2024 Geoffrey Freer Stakes Betting Odds at Newbury racecourse

Saturday, 17 August 2024

There are four horses trading at single figure betting odds for the Geoffrey Freer Stakes, with Al Aasy a talented seven-year-old who could be the one to beat. However, this runner is carrying more weight than his opponents, with Vauban benefitting from carrying three pounds less and there’s plenty to recommend the Mullins-trained charge.

Arrest has posted consecutive runner-up spots this term and the John & Thady Gosden-trained horse merits respect, with Al Qareem also a potential winner despite a lack of victories this season. Go Daddy and Sumo Sam will be out to more than make up the numbers in this race, with Roberto Escobarr the rank outsider.

2024 Geoffrey Freer Stakes Tips

Al Aasy has been producing the goods this season, with the horse having been in the winners enclosure in early August. There was a 3/1 triumph in the Coral Glorious Stakes, with a one-length victory being achieved over one mile and four furlongs. This previously came after finishing second out of five runners in the Steventon Stakes at Newbury over a shorter distance.

Vauban has achieved a great deal at the age of six, with Willie Mullins training a runner who was third at the Curragh out of ten horses towards the end of July. This came after a fourth-placed finish in a field of nine at Royal Ascot when competing in a competitive Gold Cup, with the horse nine lengths behind eventual winner Kyprios.

Arrest is a younger adversary who certainly isn’t without a chance, with John & Thady Gosden training a horse that finished second out of six at Newmarket back in July. It was a smart enough performance in the Princess of Wales’s Stakes when travelling well over one mile and four furlongs, with this coming after a second-placed finish in the Ormonde Stakes.

Al Qareem has failed to land a success in the past six outings and the horse was somewhat off the pace in the Goodwood Cup Stakes, with the runner struggling to get the distance although that came after a solid performance in the John Smith’s Silver Cup Stakes when finishing second and there could be more to come from the Karl Burke-trained runner.