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Marsha arrives in form

Looking for a selection at a bit more of a price and we settle on Marsha as our tip of the day, currently available at 11/2. Third favourite, the Sir Mark Prescott trained four-year-old filly arrives at track with an eye-catching CV, finishing in the top three in each of her three previous runs this year, including a win at Newmarket in the Longholes Palace House Stakes.

Despite going off as an 8/1 outsider, she delivered the goods, squeezing out race favourite Washington Dc by a neck, driving for the line to hold off a late challenge. It was a gutsy display, and she won plenty of admirers that day. That success came over the 5f trip, and we’re expecting a similar effort here.

NAP will take to the ground

Since that win at Newmarket in May, she was third at Royal Ascot in the King’s Stand, and second behind Caspian Prince around the Curragh in the Sapphire Stakes last month. Odds on favourite, she let punters down, but considering she was beaten a short-head, caught on the line, we’ll forgive her that slip-up.

There are slight questions marks over her ability to handle the ground, and that may be the reason she’s not a bit shorter in the betting, but we don’t make it too much of a problem. If Marsha performs to the level we know she’s capable of, then she’ll outrun her price.

Goodwood selections

1.50 – Lord Yeats

2.25 – Make Time

3.00 – Master The World

3.35 – Marsha

4.10 – Rufus King

4.40 – Al Jazi

5.15 – Londinium

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