Goodwood tips: Page Fuller shares her best two bets

RaceiQ’s Draw Advantage metric is clear as to where the data says the best place to be drawn for the Coral Stewards’ Cup (3.05), with a low draw historically handing out a strong benefit, despite the fact that most trainers were favouring high numbers at the official ceremony on Thursday.

Completely Random is a progressive four-year-old whose chance looks to be enhanced by his draw in stall one. Historically, its occupants have gained an advantage of 1.89 lengths from being drawn in this stall over this track and trip. And based on his fifth in the Wokingham last time, he looks well placed to take advantage. Even better, he’s a chunky price for an each-way play.

I think he can be marked up for his two-and-a-quarter lengths defeat at the Royal Meeting because his main asset is his speed.

In nearly 50% of his races, his Top Speed has ranked the quickest of the whole field, and the 41.82mph he registered was the second fastest clocked in the Wokingham.

Considering he was one of only four horses to clock a sub 11-second fourth furlong, it’s impressive that he was still able to  gallop strongly  to the line. He  simply had too much work to do, having come from well in rear.

The draw also looks like it could also play a big part in the Whispering Angel Handicap (3.45), where low numbers are again strongly favoured. Hallasan will break from stall four and has plenty in his favour.

Any further rain will be no problem, since his maiden win last season came on good to soft going. The time he clocked in that race was particularly eye catching as well, highlighting how well he handled the conditions. He scored an 8.5 out of 10 on the RaceiQ Time Index.

Despite sometimes running with the choke out, he’s not as fast as he thinks he is. In all bar two of his races we have in our database, his Top Speed hasn’t ranked higher than the fifth quickest of the field.

His latest start over six furlongs at Newmarket proved a case in point. His Top Speed of 42.63mph in the second furlong might have been the first time he’d been faster than 42mph on the racecourse, but it was only quicker than one other runner in the race.

He has already proved that he has stamina after winning over a mile in Meydan in the winter, and so a competitive seven furlongs around a track that doesn’t favour horses with raw speed should prove ideal.