2023 Goodwood Festival Stakes Tips
Mujtaba was recently seen running well at Chester Racecourse, with the five-year-old lining up for trainer William Haggas in the Festival Stakes at Goodwood. The horse ran well in the Huxley Stakes over one mile, two and a half furlongs, with the horse only beaten by a neck against favourite Point Lonsdale, with that setting the horse up well for this outing.
Mujtaba was previously a strong performer at Newbury racecourse, with the horse able to win by seven lengths on 22 October, with Francesco Clemente trading at a similar price. The John & Thady Gosden-trained runner has bagged three consecutive wins and the latest of these came at Newmarket in late July.
Robert Havlin rode the odds-on favourite to an easy success in the ForexVox Handicap, with the runner previously landing a win in a Novice Stakes race at Sandown, although the horse will have a much bigger test here. Phantom Flight was last seen finishing third out of seven runners on the all-weather at Kempton and could run strongly here.
King Of Conquest is an interesting runner and the Charlie Appleby-trained horse has secured three successive wins coming into this encounter. The Godolphin runner was the winner of the Howden Suffolk Stakes over one mile and one furlong. The victory by a head came after a win in the Anchorman Cup in Bahrain and this looks like a good each-way shout.