JackpotRod
I'll get you an odds on shots beaten, but also give you some long odds winners with hopefully some insightful reasoning to help you to decide whether to follow me in or not. Back all my own selections with my own cash.
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30 August 2025
15:35 3:35 Sandown
Looka
Daily Racing
25 EW
@34.00
Lose
-50
Impressive second time up setting the fractions at Kempton, Looka beat Ruler Of Time, who had previously chased home recent Acomb winner Gewan. He seemed to set some fair fractions and stayed on solidly when asked late on. Previously, he’s dwelt a bit and been last throughout and was given a tender time. I’m surprised with that sort of form line from Kempton that he’s the outsider of the field, albeit this is competitive with the top four in the market fairly hard to split on what they’ve done so far, with the Godolphin horse having the sparkling pedigree. Lots of pace in here could make this hard to get, and there would be doubts about a couple of the four principals on whether they want a stiffly run seven, so hopefully, this horse can get through the ground (the biggest doubt probably) and be staying on strong late on.
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14:25 2:25 Sandown
Cathedral
Daily Racing
50 WINNAPR4Deductions based on standard industry rates given the odds of each withdrawn horse at time of first withdrawal following your betNR
@7.50
Void
0
Spiritual could be set for a freebie out front, so it could prove interesting to peg back if given too much rope. But a largish field here suggests there might be something else willing to force the pace and get involved off the front. Of those in behind pace-wise, I was most interested in Cathedral. She beat Flight with ease as a 2yo, and her 4th in the Group 1 Coronation is probably the pick of the form in this. Seemingly with an ability to stay further, having shown that in France last time, she could appreciate a strong pace here. Whilst that form hasn’t been franked by the winner, the horse behind Cathedral has placed 2nd in Group 2 since, to put at least some sort of gloss on it. She’s got something to find with Spiritual on their Lingfield running, but she was close enough late on having been sluggish away and a bit keen. Meeting over this trip, I think she can turn the tables despite being worse off at the weights.
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14:05 2:05 Beverley
Shagraan
Daily Racing
25 EW
@19.00
Win
540
Loads to find on ratings with Regional, who surely wins this if maintaining his form. Although as a 7-year-old, he could prove vulnerable to an improver at this stage. I’ll take a small chance that Shagraan is overpriced here, given he beat the 2nd Fav at Sandown in the Charge. It’s not worked out for him since, but he’s got some smart earlier season form to his name to forgive him those two lesser efforts. He’s been in the frame on all three of his starts at Class 1 level as a 4-year-old, and he’s got handicap form in and around some of the more outstanding sprinters of the season to suggest he is capable of making a mark at this level. 3/4 a place when facing an uphill finish, I’d hope Regional will have enough competition for the lead to drag the hold-up horses into the race late on, for all that’s never really the desired tactic over this course and distance. Either way, I thought he was an enticing price ew.
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25 August 2025
16:05 4:05 Cartmel
Shadows In The Sky
Daily Racing
50 WINNAP
@8.00
Lose
-50
This horse looks well worth a lob up in class, having gone well off big weights at lower levels. He’ll get a featherweight carry here, as well as the expert hands of Gavin Sheehan. With Owen 9/16 a place here in the last 5 years, on that alone, this horse can’t come here without a chance of hitting the frame. Lightly raced for his age overall, he stayed strongly to win over just north of 3m, so this new trip could be up his street, particularly off this lightweight.
14:45 2:45 Epsom Downs
The Fingal Raven
Daily Racing
50 WIN
@9.50
Lose
-50
Has some good form in the book from Meydan, and could appreciate this easier 7f. 13:33 over this trip, his Meydan runs behind horses rated higher than this still reads well despite him not taking advantage of it thus far. Eased a lb, he’s got an interesting mix of speed and stamina, with his dam being related to Derby 2nd Dee Ex Bee. There’s a chance he takes to the track. Hopefully, he’ll be swinging late off what looks a fair pace.
