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

GLORIOUS GOODWOOD gets underway TODAY with five days of top class action to get your teeth stuck into.

Our man Templegate is back with his Placepot tips in the hope of helping you towards a share of the mammoth £200,000 guaranteed pot!

Noble Champion was impressive when winning the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot last timePA

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 Tuesday placepot

LEG 1: Grey Cuban, Jolly Jack Tar

GREY CUBAN clocked a massive personal best when scooting in at Chester last week and looks a fair price to go close again. The booking of Oisin Murphy takes the eye and he is best over this trip on fast or sticky ground.

JOLLY JACK TAR is improving with every run and looks the main danger. This is his turf debut for the Gosdens but he had plenty in hand when scoring at Chelmsford last time. He’s up 9lb for that but stays and can progress again.

LEG 2: Dorset

DORSET looked the latest future star off the Balldoyle production line when stepping up from his debut to win impressively at The Curragh. As you’d expect he’s from a high-class family and likes this trip. He should take another big step forward under Ryan Moore.

LEG 3: Noble Champion, Kinross

NOBLE CHAMPION was impressive when winning the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot last time. Being gelded over the winter has clearly worked wonders as he looked a different horse and clocked a decent time despite drifting across the track late on. He’s proven over the trip and is open to plenty of improvement. 

KINROSS still looks the main danger at the age of eight. He’s won this twice and has been placed on his two other attempts. He was just behind Ten Bob Tony – who has an each-way shout here – at Haydock last time but is better off at the weights today and will have needed that comeback.

LEG 4: French Master, Illinois

FRENCH MASTER put himself right in the picture for the Goodwood Cup when running away with the Copper Horse Handicap at Royal Ascot last time. He won that competitive contest over 1m6f like a top-quality Cup horse in the making.

ILLINOIS sets the standard after his second in the Ascot Gold Cup last time to the gutsy Trawlerman. That was his first crack over two miles or more and he saw it out well enough, still finishing ahead of some useful marathon runners.

LEG 5: Dream Composer, Redorange 

DREAM COMPOSER has a cracking record at Goodwood and looks a big price in a wide-open race. He’s dropped to his last winning mark and went close at Pontefract last time. A repeat of that gives him a solid chance. 

REDORANGE was beaten just half a length in hot company at Ascot last time despite having the worst of the draw. That was after an excellent third at the Royal meeting and he’s a threat.

LEG 6: Naval Light, Anashhad

NAVAL LIGHT ran well in the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot despite still running really green and can improve for Karl Burke who does well with juveniles.

ANASHHAD has looked decent in a couple of good maidens and can figure again for Roger Varian.

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