Celebration Mile
15:35 Goodwood, Saturday
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1. Escobar (David O'Meara/ Jason Watson)
Smart gelding who comes here on the back of good second in a competitive mile handicap at York last week. He can't be discounted.
2. Finest Sound (Simon & Ed Crisford/ Andrea Atzeni)
Arrives in top form, landing a seven-furlong Thirsk conditions event before finishing runner-up in the Strensall Stakes over nine furlongs at York last week. This demands more, however.
3. Jadoomi (Simon & Ed Crisford/ William Buick)
Smart gelding who returned better than ever when winning a nine-furlong listed race at Clairefontaine last month. This is tougher but he's still low mileage so needs considering.
4. Mutasaabeq (Charles Hills/ Jim Crowley)
Resumed with a win in a Thirsk conditions event and has continued in very good form since, finishing a head second to Chindit in the Summer Mile at Ascot seven weeks ago. Another bold showing is likely.
5. Stormy Antarctic (Ed Walker/ Kieran Shoemark)
Multiple pattern-race winner over the years and he returned from six months off with a creditable third in a mile-and-a-quarter listed race here in May. This course winner is no forlorn hope.
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Timeform Analyst Verdict
Mutasaabeq holds the edge on form and arrives at the top of his game so is taken to gain a deserved success after his narrow reverse in Ascot's Summer Mile. In-form Escobar could be the one to chase him home, although the Crisford's duo Jadoomi and Finest Sound can't be discounted either in an intriguing Celebration Mile.
1. Mutasaabeq
2. Escobar
3. Jadoomi