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23 August 2025
16:10 4:10 York
Chief Mankato
Daily Racing
25 EW
@21.00
Lose
-50
Drawn on the side of the principles, Chief Mankato has the ability to bely a 5lb rise remaining in this grade. He’s been steadily progressive on GF ground this season, overcoming a slow start last time to beat a subsequent winner. I feel like, given he’s around the action, he could drag himself into this and stick on off bottom weight. Trainer in great form to add to the case, and hopefully this horse can break better here.
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15:35 3:35 York
Majestic Warrior
Daily Racing
25 EWNAP
@15.00
Lose
-50
I’ll chance that James Tate’s mark preservation tactic will pay dividends for Majestic Warrior, who comes here having won back in April and been out away since. He was very strong at the finish, suggesting this new trip is well within scope. With an Irish Leger entry, you’ve got to feel he has some scope at the trip and off a mark of 98. Inexperience could be his downfall, but he quickened up like a smart horse to dispatch a subsequent two-time winner in Knightswood, giving 7 lbs and a beating to that now 89-rated horse. So, I think he could prove a springer in an open market.
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13:50 1:50 York
King Of Cities
Daily Racing
50 WINNOTEBest Odds Guaranteed SP 12.00 used instead of 9.00 takenBOG
@12.00
Win
550
Hasn’t had the best of times this season on the face of it, but he’s up against elders here for the first time and comes out best at the weights. Back over this extended mile, his 2nd behind Almeric over a mile and 1f suggests a return to that sort of trip can bring about improvement. He should get a truly run race here which can help his chances, and the fact he’s twice the price of a horse he’s beaten in Bowmaek just suggests to me he’s a touch overpriced. With doubts abound about the others, hopefully he can finally make his mark here.
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08 August 2025
16:13 4:13 Thirsk
Sax Appeal
Daily Racing
50 WIN
@7.50
Lose
-50
Warren Fentiman strips off 5lb from this horse, which sees him remain on a good mark. He’s won 3 times in 2025 off marks between 73 and 77, so this 72 adjusted for claim has to have him in the equation. He has potential for a freebie off the front at a track where it can pay to be forward. If he does get a soft lead, I always like one that can be off the front with a low weight that can stay further. 1 from 7 on turf does temper enthusiasm, although he did run well on a sole visit here. Anyway, hopefully, he can bounce out and make all, which has seen him to good effect on 3 of his last 4 wins this year.
15:20 3:20 Musselburgh
Inanna
Daily Racing
25 EWNAP
@12.00
Lose
-50
This mare looks worth a chance up in class, having been running well in lower grades. She’s off a featherweight with the added bonus of Lauren Young's 7lb claim here, taking her 4lbs below her winning mark from last time. She’s a jockey that has proven to be value for her claim this season with 10 wins from 56 starts. This horse is 3/4 a place here and is towards the top of these on speed, which is a plus given she gets further than this as well. Hopefully, she won’t be outclassed and can make that low weight pay late on.
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06 August 2025
15:45 3:45 Brighton
Enrolled
Daily Racing
25 EWNAP
@13.00
Lose
-50
Fanshawe is 11/18 a place sending runners here in the last 5 years, which does make his runners here today of each-way interest. Enrolled won last time on the 9th time of asking, seemingly with a first-time visor sparking him up. A 3lb rise looks surmountable, especially given the horses in 2nd and 3rd have done enough for the form since. He’s shown form behind progressive horses this season on occasion, no less so on seasonal reappearance behind a now 87-rated horse giving away 5lbs. Perhaps a month off could have done him some good, and any improvement from his last effort, I think, can see him go close off this mark despite his draw meaning he might just get caught too far back.
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02 August 2025
15:45 3:45 Goodwood
Pellitory
Daily Racing
25 EW
@34.00
Lose
-50
Recent group efforts stack up fairly well, and Paetel takes off a handy 5 lbs here to give this horse an adjusted mark of 97. His best runs have come with soft in the going, so he’ll be hoping the ground retains a bit of juice. With 12 of his last 19 in the places, including two 2nds from 3 runners here this week, Owen has his string in fine form. This horse has previously been reported as working well with Wimbledon Hawkeye, who is clearly a good yardstick for a horse off a mark of 97 with that valuable claim. The worry is he gets caught too far back, but he does stay a mile, so is hopefully doing some good work late on.
