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Despite being well-found in the market, I’m excited about the strong chance of NOBLE HORIZON, in the opener of Glorious Goodwood.

The Kingman four-year-old made a solid start to his career, as a novice winner for William Haggas, prior to switching to the Oli Rix stable.

He improved significantly second-time-out for the yard, when absolutely bolting up, from a mark of 84 at Leicester.

Despite a 10lb rise, I am convinced he will prove to be a 100-plus-rated horse in time, as a half-brother to six winners.

His dam also won the Irish Oaks.

I’m hopeful that he will be handily positioned, in the early stages, and can quicken up entering the straight to give followers a great run and start to the week.

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AL HUDAIBA is the best horse in the race today and with blinkers in action for the first time, further improvement looks almost nailed on.

A flighty two-year-old who has won three of his four starts and considering his sole loss came from his own quirkiness when jinking in the final furlong to unseat Tom Marquand, first-time blinkers should settle him down.

A proven Group 2 winner after winning the Superlative Stakes at Newmarket earlier this month and considering his market rival Haffner isn’t proven in group company, Al Hudaiba looks a cracking horse for Charlie Appleby and the first-time blinkers could see a massive improvement from him today.

The top four race looks really open this season and Chelsea have a real advantage by not being in Europe. 

Chelsea are not as far away from the Champions League spots as their 10th placed finish last year would suggest.

The Blues pretty much tanked their season after Enzo Maresca left the club and were around the top three positions while he was still in his role. 

Chelsea have signed Morgan Rogers as well as Marco Palestra already this summer and are heavily linked with a move for Maxence Lacroix at the time of writing. 

These additions add to the likes of Emegha and Quenda who had already secured moves to the West London side.

These signings signal a shift from Chelsea’s previous obsession with only securing young talent. Most of these players are also very tall and physical, an aspect that Chelsea desperately fell short for last year. 

Xabi Alonso is clearly a very capable manager having won the league title with Bayer Leverkusen and maintaining a 71% win percentage as Real Madrid boss.

He’s coming into an environment where the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City, the two powerhouses of the last 10 years, have new managers - a terrain which could be perfect for Alonso to finally make this Chelsea side competitive in the Premier League with only one game per week.

Stockport faced heartbreak in the League One Play-Off Final at the end of last season as they were beaten 4-1 by Bolton at Wembley. 

That was the second consecutive season in which Stockport have finished third and gone out in the playoffs, which tells me that they are a club that are doing a lot of things right at this level and should have a decent stab at getting out of League One at the third time of asking.

Stockport really didn’t do much wrong when you look at their underlying numbers from last season, they ranked within the top 5 sides for most key metrics and also had one of the league’s top scorers in Kyle Wootton.

Stockport were a similar price to register a Top 6 finish last year and I think the market is underestimating their chances again as a side that now understands League One quite well. Stockport are priced at 5.50 to earn promotion this year, which is a price also worth looking at. 

Barnet are definitely a side worth keeping an eye on this year after finishing eighth at the first time of asking after winning promotion to the EFL.

They finished just two points below a spot in the playoffs last year and notably had the second best away record of any side in the division. It was their inconsistent home form which saw them fall short of a Top 7 finish.

Barnet are third favourites to be promoted from League Two this term, only sitting behind Salford City and Bristol Rovers. We’ve got some insurance by backing them for a Top 7 finish even if they slightly underperform from pre-season expectations.

The Championship extending the number of playoff spots down to eighth is a really significant change this season and Wrexham could easily benefit.

Phil Parkinson’s side finished seventh last season, just two points away from Hull who eventually earned promotion to the Premier League via the playoffs. 

That finish would be enough this year for Wrexham to have a chance of promotion and I think we’ll see the Welsh side battling in the top half of the Championship again this term.

Wrexham have a really deep squad with a wealth of Championship and EFL experience that can aid them in a push for the playoffs this year. 

I think there’s a decent price on this when considering that the likes of Norwich, Sheffield United and Birmingham are shorter than Wrexham to secure a Top 8 Finish - I’d back Wrexham to be just as competitive as those sides.

AL HUDAIBA (9.0) is the best horse in the race today and with blinkers in action for the first time, further improvement looks almost nailed on.

A flighty two-year-old who has won three of his four starts and considering his sole loss came from his own quirkiness when jinking in the final furlong to unseat Tom Marquand, first-time blinkers should settle him down.

A proven Group 2 winner after winning the Superlative Stakes at Newmarket earlier this month and considering his market rival Haffner isn’t proven in group company, Al Hudaiba looks a cracking horse for Charlie Appleby and the first-time blinkers could see a massive improvement from him today.

A rematch with Scandinavia today, TRAWLERMAN (9.6) is looking to reverse the placings from the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot and with a recent run now under his belt, he is bound to come on from this.

Winning four of his last five appearances before being headed by Scandinavia in the final strides, this was Trawlerman’s first run in eight months and given his performance, he’s back and looks set to reverse the placings.

