Chris Wilson says Hors De Combat must surely go jolly close at Goodwood on Wednesday – he has a tip in every race.
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Hors De Combat (orange) can land the Listed spoils at Goodwood
WEDNESDAY SELECTIONS:
GOODWOOD: 2.00 Art Echo, 2.35 Good Run, 3.10 Thames Knight, 3.45 HORS DE COMBAT (NAP), 4.20 Notarised, 4.55 Evening Attire, 5.25 Whitecrest.
KEMPTON: 5.20 Tahiti One, 5.55 Gold Faith, 6.25 Langlauf, 6.55 Snoozing Indian, 7.25 Field Of Stars, 7.55 Eton Rambler, 8.25 Royal Toast, 8.55 Jolly Red Jeanz.
NAAS: 2.15 Expreso Brasileiro, 2.50 Burren View Lady, 3.25 Ceol An Ghra, 4.00 Araqeel, 4.35 Joe Eile, 5.10 Landofhopeandglory, 5.40 Athassel Abbey.
PERTH: 2.20 Miss Dinamic, 2.55 Street Entertainer, 3.30 Solway Legend, 4.05 Iffjack, 4.40 Hadfield, 5.15 King Of The Wolds, 5.45 Epic Warrior.
REDCAR: 2.10 Emerald Asset, 2.45 You N Me, 3.20 Windforpower, 3.55 Meister, 4.30 Amy Blair, 5.05 Talent Scout, 5.35 Instill, 6.05 Teetotal.
DOUBLE: Hors De Combat and Windforpower.
Hors De Combat must surely go jolly close in the Front Events Foundation Stakes at Goodwood.
Supporting James Fanshawe’s four-year-old should really come with a health warning as his last-gasp style of running can make for difficult viewing.
But when things click and he gets the breaks at the right time, Hors De Combat has proven he is well up to Listed class at least.
The Mount Nelson colt has been campaigned in Group company on his last four outings this term, and he has not let Fanshawe down.
After all, he was only beaten five and a half lengths in the Lockinge, and was hardly disgraced in either the Criterion at Newmarket and the Summer Mile at Ascot.
Next up was a trip to Haydock for the Group Three Superior Mile in which he finished third behind Balty Boys and was desperately unfortunate not to take higher order.
Hors De Combat had his path blocked on the far rail inside the final furlong before he flashed home to finish just three lengths in arrears of the winner.
That run was particularly important with this race in mind as it confirmed his aptitude to handle cut in the ground.
He has also gone well at Goodwood in the past, finishing just a neck behind Wannabe Yours in a Group Three last summer.
Hors De Combat, interestingly, steps up in trip by one and a half furlongs back in West Sussex but it appears a calculated risk from what we have seen of him so far.
Windforpower could be allowed to go off unnoticed for the Weatherbys Bank Foreign Exchange Handicap at Redcar.
Tracy Waggott’s five-year-old has struggled since he won by a neck at Wetherby in June, but he is now running off the same mark as when he was last successful.
He might have been stuffed out of sight on his last spin at Beverley but a wide draw in stall 10 meant he was always up against it.
Windforpower also meets the winner that day, Keep It Dark, on much more favourable terms and should crucially find the going a little more forgiving.
Jolly Red Jeanz is another horse capable of outrunning his odds when she lines up in Learn English At isehove.com Handicap at Kempton.
Daniel Mark Loughnane’s filly has a good record at the Sunbury track yet runs here off a considerably lower mark than when she struck by a head over course and distance in January.
Hayley Turner was on board that day so it is reassuring to see the soon-to-retire pilot back in the saddle.
Solway Legend’s charms are inescapable in the Weatherbys Private Banking Handicap Chase at Perth.
The eight-year-old chestnut won nicely over course and distance last time out, despite having made a bad mistake at the eighth fence, and will not be knocked off his stride if conditions at the Scottish circuit are a little more demanding.