lengths behind Zeus Power in the Grade 1 three-mile Novice Hurdle at Aintree. He contested no fewer than four Grade 1s as a novice hurdler last season, is a point-to-point winner and a big, scopey horse. Frankie John will take a lot of beating.

Historically, we know that Dermot Weld likes to keep a nice horse for Galway. He has been a dominant force at the festival, and I like the chances of SILVER KISS in the Fillies’ Maiden (6.15pm). She was third on debut behind Livenka and Star Of State at Fairyhouse, with Livenka having run well behind Alpha on her previous start and Star Of State winning by nine lengths on her latest start at Leopardstown. Silver Kiss will be hard to beat in this maiden.

The Colm Quinn BMW is the feature Premier Handicap at Galway (6.45pm), and it’s a race in which I like the handicap debutant HARDY WARRIOR. He’s got plenty of weight on his shoulders, and that is probably because he contested a Group 1 as a two-year-old, when he finished just over three lengths behind Puerto Rico. He then went to a Prix du Jockey Club trial at Longchamp, where he finished third, before disappointing a little last time at Gowran, although he was poorly drawn that day. He has cheekpieces fitted for the first time, and Dylan Browne McMonagle takes the ride. He’s a Group horse running off a mark of 105 in this one-mile handicap, and I think he’ll be hard to beat.