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Tanya's Blog - 30th July 2010

Weather is better today, glorious sunshine and temperatures have risen. We overcame the big drama yesterday when Mac’s cushion was left in the press room, but it arrived in the betting ring seconds before going on air.

There is little or no money in the betting ring and as always the exchanges have been dictating proceedings. At the time of writing all is quiet in the press room, only a handful of people and little or no distractions. Thank you for all your emails during the programme which I will answer in due course.

I love big handicaps and the opportunity to bet each-way a QUARTER first four places (please on-course bookmakers!). There will be a time when I name and shame those who don’t.

Let’s crack into the card. It has to be Redwood for me in the first race after his run at Newmarket and Sri Putra seems a stupid price also. In the Stewards’ Sprint I have back Bagamayo a few times and he is worth another each-way but my bigger bet is going on Sea Of Leaves, she has been promising to land a large prize for some time now and with Kieren Fallon teaming up with Jim Goldie that’s good enough for me.

Totesport Mile and the stats say there is no point looking at those drawn below 17 which puts a line through most of the field obvious choice would be Oasis Dancer from stall 19 but my heart says Royal Destination ignore his run last time and just get on each-way.

The Long Game shouldn’t be the outsider of the whole field in the Richmond Stakes as I liked the way he won at Ascot. Hopefully the day is set fair now, good luck and may you back plenty of winners.

TANYA’S POINTERS

Five of the last ten favourites have won Goodwood’s 2:10 the Coutts Glorious Stakes

Mark Johnston’s last seven runners in the Glorious Stakes Goodwood’s 2.10pm have provided him with three wins, a second and a third

All of the last ten winners of the Totesport Mile came from stall 17 or higher

Nine of the last ten winners of the Totesport Mile came from the first five in the betting

The age of the oldest winner of the Totesport Mile in the last ten years is Unshakable at 6

Eight of the last ten winners of Goodwood’s 2.45pm were aged five or over

David Nicholls has won 4 of the last 10 renewals of Goodwood’s 2.45pm

8 of the last ten winners of the Richmond Stakes had won on their racecourse debut

29 of the last 63 favourites have won the Richmond Stakes – 45%

Five of the last ten winners of the Richmond Stakes have been drawn in stall 6

Richard Hannon and Richard Hughes are going for a hat-trick in the race

Richard Hannon and Richard Hughes have teamed up for 33 two-year-old winners from just 90 runners this season and a level stake profit of 26.54