Glorious Goodwood 2024: day five results and race reaction - how it happened
Summary
- 40-1 shot Get It makes all on the stands' side rail in the Coral Stewards' Cup
- Henry de Bromhead saddles Lillie Langtry winner with Term Of Endearment
- Align The Stars 20-1 for St Leger after game win in Coral Summer Handicap
- Al Aasy gets a gap late and pounces to land the Coral Glorious Stakes
CopySummary
- 40-1 shot Get It makes all on the stands' side rail in the Coral Stewards' Cup
- Henry de Bromhead saddles Lillie Langtry winner with Term Of Endearment
- Align The Stars 20-1 for St Leger after game win in Coral Summer Handicap
- Al Aasy gets a gap late and pounces to land the Coral Glorious Stakes
Busy Saturday in store
It's the final day of Glorious Goodwood and we have a big handicap to get stuck into with the Coral Stewards' Cup (3.35) taking centre stage.
The Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes (3.00) features on an undercard that begins with the five-runner Coral Glorious Stakes (1.50). That race is so open that the favourite is 3-1!
Two races from Newmarket feature in ITV's coverage, while it is day six of seven at the Galway festival.
We will have you covered across the afternoon on the live blog, with everything you need to know as well as tips and insight. Remember you can contact us via email on liveblog@racingpost.com. We'd love to hear from you.
Ground update
The going remains good to firm for the final day of the big meeting at Goodwood.
It is forecast to be dry for the rest of the day after very light drizzle this morning. Racegoers will be happy to hear it will be cooler, with temperatures set to peak at 22C.
Speaking shortly after 7.30am, clerk of the course Ed Arkell said: "We remain good to firm and we applied 5mm of water on the straight last night. We're just finishing off 5mm on the field side which will be the first two furlongs or so of the one-mile-six-furlong races.
"The bends have had a freshen up and it's been dry overnight, although we've just had the lightest of drizzles. The forecast is overcast now, but we'll have sunshine from lunchtime."
Non-runners bulletin
The number of non-runners at Goodwood this afternoon has comfortably reached double figures, including four horses out of the Qatar Lillie Langtry (3.00).
Here are the absentees . . .
2.25 Calling The Wind (pulled shoe off)
3.00 Divine Comedy (going), Sweet Memories (not eaten up), Sumo Sam (going), Oxford Comma (going)
3.35 Ferrous (not eaten up)
4.10 Qirat (going), Serried Ranks (going), Spanish Blaze (not eaten up)
4.45 Angelo Buonarroti (bruised foot)
5.20 Alpha Crucis (not eaten up), Gloucestershire (infection), Great Chieftain (other), Magic Memories (temperature), Bluelight Bay (bruised foot), Dutch Decoy (going)
The ITV naps . . .
ITV's Opening Show has just concluded and the team provided their naps for this afternoon's action.
Commentator Mark Johnson, whose X profile tells us he is the only person to have called the Derby and Kentucky Derby, steered clear of Goodwood for a nap and went with Diego Velazquez, who is a short-price favourite for the Saratoga Derby (8.21) this evening.
Matt Chapman Billyjoh (3.35 Goodwood, each-way)
Leonna Mayor Al Aasy (1.50 Goodwood)
Mark Johnson Diego Velazquez (8.21 Saratoga)
Highlight of the week
By Jonathan Harding at Goodwood
After a sweltering four days, it is mercifully a little bit cooler this morning.
My highlight of the week has to be Notable Speech winning the Sussex on Wednesday. Of course, it was a shame there was no Rosallion in opposition but it was an exciting performance by the 2,000 Guineas winner, who showed a turn of foot that almost made me wish I was brave (or stupid) enough to ride a top-class racehorse.
It was great to hear Opera Singer could be bound for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after her victory in the Nassau Stakes, while Big Evs bouncing back in the King George yesterday was a brilliant story. Mick Appleby has had a blinding week with four winners, the same as Aidan O'Brien, as well as a second and third.
Let us know your highlight of the week by emailing liveblog@racingpost.com.
The big market mover
There is no question about the horse attracting most support for the Coral Stewards' Cup (3.35).
The Andrew-Balding-trained Purosangue was as big as 7-1 yesterday evening and is now the clear 4-1 favourite.
Oisin Murphy's mount was second in the Coral Charge at Sandown last time and this is his first start in a handicap. All four of his runs this campaign have been in Group company.
Balding won the Stewards' Cup with a three-year-old courtesy of Dancing Star in 2016.
Billyjoh, who was second in a 7f handicap here for the red-hot Mick Appleby three days ago, is his closest rival in the market at 6-1.
Paddy Power spokesman Paul Binfield said: “Punters are backing Coral Charge runner-up Purosangue to go one better over a furlong further in one of the most competitive handicaps of the season in no uncertain terms, while there’s also a few quid knocking about for Billyjoh, who was backed to win here on Wednesday as well, but just found one rival too powerful.”
