History suggests you have to go low in major handicap
Billesdon Brook
1.50 Goodwood
1pt each-way with Sky Bet (five places)I Could Do Better
2.25 Goodwood
1pt each-wayGame Player
3.00 Goodwood
2pts each-way with Sky Bet (six places)Baltic Baron
3.00 Goodwood
1pt each-way with Sky Bet (six places)Aktau
5.15 Goodwood
2pts win
As a gnarled veteran I should know better than to bet ante-post on a race like the Unibet Golden Mile (3.00) at Goodwood, but I did so anyway and got my just deserts when the horse I've had on my mind for a while was drawn 19 of the 21 runners.
Last year’s Vintage Stakes winner Dark Vision has been shaping as though he is going to land a big handicap prize and, as he has run the best race of his life on this track, the Golden Mile seemed the obvious place for him to do it.
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