Gordon Stakes Betting 2011
The Gordon Stakes is never going to be the biggest or most glamorous race at the Goodwood Festival. However, it is a quality contest that a lot of trainers take very seriously because it provides a chance to test developing horses in lower quality competition.
Gordon Stakes betting 2011 applies to the second day on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood. The betting value is often much better because the calibre of the horses involved is lower which means there us substantially less career history to base those important bets on.
Gordon Stakes Race Details
Gordon Stakes race details are very interesting because it is a healthy little contest for a Group Three race. The distance is one mile and four furlongs which is a lot longer than most of the races over the five days at Goodwood.
The fact the race is so long means any horse with a decent amount of stamina has a good chance of winning and should be focused on for Glorious Goodwood Betting 2011. The horse is for three-year-olds only which limits the number of possible runners and eliminates the chance of the title holder retaining victory.
A weight requirement of nine stones dead applies to all of the runners in the race. The prize purse is in the region of £100,000 which is a lot of money for a supposedly less important and low profile race.
Gordon Stakes Betting Strategy
Gordon Stakes betting strategy can be a little bit of a lottery because the majority of trainers wait until the very last moment before they show their hand and enter one of their three-year-olds. This is an annoyance to punters who want to know the runners for weeks in advance of the race but it has become an accepted tactic in the racing world.
The best Gordon Stakes betting strategy is to look at all of the runners and work out two or three that have performed the best over a longer distance. These horses will have the best stamina and speed and will be the animals worth backing in Horse Racing Betting markets on the first day.
Sir Michael Stoute
Sir Michael Stoute has grown very fond of this race so it is definitely worth keeping an eye on the three-year-olds that he enters in this race. He has had seven winners of the Gordon Stakes during his career as a trainer.
This suggests that firstly, he is one of the best trainers around at raising good three-year-olds, and secondly, he thinks this race is worth winning so he is not going to enter a horse which has no chance of victory.
Ryan Moore
Ryan Moore is an experienced jockey who commonly rides for Stoute across a variety of different races. Keep an eye out for his name in the build up to the race because he could well be on board the favourite.
The point is that Moore knows how to win this race. He is experienced in terms of timing and when the opportune point has arrived to ask the horse for a little bit more to increase the gap from the rest of the pack and secure a win.