'I don't think there is any difference'
There has been plenty of praise for conditions at Goodwood this week and rightly so.
It has been an excellent week of racing and clerk of the course Ed Arkell does not expect there to be a notable bias on the straight course for the feature Stewards' Cup.
The top five horses in the market are drawn across the track – Purosangue (stall 14), Billyjoh (four), Dark Trooper (23), Lethal Levi (8) and Albasheer (21).
Ed Arkell said on Racing TV: "I don't think there is any difference in the straight track from one side to the other from walking it. The GoingStick suggests the far side is marginally quicker but you could probably go and do those readings again and that could change around slightly."
Other market movers
The double-figure amount of non-runners has impacted some of the markets on Goodwood's undercard but there has been support for several interesting runners.
For the same team as Stewards' Cup favourite Purosangue, Arctic Thunder has been popular for the following 7f handicap (4.10). He is vying for favouritism with Mission To Moon and is certainly open to improvement after just two runs in handicaps.
Angelo Buonarroti, who was favourite for the 7f maiden (4.45), is a non-runner but Caspian King, an eyecatcher on his debut at Sandown, has halved in price to 7-1.
There are seven absentees in the concluding 1m1f handicap (5.20), with Versatile the latest to be taken out. Celtic Warrior, another Balding three-year-old, is 15-2 (from 14) and ran well at this track on his penultimate start.
Market movers
3.00 Grateful 7 (from 10)
4.10 Arctic Thunder 4 (from 17-2), Piz Nair 9 (from 20), Indian Run 12 (from 25)
4.45 Caspian King 7 (from 14)
5.20 Celtic Warrior 15-2 (from 14)
Nice book of rides
There are two races from Newmarket in ITV's schedule, including the feature Listed British Stallion Studs EBF Chalice Stakes (2.40).
I have a feeling it could be a fruitful afternoon for Billy Loughnane, who has a full book of rides on the six-race card.
Charlie Appleby's Desert Flower should have no problem defying a penalty in the 7f fillies' novice – her 1-4 price tells you that – and Loughnane has rides for other trainers including Clive Cox, George Boughey and Charlie Johnston.
His mount in the Chalice for Rae Guest has each-way claims. Divine Grace is a course winner and has been far from disgraced in Listed runs on her last two starts.
Another Appleby ace?
Having been 4-1 across the boards, Purosangue is now a general 9-2 at the top of the Stewards' Cup market.
Billyjoh continues to be backed for the big sprint handicap. He was a best-price 14-1 with Ladbrokes yesterday afternoon and is now the 6-1 second favourite.
If the money keeps on coming for him, Billyjoh, who was second in a 7f handicap here on Wednesday, could well end up vying for favouritism.
He is trained by Mick Appleby, whose runners at this meeting have recorded form figures of 113211. This would be quite the way to cap a fantastic week.
Appleby said in our preview: "He’s in good order and has come out of his race on Wednesday really well. We’re down in trip to six furlongs and are putting cheekpieces on him for the first time. Billyjoh tends to be slow out of the stalls so hopefully the cheekpieces will sharpen him up at the start.”
“I have no issues with the draw [stall four] – in fact, it’s probably decent enough. I think he’s handicapped to win a good race off his mark.”
'Business has been disappointing compared to last year'
By Jonathan Harding at Goodwood
I caught up with on-course bookmaker Martin Davies to find out how the meeting has gone heading into the final day.
"We've had some good results, which is not like Goodwood," said Davies. "The best result, nothing spectacular, was Great Chieftain winning the last race on Thursday. We haven't had many losing races, which is quite a feat here. Our worst result was Big Mojo in the Molecomb on Wednesday. A lot of people were drawn to the name."
On turnover this week, Davies added: "Business has been disappointing compared to last year. It's well down on tickets and stakes, which is a worry going forward. I'm no economist but the cost of living crisis is clearly having an impact. I worry about the future of on-course bookmaking because I see the number of people having £5, £10 and £20 bets going down."
Two horses to swing the week for BetVictor
BetVictor's Sam Boswell says there are two horses they are keen to not see in the winner's enclosure this afternoon.
Boswell said: "It’s been a great week on the track and winning favorites like Kyprios, Big Evs and Jan Brueghel were all notably poor results for us. That said, we have seen enough big-priced winners to enjoy the week as much as those at the Sussex track.
“Today our traders will mainly be worrying about Billyjoh in the Stewards’ Cup (3.35). He’s now 11-2 after he was as big as 14-1 with us yesterday.
“The other horse that could swing our week is Caspian King (4.45) for local trainer David Menuisier, who has been seen just the once when running at Sandown on debut. The market expects big improvement from this two-year-old colt who is now 6-1 from 16-1."
More Kealy pearls
Paul Kealy tipped a big 25-1 winner courtesy of Master Milliner at Goodwood yesterday.
Paul is back with seven selections at the track this afternoon, including two horses at nice prices in the Stewards' Cup.
