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\t\tWhirl was a Group One winner at the Curragh on her last start.\t<\/p>\n
DAY THREE of Glorious Goodwood is headlined by the Group One Nassau Stakes (3.05pm) for the fillies and mares.<\/p>\n
If the forecast is to be believed, the weather might not be quite so glorious today, with the chance of some heavy thunderstorms hitting the track in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
It only takes one heavy shower to quickly change conditions and that means it\u2019s difficult to be confident about tipping horses ahead of time.<\/p>\n
However, one filly that won\u2019t be inconvenienced by a softening of conditions in the feature is Aidan O\u2019Brien\u2019s WHIRL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This daughter of Wootton Bassett was a winner of a Group Three on soft ground at the Curragh in October and has developed into a Group One filly this season.<\/p>\n She didn\u2019t quite see out the mile-and-a-half trip in the Oaks at Epsom two starts ago, when worn down by stablemate Minnie Hauk late on, but relished the drop back to a mile-and-a-quarter when winning the Pretty Polly last time.<\/p>\n The runner-up from that contest, Kalpana, franked the form when second in last weekend\u2019s King George, removing any doubts about that being high-class form.<\/p>\n Three-year-olds have an excellent record in this race \u2013 winning six of the last 10 renewals \u2013 and Whirl will receive nine pounds from her older rivals.<\/p>\n See The Fire, Cercene and stablemate Bedtime Story probably wouldn\u2019t want much rain to fall, with none of the trio recording a win on soft ground, and they will need to be at their best to defy Whirl.<\/p>\n As a strong stayer at this trip, and with the ability to handle whatever the weather throws at her, Ryan Moore is likely to try to make plenty of use of Whirl from the get-go and she should prove very hard to pass in the home straight.<\/p>\n She\u2019s definitely the one to side with in World Pool\u2019s Win market.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s opening Kincsem Handicap (1.20pm) is an interesting and typically competitive Goodwood contest.<\/p>\n Charlie Johnston\u2019s Marhaba Ghaiyyath looks a likely player after going close at Newmarket last time but has yet to prove himself on ground softer than good.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n