How to bet your £20 on day two of 2018 Glorious Goodwood

I love when the new football kits come out in the summer.

Clubs have taken a novel approach to revealing their strips for the new season on social media and it led me the other day to think about whether owners should do something similar. You know, just for the hell of it.

Imagine the unveiling of the new Sir Robert Ogden colours, all a blur of pink and purples. Children desperate to get hold of the silks and a rush for them in racecourse shops.

No? It’s not happening, is it? I’d be up for buying a set if it were though, especially if Ogden’s Northwest Frontier snaffles the opener at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday.

1.50 Goodwood - Northwest Frontier at a generally available 9-1:

Northwest Frontier is unbeaten in three starts over two miles and surely as a lightly-raced four-year-old there is more improvement to come over staying trips.

The son of dual Derby winner Galileo did not have the speed to deal with subsequent Northumberland Vase runner-up and John Smith’s Cup winner Euchen Glen at Ayr over 1m5f in June.

That effort clearly has to be marked up, given his conqueror’s efforts on the Knavesmire, especially since Thundering Blue came out of that race and won the York Stakes.

Northwest Frontier bounced out of his encounter with Euchen Glen and beat Chester winner Master Archer at York last time. That race was over 2m ½ f and if you take into account the extra 32 yards the race was staged over, Northwest Frontier finished as if the step up in trip to an extended 2m4f would be within his compass.

Dangers abound. Ian Williams’s Cool Sky would have a squeak of repeating last year’s win despite a 7lb higher mark. I like the chances of staying mares and Sir Mark Prescott’s Piedita won well at Chester last time. Gritty hurdler Lil Rockerfeller has an obvious chance, too while Imphal also merits a mention. It looks that kind of race.

2.25 Goodwood – Infrastructure at 6-1 with BetVictor and Coral:

Infrastructure has potential to become a fair force over 12 furlongs, if his success at Salisbury last time is anything to go by.

Martyn Meade’s three-year-old showed a willing attitude to assert his authority over Mekong when stepped up in trip for the first time in Wiltshire.

Although he is by top-class miler and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Raven’s Pass, his dam, Foundation Filly, won over an extended 1m6f.

He is progressing, has only finished out of the frame from five starts on debut and was stuck in a pocket for far too long when going down to subsequent Royal Ascot runner-up and rival Corgi at Sandown.

2.25 Goodwood: Bartholomeu Dias at a general 16-1

This is an open heat and any number of challengers have a shout, but I cannot resist having a few pounds on the wild, menacing but extremely talented Bartholomeu Dias.

I do not think there is any other horse in the race that could finish on the heels of Derby winner Masar, or the talented Ballydoyle filly September.

Charlie Hills’s charge looked to be running his best race for a long time when travelling well in to the closing stages here last month. He then flipped mentally and tried to bite his rival, and then went down in the driving finish by a neck.

Biting is clearly a sign of an unhappy horse, and gelding will either be the making of him, or the end.

I spoke to Hills on Tuesday and he delivered a positive update.

"He has done a few nice bits of work since he came back," he said. "I think he looked a big price. He has plenty of ability."

I'm happy to dabble each-way at the generally available 16-1.

3.00 Goodwood - Vintage Brut at 10-1 with Ladbrokes:

You only have to go back two seasons to find a Molecomb Stakes winner who bombed completely on his previous start.

Yalta showed his promise by winning a small field race at Pontfract before running poorly at Royal Ascot and at the July meeting but then hosed up by three lengths here. Brown Sugar in 2013 was another to flop at the July Meeting before roaring back to win here.

On what was probably ground more lively than Vintage Brut was used to at Royal Ascot last time, the son of Dick Turpin could get no cover having raced too keenly under David Allan.

Although the sun shone high over the Sussex Downs on Tuesday, the going will not be as fast as it was at the Royal Meeting and I’m backing Tim Easterby’s charge to bounce back.

Prior to Royal Ascot, Vintage Brut looked top drawer and at Sandown he put in a really good run to win the National Stakes.

With Fantasy and favourite Soldier’s Call likely to force the pace, and Deia Glory and Starchant there to keep that duo honest, David Allan could well find the cover that served so well in Esher.

That was a superior performance and runner-up Sabre confirmed that impression when running Soldier’s Call close in the Windsor Castle Stakes.

He is not the most beautiful animal, and he would not have the best confirmation, either, but I'm sure he can ran fast.

3.35 Goodwood - Without Parole at 15-8 with Betfair and Paddy Power:

I have to reveal here that I backed Beat The Bank to win the Sussex Stakes prior to Royal Ascot. It is a wager I am happy with, but I had not factored in that Expert Eye would run away with the Jersey Stakes.

The presence of Sir Michael Stoute’s back-to-form runner, however, makes Without Parole’s price too big to ignore at 15-8.

It is easy to be slightly underwhelmed by the son of Frankel, but it has to be remembered that he toughed it out on unsuitably soft ground at Sandown in the Heron Stakes on the back of a stone bruise.

At Royal Ascot he was too good for old rival Gustav Klimt and he was substantially quicker than Accidental Agent, the surprise winner of the Queen Anne.

He has tremendous scope, far more than course winner Expert Eye, and with natural improvement to come he could easily be too good for these on going that suits. It could be his defining performance.

I have only once lost money on Lightning Spear, unlike a few in the racing media, and howled at the television when colleague Andy Stephens tipped him at 25-1 for the Lockinge Stakes, only to be cruelly denied by a fine performance from Rhododendron.

He is, however, the joint-highest rated horse in the field, and such should probably be shorter than the 10-1 on offer.

Geoffrey Riddle's How To Bet Your £20 on Wednesday:

OPTION ONE:

1.50 Goodwood: £3.50 Northwest Frontier at 9-1

2.25 Goodwood: £3.50 Infrastructure at 6-1

2.25 Goodwood: £2 each-way Barthololmeu Dias at 16-1

3.00 Goodwood: £3 Vintage Brut at 10-1

3.35 Goodwood: £6 Without Parole at 15-8

OPTION TWO:

£2 each-way Trixie on Northwest Frontier, Infrastructure and Without Parole

£2 each-way on Bartholomeu Dias