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15:05 3:05 Goodwood
Run Boy Run
Daily Racing
25 EW
@29.00
Win
115
Intrigued me on 6f form given he beat 9/1 shot Elmonjed on his last run over 6f and he’s 5lbs better off with that rival here. Ebt's Guard did something for his last run yesterday, and whilst GS ground is an unknown, he’ll appreciate the drying ground. Whilst he’s well above his last winning mark, he’s gone close off similar marks, so I’ll be hoping for more of the same here. His ability to get forward and get further could bode well if he can fall down the hill and stick this out off the strong pace. He’s got no form to speak of on similar tracks, which is a concern, but the addition of a first-time visor adds some intrigue.
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13:55 1:55 Goodwood
Hallelujah U
Daily Racing
25 EWNAP
@17.00
Lose
-50
Pushed up against elders here as the sole 3yo entrant, he ran a belter in the Queens Vase to finish just a neck behind Scandinavia who has clearly done plenty for that form. A subsequent effort left something to be desired well behind the same rival, but running effectively off a mark of 91 here I think he could go well in what is a very open race. It was won by a 3yo last year, who was the only 3yo entrant in the runnings dating back to 2015, so hopefully he can make use of that claim and hit the frame.
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01 August 2025
15:05 3:05 Goodwood
Spartan Arrow
Daily Racing
25 EWNAP
@34.00
Lose
-50
Plenty of ways into this, but I’m happy to side with Spartan Arrow, who Hollie has claimed is one of the fastest horses she’s ever ridden. He’s a half to Twilight Gleaming, who won on ‘very soft’ ground, so could sneak in here under the radar a bit having not run on it. He’s a CD winner, and he ran two excellent races at Epsom, suggesting he may just very much enjoy falling down a hill. Hollie will have options drawn in the middle, but also drawn around the principles is a bonus. Overall, he looked a big price, albeit this is a marked step up.
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14:30 2:30 Goodwood
Ebts Guard
Daily Racing
25 EWNOTENon runners at 10.0 or more so no R4 deduction
@13.00
Win
35
Dropped a couple of lbs for running over an inadequate 7f, Ebt’s Guard was of enough interest at double figures to hit the frame. Placed on 3 runs from 6 on soft he shouldn’t mind the rain, he’s also finished 2nd on a sole run over CD. He looks weighted to go well, and whilst he could get lost in stall 12, a lack of overall pace could see him get a good early position as he is versatile tactically.
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13:20 1:20 Goodwood
Zinc White
Daily Racing
50 WIN
@8.00
Lose
-50
Love this race, and whilst he’s no price, I’m going to take a chance on Zinc White. He made an excellent return off a two-year break when 5th of 9 here behind some of these. He wasn’t stopping at the line and was treated fairly with very few cracks of the whip. He was closing late on, so the step up in trip on soft should not be feared for a horse that won the Chester Plate in comfortable fashion as a 5-year-old. His last run in a 3-runner race can be ignored, whilst also noting the 2nd won since to put some gloss on the race.
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31 July 2025
14:30 2:30 Goodwood
Sir Dinadan
Daily Racing
50 WINNAP
@6.00
Lose
-50
Rain on the way could prove troublesome for Merchant, I feel, and with more than a few of these linked together quite closely, it certainly looks more open than the market suggests for win purposes. Sir Dinadan had me intrigued enough for a play, stepping down from his run in the Irish Derby. He ran a cracker there in a race that was won in a quick time. He’s potentially held by the O’Brien runner Galveston on form with Amiloc, but with him retaining blinkers and Aidan’s record in group races with headgear putting you off there, this horse could just be a different prospect with some dig in the ground, having won by 8L on soft as a 2yo. A repeat of that Irish Derby effort should see him involved in the shakeup.
