Uppercut favourite for Portsmouth News Stakes (Handicap)
Uppercut will look to make it two in a row, by winning the Portsmouth News Stakes (Handicap) at Goodwood in England on Friday, August 24, 2012. He is a consistent performer and has got the stamina to win today’s 1 mile 1 furlong event, which has a cash prize
of £7,470.
A total of eight runners have been attracted towards the class-3 event and all of them have been trained well by their respective teams. The weather at Goodwood has been dry over the past couple of days, thus the going will be good. This means that there
will be no problems for any participant because of the track conditions.
Looking at the record of all the runners, the bookies have given the best odds to Jungle Beat, who has won just one race in his career. He has the potential to produce decent results with consistency, but things will not be easy for him at all. He finished
as a runner up in his previous race, thus the bettors will have some confidence in his abilities.
However, Uppercut is carrying the winning momentum right now and it will be difficult to prevent him from taking the top spot in these conditions. He has been priced 4 to 1 by the bookmakers and will definitely get the attention of the bettors.
The four-year-old gelding likes running at Goodwood, as he has done well at this venue in the past. He has participated in a couple of events here and managed to deliver very good results in them. He finished as a runner up in the first one whereas secured
the top spot in the other.
Overall, the Stuart Kittow’s trainee has participated in 13 races, winning a couple of them whereas finished third on the same number of times. In addition to that, he secured the runner up position on three occasions, which clearly indicates that he will
be a threat to his rivals.
The young runner debuted in August 2010 and was unable to make a solid impression in his first ever race. However, his trainer worked extremely hard over his form and fitness and he has been quite consistent since then.
Veteran jockey, Jim Crowley, will be partnering Uppercut for the first time in his career today.
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