{"id":299038,"date":"2025-07-28T17:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299038\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:36:12","slug":"rome-set-to-rise-again-and-conquer-chesterfield-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299038\/","title":{"rendered":"Rome set to rise again and conquer Chesterfield Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tMonday 28 July 2025 6:09 pm\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tShare<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Facebook\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tX\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Twitter\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedIn\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on LinkedIn\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tWhatsApp\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on WhatsApp\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-share__popup-item\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Email\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img width=\"742\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1585253035.jpg\" class=\"media \" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\"  \/>\t\tAncient Rome (pink and green silks) won this race in 2023.\t<\/p>\n<p>DAY ONE at Glorious Goodwood kicks off with a typically competitive handicap in the form of the Chesterfield Cup (1.20pm).<\/p>\n<p>The one-mile-two-furlong contest tends to attract several unexposed types, with many prominent in the market for this year\u2019s renewal, however it\u2019s the more experienced runners that I\u2019d rather look at.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of this race in 2023, <strong>ANCIENT ROME<\/strong>, fits that bill.<\/p>\n<p>His rating of 100 may look steep at first glance, however his victory in this race came off a five-pound higher mark, and there\u2019s still ample reason to believe that he retains his ability.<\/p>\n<p>The six-year-old was thrown into Group company throughout 2024, and despite a good second in the Summer Mile, he saw his mark gradually come down from as high as 110.<\/p>\n<p>His runs back in handicap company this season have been eye-catching \u2013 when finishing third of his group in the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot before just coming up short at Sandown on Eclipse Day.<\/p>\n<p>Currently at double figure odds, I\u2019m happy to play him in World Pool\u2019s Win and Place markets.<\/p>\n<p>At the grand old age of nine,<strong> SIR BUSKER<\/strong>, looks to be coming to the boil at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/no-rain-but-more-thunder-looks-set-to-hit-newmarket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No rain but More Thunder looks set to hit Newmarket<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A close second \u2013 just in front of Ancient Rome \u2013 last time out at Sandown, showed that William Knight\u2019s seven-time winner is well treated and must be taken into consideration at Goodwood, a track where he runs well.<\/p>\n<p>Quotes of 22\/1 look very fair from a Win and Place perspective.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFIANCE<\/strong> is lightly raced and there\u2019s no doubt this four-year-old will improve from his reappearance run, so he\u2019s one to add into a World Pool Quinella (pick the first two finishers) with the two main selections.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>POINTERS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TODAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ancient Rome (Win &amp; Place)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.20pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Goodwood<\/p>\n<p>Sir Busker (Win &amp; Place)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.20pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Goodwood<\/p>\n<p>Ancient Rome, Sir Busker, Defiance<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Quinella)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.20pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Goodwood<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/go-down-the-fox-and-hand-to-crack-john-smiths-puzzle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go down the Fox and Hand to crack John Smith\u2019s puzzle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tSimilarly tagged content: <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSections\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tCategories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tRelated Topics\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday 28 July 2025 6:09 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-299038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114932074672694395","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}