His reasoning for his tips include . . .
"At this course, if the pace is generous enough, it's easy to see him rattling home late."
"His recent third – over a trip a shade too far – confirms he can still be a player in the top handicaps"
"He was buried in midfield and travelled really strongly but never got a chance at a run"
Can Mullins fight back on day six at Galway?
Willie Mullins has saddled two winners from 41 runners at Galway. It hasn't been the sort of week he is used to.
Authorized Art did best of his five runners in the Galway Plate, finishing 11th, while his eight runners in the Galway Hurdle finished fourth, seventh, tenth, 12th, 13th, 17th, 18th and 19th.
Mullins has five runners this afternoon priced at 3-1, 10-3, 7-1, 6-1 and 10-11, with his biggest-priced runner being Billericay Dickie in the feature Listed BoyleSports Handicap Hurdle (2.30).
Mullins said on his chances in our preview: "He's having his first run in a handicap. He was disappointing at Punchestown last time but his previous runs were good. He will like the trip and ground and if he handles the track he is definitely in with a chance."
The Smartview selections
Smartview, the newest addition to our award-winning app, turns the traditional racecard into a product fit for the 21st century.
All the do-it-yourself elements, which have necessarily been condensed into an arcane shorthand over the years, are now contained in six colour-coded bars, following a traffic light-like system, to represent scores out of 100. These six scores are then combined into a weighted average, which is presented as the Smart View score.
You can find out Smartview's selections for the main races at Goodwood here, including a veteran sprinter at a double-figure price in the Stewards' Cup.
Dismiss Dods at your peril
Michael Dods enjoyed a winner with Tatterstall, his first runner at Goodwood this week, on Tuesday and bids to maintain the perfect record with Glenfinnan in the Stewards' Cup.
Dods landed the valuable Moet & Chandon International Stakes with Northern Express at Ascot last week and is a trainer to keep on side in the big handicaps.
Glenfinnan, the mount of Connor Beasley, ran below par at Ascot last time but was fifth in the Wokingham at the royal meeting on his penultimate start. He also beat Billyjoh in a handicap at Ascot in May.
There has been some support for Glenfinnan, who is 14-1 having been 25-1 yesterday, and he represents a stable that have won the race twice in the last three years with Commanche Falls.
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Punting pointers
Ross Brierley was joined by Racing Post tipsters Paul Kealy and Tom Segal and Coral's John Hill to preview the final day of Glorious Goodwood on In The Know last night.
Segal was joined by Charlie Poste, Johnny Dineen and William Hill's Johnnie Simpson on The Morning Post this morning. Here they give their nap of the day . . .
Oisin Murphy on the Stewards' Cup favourite
By Maddy Playle at Goodwood
Oisin Murphy may have won the Golden Mile on Toimy Son yesterday, but he has also been beaten into second in four photo-finishes this week.
However, punters are putting their faith in him to win this afternoon's Stewards' Cup as his mount Purosangue has been well-backed into 4-1 favouritism for Andrew Balding.
"There's been support for him," he said, already dressed to ride Relentless Voyager in the opener. "He's well in and he's in good form, so hopefully he can go well."
"I've been second in a Group 3, a Group 2 and a Group 1 this week, so it's certainly not ideal!" he added before dashing back inside the weighing room.
Murphy will be hoping at least one of his seven mounts can do the business, with Fairbanks (2.25), Night Sparkle (3.00), Arctic Thunder (4.10), Spell Master (4.45) and Celtic Warrior (5.20) all seemingly having solid chances.
He only needs one more winner to topple Ryan Moore, who is riding in America today after enjoying a week which garnered three wins and a third, in the race to be leading jockey.
Tom Marquand, who beat him by a short-head aboard Big Evs in yesterday's feature King George Stakes, also has three winners, but only one second. It's still all to play for.
Tight market
I can't remember seeing too many markets like the one for the opening Coral Glorious Stakes (1.50).
The Group 3 has attracted five runners but Aimeric heads the betting at 11-4. Relentless Voyager, the 'outsider of the field', is 6-1.
There is just 4lb between the quintet on official ratings and 3lb between them on Racing Post Ratings, so it's no surprise the betting is so tight. Who says you need big fields for competitive racing?!
Harry Wilson is on Cracking The Puzzle duty and has sided with Lion's Pride.
Harry wrote: "This is likely to be a tactical fair, which might just suit Lion's Pride, who returns to 1m4f for the first time since running away with the Floodlit Stakes at Kempton in November. That form could hardly have worked out better, with the runner-up Measured Time winning two Group/Grade 1s and the third taking the Copper Horse Stakes since.
"The shorter trip can be used as an excuse for his two defeats this year, albeit his Magnolia Stakes third is also strong form, with winner Dubai Honour successful in a Group 1 after and runner-up Okeechobee landing a Group 3 next time. If he can adopt a prominent position, he should go well."
