6-1 CUP GLORY AND 60 UP ON PRICEWISE: The maestro Daqman played Stradivarius (WON 6-1 from 11.5 on BETDAQ) and Desert Skyline (3rd 14-1) for the Goodwood Cup yesterday and left the violins for Pricewise as our man made it SIXTY up for the season against 10 for the Racing Post man with four big-race winners on the trot (see below).
DAQMAN CLEAR LEADER BY 275 POINTS: In fact, with a worthy point for the place profit from the third horse, Desert Skyline (quoted in his column at 32.0 on BETDAQ), the scores are now Daqman 61, Pricewise 10, with 275 points separating them in a single-unit level-stakes assessment of profit. Since Friday, Daqman has won 6-0.
* Pricewise races today: 2.25 Goodwood, 5.35 Galway
THE BIG-VALUE DAQMAN BULLâS-EYES
Now itâs four! Daqman has won at least 50 points per race from the last four features in England, Ireland and France since Friday, a day-by-day tipping conquest worth ÂŁ7,520 to ÂŁ100 stakes on the four bets.
That was only at SP! If you had been able to play the same stakes on BETDAQ at the morning prices quoted in the Daqman column, youâd have won ÂŁ11,430.
WON 50-1 STAMP HILL (from 64.0 BETDAQ) Saturday
WON 16-5 ROLY POLY (from 6.8 on BETDAQ) Sunday
WON 16-1 WHISKEY SOUR (at 32.0 BETDAQ) Monday
WON 6-1 STRADIVARIUS (at 11.5 BETDAQ) Tuesday
Daqman is king of the tipsters, because BETDAQ is the value facilitator, with prices way above those available to Pricewise, despite his daily published search in the Racing Post through 12 different bookmakers, opting for the seeming best odds among them.
Daqmanâs four consecutive big-race winners, one a 50-1 shot, three nominated for win-50 Bullâs Eye Bets, were in the Ascot International, the Prix Rothschild, the first big handicap at Galway and yesterdayâs Goodwood Cup. He also won with a gold banker on the King George.
FEATHERS FLY WITH HAWKERLAND
1.50 Goodwood Handicap Star Rider is 9lb higher and likely to face different conditions from the âgood to firmâ when he won it last year, with rain forecast.
In any case, the form didnât amount to much. The runner-up Percy Veer is back today after a 168-day rest, connections hoping his holiday will stem the blood-letting of 17 consecutive defeats, but heâs held by Golden Doyen on last autumnâs form.
Star Riderâs stable is more likely to get involved via t he consistent Aurora Gray, usually good for a place.
Marcus Tregoning is bullish that Hawkerland (around 7.0 on BETDAQ) can leap three grades from his easy win on the last day Carries a featherweight, and progeny of both sire and damâs sire do well on the soft .
2.25 Goodwood Yesterdayâs Goodwood Cup winner and third, Stradivaruus and Desert Skyline, give us pointers to this.
Sofiaâs Rock (Betdaq 8.2) , whowas half a length off Desert Skyline, when they met at the July Meeting, is a strong Mark Johnston front-runner, winner on both firm and soft. Secret Advisor (6.0) was third to Stradivarius in the Queenâs vase
RAIN CAN MAKE A FOOL OF WESLEY
3.00 Goodwood (Molecomb Stakes) I doubt Wesley Ward will be Happy Like A Fool, singing in t he rain with his fast-ground Royal Ascot runner-up.
We donât know much about the ability of any of these on an easy surface, but Battle Of Jerichoâs 16.0 is tempting for a pound, a 6f winner on yielding, dropped back in trip and likely to try t o play catch-me.
But the same applies to Invincible Army (6.4), down to the minimum from his July Stakes fourth. Who can keep up with Wesley âs Fool and effect a finish on what could be soft ground?
3.35 Goodwood (Sussex Stakes) Time marches on and Barney Roy has moved up my ratings 6lb ahead of the colt he ran up to in the 2,000 Guineas.
Since then, t he hero of that hour, Churchill, has beaten the Jean Prat winner, Thunder Snow, but he and Barney left Churchill standing, turned over at odds in at Royal Ascot (St Jamesâs Palace Stakes).
Was Churchill coming to t he end of the road after seven consecutive victories.? Will Zelzal come here for the good ground and find himself ankle-wet from a Sussex squall?
You canât afford question marks in betting unless the odds are very much in your favour, so it has to be Ribchester â the tank who acts on any going â for a banker bet at slightly better than even mnoney
ITâS ON A PLATE FOR SLOWMOTION
5.35 Galway Plate Only one winner this century has carried 11st or more and that was the second leg of Ansarâs back-to-back wins (2004-5).
Now last yearâs winner, Lord Scoundrel, tries to do the same, 11lb higher as he attempts the double, so needing all of the half-stone his claimer puts in to help, and tongue-tied first time. Trainer Gordon Elliott hopes it will all count .
It will have to. For instance, last yearâs length-and-a-quarter runner-up, Aleichi Inois, who gave away 13lb that day, is set to meet him again, but at levels.
Also among the top-weights, Sandymount Duke, tries to make a 19lb leap into the big time, his total penalties for landing a hat-trick for Jessica Harrington.
Jessica will be hoping the showers are light. The Dukeâs form on anything worse than âgoodâ is 04340, quite a contrast to his sound-surface figures since last June of 11111.
But his tough task is highlighted by the difference in weight between The Duke and Heron Heights. They met at levels at the Punchestown festival. Heron Heights looks threatening now off only 10st 2lb.
Another good-ground horse, Vintage Vinnie, a son of Vinnie Roe out of a Bobâs Return mare, was fifth at Punchestown but looked progressive when scoring with ridiculous ease at the Aintree Festival.
Slowmotion, whose stable has been in cracking form, won three out of five in the Spring, taking on his first big field when coming just too late to catch the Maresâ Chase winner at the same Punchestown meeting over a furlong and a half shorter than today.
The prolific Shaneshill and yet another pair from my Punchestown notebook, Balko des Flos and Arbre De Vie – placed in the same race at the festival – clearly have fine chances
Bu this is a very open contest and I prefer the offers about Slowmotion (16.5), Vintage Vinnie (34.0) and Heron Heights (36.0) for another bullâs-eye win-50 tilt.
DAQMANâS BETS
1.50 Goodwood: to win 30
BET 5pts win and place HAWKERLAND
2.25 Goodwood: to win 30
BET 6pts win SECRET ADVISOR
BET 4pts win SOFIAâS ROCK
3.00 Goodwood: to win 30
BET 5.5pts win INVINCIBLE ARMY
BET 2pts win and place BATTLE OF JERICHO
3.35 Goodwood: to win 20
BANKER BET 20pts win (nap) RIBCHESTER
3.50 Galway: to win 30
BET 5pts win THE BIRDIE CROWE
4.10 Goodwood: to win 20
BET 1.4pts win and place THREADING
5.35 Galway: bullâs-eye bets, each to win 50
BET 3.2pts win and place SLOWMOTION
BET 1.5pts win and place VINTAGE VINNIE
BET 1.4pts win and place HERON HEIGHTS
5.50 Goodwood: to win 30
BET 2.5pts win and place MEDIEVAL
Did you know that as well as checking the realtime prices on BETDAQ below – you can also log into your account and place your bets directly into BETDAQ from BETDAQ TIPS.
