Goodwood - Wednesday

Today Rip Van Winkle bids to become the first horse to win the Sussex Stakes two years on the run. I feel he has a good shot with the 3yo Canford Cliffs a slightly dodgy odds-on shot. The latter has never faced anything in Rip's class before and although O'Brien's horse ran poorly first time out in the Queen Anne I rate him a bet at 11/4 in what is in effect a two horse contest. Fame & Glory was disappointing in his first outing before bouncing back to form and I'm hopeful of a similar thing happening today.

Rip Van Winkle £40w @ 11/4 (won)

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