Juliette's weekly frolic
Despite not arriving at Goodwood until after the third race on the fifth and final day, hot, exhausted and traffic-jammed, the balming influence of England's most captivating racecourse was soon at work. Too late for papers and racecards, feminine intuition and a welldirected pin came up with a 10 to 1 scorer at the first attempt and what with liberal doses of gin and sun, I could almost forgive Catherine Wheel for paralysing Maina and Co. on the one occasion 1 had passed her over. After the last race that Saturday, the death knell to the 'London Season' tolled and ' society ' streamed up to grouse country, with big-time racing close on its heels — August and September see the North come into its own with lavish thrashes at York, Doncaster an Ayr, but it all begins next Saturday with Redcar's finest hour, the William Hill Gold Cup. This famous mile handicap has attracted a competitive field led by mud-loving weight carrier Mon Plaisir. Last year's runner-up, Caius, returned to form with a win at York under 9 stone 31b, and with a stone less now is the big danger to young Delmonico. This three-year-old's initiation to handicaps in the Magnet Cup was too bad to be true, but his driving finish at Goodwood points to a big chance here with 7 stone 71b. The preceding North Yorkshire Stakes has a select band of topweights in Calpurnius, Quayside and Grisaille, but Royalty, indifferent to rises in weight or class, has yet to be headed this season and can add this to Goodwood's Warren Stakes. Most interesting entry of the week is Great Wall in Newmarket's Lavenham Handicap (Friday). Fourth in Nijinsky's Derby, he has not been seen since taking the 1970 King Edward VII Stakes from Saracen Sword and Charlton. In case of withdrawal, Spanish Gold's an attractive lightweight alternative. Assets: £49.14. Outlay: £2 ew Delmonico and Great Wall (alt Spanish Gold), £3 to win Royalty.
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