16:45 Goodwood: William Hill Handicap (5 furlongs)
Watchya is brought back to the track quickly following a solid return to action at Windsor on Monday, when he finished fourth of nine in a Class 3 handicap over the longer six-furlong trip on good-to-firm ground.
He should come on again for Monday's Windsor run, which was his first turf outing since finishing second of 16 in a valuable six-furlong handicap in Bahrain over the winter, and his first turf race in the UK since he won a handicap on very fast ground at Bath last summer.
He travels particularly well on a quick surface and that, combined with a potentially advantageous near-side draw makes him of strong interest against market rivals who would have preferred a slower surface than this.
Watchya has only ever run once over the minimum distance, and that was when he was highly-tried in a valuable Listed contest at Lingfield in February, when he justified his entry by running within 1.5 lengths of the winner, again travelling very well but just finding a few of his classy rivals too good on the day.
Top track jockey Tom Marquand is a strong booking at this venue and the four-year-old could well prove too speedy for his market rivals under these conditions.
Suggested bet: Watchya to win the 16:45 at Goodwood
- Tip advised by Steve Jones who runs his CD Systems Daily Bargain service on Tipstrr
Of the others, The Defiant is a hefty price here because he has to race from seven pounds out of the handicap, but it's worth remembering that he contested a higher-graded Class 2 handicap over this course and distance last summer when he was a completely unfancied 100/1 outsider because he was 14 pounds out of the handicap.
He defied the handicapper and those odds to finish a very decent fifth of 15 and ran within 1.25 lengths of the winner from an effective mark of 79, justifying his entry.
Today, he runs in Class 3 off an effective mark of 76, so it would clearly be foolish to write off a sprinter with plenty of speed who thrives under quick conditions and could easily run much better than the market expects.
- Next best bet: The Defiant to win the 16:42 at Goodwood
