Templegate’s Tote Placepot tips for Goodwood day 3 with huge £200,000 guaranteed

GLORIOUS GOODWOOD rolls into day three after two days of incredible drama so far.

Our man Templegate returns with his Placepot tips looking to lend a helping hand so you can pocket a slice of the huge £200,000 guaranteed pot!

Merchant has looked a Group performer in waiting since being upped to this trip

The Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in the FIRST SIX races of any meeting.

You can pick more than one horse in a race – you just multiply the number of selections in each race to calculate your stake. So for staking it’s 2x2x2x2x2x2 which adds up to 64 lines. 

You can stake what you want upwards from 5p a line which would cost a total of £3.20. 10p a line is £6.40 and so on. Provided at least one in each race is placed, we get a payout!

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Goodwood Wednesday placepot

LEG 1: Best Secret, High Degree

BEST SECRET is fancied to land this hot handicap after a cracking third in the Golden Gates at Royal Ascot, where he finished powerfully from off the pace. He’s up 5lb for that effort but was clear of the rest and looks the type to keep improving over this trip. A strongly run race on decent ground should suit perfectly and he sets the standard. Main danger could be 

HIGH DEGREE, who made all in a Ffos Las maiden and now tackles 1m2f for the first time. His pedigree screams stamina and trainer William Haggas won this race 12 months ago. He’s unexposed, goes forward, and is open to loads of progress.

LEG 2: Coppull, Havana Hurricane

COPPULL can hit the target for Clive Cox. His debut win at Leicester has worked out superbly and he ran a stormer in the Coventry at Royal Ascot, finishing third at 66-1 in that Group 2. He’s improving fast and the step back into calmer waters could be just what he needs with this sharp 6f looking ideal. 

HAVANA HURRICANE sets the standard after winning the Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot and went mighty close in the Super Sprint last time despite not getting the clearest run. He’s tough and classy but most of his best work has come at 5f, so the extra furlong on drying ground could ask a question.

LEG 3: Merchant

MERCHANT can sell his rivals down the river. The Gosdens’ colt has looked a Group performer in waiting since being upped to this trip and his Royal Ascot handicap win – where he beat the subsequent Irish Derby runner-up – screamed quality. He’s still improving, travels strongly and sees the trip out powerfully. There’s a lot more to come.

LEG 4: Whirl, Cercene

WHIRL is a progressive filly who made light work of the Musidora at York in May before finishing second in the Oaks at Epsom, before gaining deserved Group 1 glory in the Pretty Polly last time. That Curragh form looks rock solid with the runner-up boosting it since and this trip looks ideal. Fast ground holds no fears and she’s thriving. Moore’s pick from the yard and rates a major player with everything in her favour. Very hard to knock her serious winning chance.

CERCENE is the Irish 1,000 Guineas third who caused a 33-1 shock in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, staying on powerfully to land that Group 1 in style. Faces her toughest test yet here over a new trip but she’s bred to stay 1m2f being by Australia, and her finishing effort last time suggests she’ll relish it. Progressive, tough and clearly thriving, she may just be underestimated again. Not out of this by any means.

LEG 5: Getreadytorumble, The Man

GETREADYTORUMBLE looks knockout bet. He’s already scored over this C&D and lost nothing in defeat when third at Sandown last time, a race that’s working out well. He’s improving fast, handles good to firm, and still looks fairly treated.

THE MAN is interesting too. He made a winning comeback after wind and gelding ops in a strong York handicap and could easily build on that now.

LEG 6: Sir Albert, Amazing Journey

SIR ALBERT has won his past two including an impressive handicap success over this trip. That was around Chester and handling the Roodee bodes well for tricky Goodwood.

AMAZING JOURNEY struck on handicap debut at York last time and a 5lb rise in the weights looks more than fair.

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