It’s day one of Glorious Goodwood and what a wonderful week it is. Group races mingle with tip top handicaps, up and coming racehorses clash with battle hardened veterans and there’s more hard luck stories than a Las Vegas casino. It’s painful, but hopefully we can get the rub of the green and come out on top for the week.

To kick us off, Ross Brierley and David Kelner talk about nearly everything under the sun, Cornelius Lysaght goes through the card with a fine toothed comb and Declan O’Donoghue avoids Goodwood altogether and travels to Galway for day two of the finest Irish racing has to offer.

A top class week kicks off in style and you can catch it all on William Hill Radio.

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The Roger Charlton-trained Genki will bid for a famous second Stewards Cup victory (Genki 7/1jf Outright) when he lines up for the traditional six-furlong cavalry charge at Glorious Goodwood on Saturday afternoon.

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Get enhanced odds on the biggest races this week at both of the big meetings this week, Glorious Goodwood and the Galway Festival.

For one hour every day this week, Monday to Sunday, we’ll be offering bigger prices on selected horses in most of the day’s races, so come back at the times stated below to take advantage of our generosity during the William Hill enhanced odds Happy Hours.

Monday 26th July
12:30-13:30 – Galway Festival Happy Hour

Tuesday 27th to Saturday 31st July
10:00-11:00 – Glorious Goodwood AND Galway Festival Happy Hour

Sunday 1st August
12:00-13:00 – Galway Festival Happy Hour

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Trainer Richard Hannon has revealed Dick Turpin may not run in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday as he feels the ground may be too firm for his charge (check out the Sussex Stakes Market).

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Bookmakers William Hill say around €70 million will be gambled by Irish punters on this year’s Galway Festival. That figure equates to an average of €10 million on each of the seven days of the festival.

The two feature races at Galway are the Tote Galway Plate on Wednesday and the Guinness Galway Hurdle on Thursday, and Irish bookies are expecting to see high turnover on both races.

Majestic Concorde, trained by the ‘King of Ballybrit’ – Dermot Weld, is the 6-1 favourite for the Galway Hurdle, whilst British raider Overturn is the current 7-1 market leader for the Galway Hurdle.

Hills are also betting on the Rooney Auctioneer-sponsored top jockey prizes, and the colour of the dress worn by the ‘best dressed lady’ – which will be presented on Thursday (Ladies Day).

“Galway is the biggest betting event on the Irish racing calendar, and bookies are bracing themselves for another epic battle with the punters down in Ballybrit,” said William Hill’s Irish spokesman Tony Kenny.

“Galway is known as the punters graveyard. However, it’ll be the bookies who’ll look like the walking dead if Dermot Weld has another bumper festival.“

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Harbinger is now 6/4 favourite for the Prix De l’Arc De Triomphe after his stunning display in the King Geroge VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday.

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A total of 65 horses have stood their ground at the latest forfeit stage for next Wednesday’s Tote Galway Plate at Ballybrit.

The Dermot Weld trained Majestic Concorde is now the 6-1 favourite for the race having been 8-1 earlier on in the week.

Other interesting movers over the last few days include the Willie Mullins trained Themoonandsixpence (12-1 to 8-1), Grand Slam Hero (12-1 to 10-1) and Nicanor (25-1 to 20-1).

Hills spokesman Tony Kenny stated ‘Majestic Concorde and Themoonandsixpence have been the two best backed horses in the race’.

‘However, both seem to perform better on a sound surface, and with the ground currently soft – we could see a real shake-up in the market if the ground remains the same or gets worse.’

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Workforce (10/11) is priced up to gain revenge over Cape Blanco (11/2) for his defeat in the Dante Stakes at York when the rivals meet again for Saturday’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

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Sir Michael Stoute’s Epsom Derby hero Workforce (5/6f in King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes ante post betting) will bid to prove himself a true star of the turf when taking on older horses for the first time in his career on Saturday.

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Wonderful Wednesday on William Hill Radio and the hot seats are filled by Simon Mapletoft, Chris Pimlott and Gary Capewell, which is as hot as you’re going to get on a mid-summer afternoon in Britain. Catterick, Leicester, Lingfield, Sandown, Worcester and a bit of Irish inspiration from Naas.

On the podcast, it’s Ross Brierley and Sam Turner chewing the fat and spitting out winers left, right and centre on the Sandown evening card.

Tune in from 2.00 on the dot for every single race, live and not quite exclusive.

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