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13:55 1:55 Goodwood
Super Soldier
Daily Racing
25 EW
@13.00
Lose
-50
A muddling affair, but I couldn’t help but have Super Soldier on the overpriced side here. He’s priced on his Ascot fold, when well beaten by Coppull who reopposes. However, he’s come out since and ran a cracker in France, suggesting any rain can play into his favor. He can go forward from stall 1 and set the fractions, and whilst that’s up to chance, it should be between him and Underwriter. At the very least, I’d hope he ends up front rank. Azizam scares me having had my money on in the Windsor Castle, but he looks held by this horse along form lines with Dickensian, who has done something for the form this week overall.
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13:20 1:20 Goodwood
Hymnbook
Daily Racing
25 EW
@13.00
Lose
-50
An apparent lack of front runners in here makes this tricky puzzle even trickier. At a push, I’d think Ernst Blofeld and Hymnbook may be the ones to take this forward from their respective draws. That could set them up nicely to be in the frame if they can dictate a steady pace, and it’s Hymnbook that I had marked as overpriced. Smartly away at Nottingham, he firmly dispatched High Degree off level weights and comes here getting 4 lbs from that rival. Granted, that was High Degree’s debut, but if nothing else, he has gone on to frank the form. The step up in trip should prove no inconvenience on breeding, and he’s a full brother to a horse that won on soft, so probably won’t mind if rain gets into the ground.
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30 July 2025
16:20 4:20 Goodwood
Lebron Power
Daily Racing
25 EW
@15.00
Lose
-50
Zelaina takes up a fair chunk of the market here, and perhaps rightly. However, it does make the others perhaps bigger than they should be on balance, and I thought Lebron Power could have a say. She was last off the bridle in the Dragon Stakes, but only because she got stuck in behind the leaders as Staya and Military Code circled the field with clear runs. Had she got an out at the right time, she’d have finished much closer to the pair as by the time she got clear air, her race was run. She’ll evidently want further in time on breeding, but if she can get out as sharply as she did on debut, hopefully she can make the most of that extra stamina in a race that simply won’t lack for pace. Her dam appreciated some dig in the ground, so she shouldn’t mind the seemingly softer surface.
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15:05 3:05 Goodwood
Carl Spackler
Daily Racing
25 EW
@34.00
Lose
-50
I did think a chance could be taken on the Aussie runner Carl Spackler here. His jockey took a firm grip on him off a slow early pace at Ascot, and he just got done for a turn of foot late on. The time backs up the fact it was a slowly run affair, and, considering his keenness, he stuck to the task well enough, and off a likely strong pace round a bend here he could be seen to much better effect. I feel like he could be one of the first to get to the pacemakers, and if he’s filled up enough he could prove harder to peg back falling down the hill. He has the class to be involved in this from his runs in the US, and overall I just thought he was far too big a price even if giving 8 lbs to some sparkling 3-year-olds is a tough ask.
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13:55 1:55 Goodwood
Cloud Cover
Daily Racing
25 EW
@10.00
Lose
-50
Tabiti looks fairly solid overall, but is short enough and has to step up here on what she’s done so far. The 3yo’s hold sway in here on adjusted ratings, but perhaps Cloud Cover could prove a bit of a fly in the ointment at the top of them. She travelled so well into the race last time when looking to have plenty under the bonnet, extending clear in the last furlong. If she can transfer that form onto the turf she could be worth her rating and is the only older horse that sticks out in that regard. She’s entitled to come on for her first run since April, and she stays further than this, so assuming she can transfer to turf having had just 2 runs on it from 19 starts overall I think she’s worth her chance in this higher grade. Stall 1 is a concern if she gets caught too far back, but the race has been won from low draws so I’m happy to overlook that.
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13:20 1:20 Goodwood
Sudu
Daily Racing
50 WINNAP
@5.50
Lose
-50
Sudu was impressive when he was let go at Epsom last time, and there looked to be plenty more to come off the back of that effort. Barely given a tap, he extended to be a 7L winner in the last furlong and gets hit with a 13lb rise. He’s 2lbs well in on that rating hike though, and looked like he could be going places with that effort so is taken to follow up here. Varian isn’t having the best of times, but has won two of the last four runnings of this.
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29 July 2025
15:45 3:45 Goodwood
Paddys Day
Daily Racing
25 EW
@26.00
Lose
-50
This could be a straight shootout between Adrestia and Redorange as the market suggests, but a wild sprint can’t go without backing one at a bigger price. Paddy’s Day was in behind a few of these at Ascot, but raced on the wrong side of the track, ultimately with the stands side having all the front-ranked horses home best. That was run in a quick time, on ground that wouldn’t have been ideal for this horse. He’s much better with at least some juice in it, as proven by his recent effort on good ground when not far behind the reopposing Mon Na Slieve at Musselburgh. He confirmed his well-being with a peak AW RPR on his penultimate start, so if he takes to the track on more suitable ground, I think he can outrun these odds despite there being chances all over. I don’t mind a draw on the low side, and he’s got enough pace around him to give him something to aim at.
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15:05 3:05 Goodwood
Sunway
Daily Racing
25 EWNAP
@17.00
Lose
-50
Sunway is closely matched with Illinois at his best, finishing not far behind him in the Leger. He looks a bit below the very best at a mile and a half, so this looks worth a shout for him to try and match Illinois’ already impressive first effort over significantly further. Goodwood is a good place to try it, I think, as Sunway, I've thought, has always looked a fairly nimble horse that could appreciate a slog of a run in at this tricky track. He slugged it out well last time, but the way he finished in the Leger just suggests he might come into his own over this new trip. Scandinavia is surely to be feared getting a stone.
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14:30 2:30 Goodwood
Iberian
Daily Racing
25 EW
@23.00
Lose
-50
A fairly open event, 3/1 the field, and plenty of lines into it with enough doubts about many to take on the top of the market. Perhaps a less well-trodden one is Iberian, who has posted a peak career speed figure at Ascot last time coming from last to fifth. He faded late, suggesting a step up a furlong isn’t an obvious move, but this is a different track to Ascot clearly. He’s placed 2nd here behind Haatem as a 2yo, so there should be no fear he won’t appreciate it either. He’s got bundles to find on ratings, but I just think he’s been shaping better in his races than his finishing positions suggest, and his penultimate run can be ignored as he missed the kick completely. His run prior to that was excellent and he would have won had he not drifted left and got spooked by Spycatcher, and whilst that’s not the level of form to win this, there’s still scope for improvement in him enough to take a small chance.
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13:55 1:55 Goodwood
Gharma Sutra
Daily Racing
25 EW
@41.00
Lose
-50
Some obvious cases in here, but one less so I thought was Gharma Sutra, who goes 2nd time up for Hannon. Now, he’s beaten a horse 7-8L that Do Or Do Not has beaten slightly further, having had a run under him. So whilst any of these could improve, there was something not quite right about having this horse as the rank outsider as a result. The debut win was all the more impressive given he’s done it from a wide draw, been keen early, and not seen a rival from pillar to post. It’s unlikely he will get any sort of easy lead here, but with an interesting mix of speed and stamina, he looks a versatile sort that is capable of springing a surprise at a price. If he improves for the run just two weeks ago, much like a few of these, he could well prove to be anything, especially if he can settle a bit better over this longer trip.
13:20 1:20 Goodwood
English Oak
Daily Racing
25 EW
@19.00
Lose
-50
A lack of pace in here seems to suggest you want one forward, but the big field almost guarantees a faster pace than is forecast. It’s a muddle to pick apart, but I felt like English Oak was of interest up in trip. He’s a bit of an enigma, but finds himself towards the bottom of the weights here having gone well last time when once again missing the break. Up in trip that might not prove as much of a factor here, albeit he will surely be ridden to get the trip. Related to some horses that appreciated going further, he could come into his own over it. Giving 6lbs to a horse now rated 103 last time, you had to appreciate the way he plugged on over his longest trip to date. He won’t mind any rain, and whilst a high draw looks an inconvenience it could just give him some options if he can make any headway into the race.
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