Dominating staying races last season, if he opts to make all the running and turn this into a real stamina test, this is where Trawlerman produces his best and considering he didn’t look far from his best after an eight-month absence in the Gold Cup, he’s match fit and ready to turn the tables today.

YABHER (9.3) dominated over course and distance in May, making all and putting six lengths between himself and 2nd place; you’d expect there is plenty more up his sleeve on his return.

Being one of only two runners in today’s 18-runner field who has scored over course and distance, course form is a real positive at Goodwood, and given the sterling performance he produced in May, he’s a four-year-old with ample potential.

Although his performance at York earlier this month was poor, he was ridden much more patiently, which backfired, and we can expect a bounce back on his return to Goodwood.

His latest run doesn’t take away from the fact that he has won three of his last five starts, and given William Haggas doesn’t waste any entries, Yabher looks a solid bet at a big price.

AL HUDAIBA (9.0) is the best horse in the race today and with blinkers in action for the first time, further improvement looks almost nailed on.

A flighty two-year-old who has won three of his four starts and considering his sole loss came from his own quirkiness when jinking in the final furlong to unseat Tom Marquand, first-time blinkers should settle him down.

A proven Group 2 winner after winning the Superlative Stakes at Newmarket earlier this month and considering his market rival Haffner isn’t proven in group company, Al Hudaiba looks a cracking horse for Charlie Appleby and the first-time blinkers could see a massive improvement from him today.

A rematch with Scandinavia today, TRAWLERMAN (9.6) is looking to reverse the placings from the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot and with a recent run now under his belt, he is bound to come on from this.

Winning four of his last five appearances before being headed by Scandinavia in the final strides, this was Trawlerman’s first run in eight months and given his performance, he’s back and looks set to reverse the placings.

Dominating staying races last season, if he opts to make all the running and turn this into a real stamina test, this is where Trawlerman produces his best and considering he didn’t look far from his best after an eight-month absence in the Gold Cup, he’s match fit and ready to turn the tables today.

SING THE BLUES (9.0) is the only course and distance winner in today’s 20-runner handicap and given she won on stable debut earlier this month after joining Martin Dunne, there looks to be plenty of scope for more.

Scoring over course and distance last year after returning from an eight-month absence, Sing The Blues has won two of her last three starts and given she was underestimated last time out at 25/1, she is already seeing support in the market for today’s affair.

Staying on well and winning comfortably in the end, it was an impressive performance at Newmarket after a slow start and given Goodwood can catch plenty of good horses out, there’s confidence in Sing The Blues with a proven track record.

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Thun scored in 17 of 19 away games last season (89%), scored in the first leg and won 3-1 on their travels domestically at the weekend - so these odds look generous.

The Swiss Super League champions held their own in the first leg, 1-1, conceding an 86th minute equaliser despite Dinamo Zagreb going off as odds-on favourites.

Thun posted 1.21 xG in the first leg, and 1.57 in Saturday’s win at Luzern, they’re not having issues creating chances to start the season.

Zagreb’s Europa League campaign ended after 10 games last season, they conceded in all 10.

Shamrock Rovers should throw everything at getting back into this tie.

They’re 2-0 down from the first leg, while domestically they are seven points clear at the top, with 11 to play, with an away trip to a relegation-battler at the weekend. They can afford to put their full focus on tonight’s match.

Ararat Armenia’s domestic season doesn’t start until this Saturday, but this is their fourth game in Champions League qualifying, and all three so far have covered this bet. They have scored two or more goals themselves in those three matches.

They’re not defensively solid enough to prioritise seeing out the tie with their 2-0 lead. Despite winning the Armenian top-flight last season, they only had the 4th-best defensive record, and they conceded three in the second leg of the last qualifying round - progressing 4-3 on aggregate after a 3-2 second leg defeat in Riga.

FANDOM is one of the more interesting each-way contenders, for this season's prestigious Stewards’ Cup Handicap, run over the 6f distance.

The son of Showcasing has shown winning form over 6f this season, and he has been largely progressive - including a keeping-on 3rd at Ascot over 5f last time.

The move back to 6f, at this speedy course, could ideally suit.

The Richard Hannon-trained runner was a Listed winner in the US and could be peaking at the right time this week.

Watch out for him late on the scene, at a juicy each-way price.

BOW ECHO deserves to be a short-priced favourite, for this year’s G1 Sussex Stakes.

The George Boughey-trained three-year-old was a thoroughly convincing winner of the G1 2000 Guineas on seasonal reappearance.

He confirmed form with Gstaad, who impressively landed G1 Irish 2000 Guineas after finishing behind the selection at Newmarket, when out-speeding him at Royal Ascot.

Although Bow Echo has to contend with a different track, he certainly has a progressive profile, and he has all the class and latent ability to remain unbeaten.

Opera Ballo is likely to set a frantic gallop, which is likely to prove to be my selection’s strength.

PERSHAADA holds strong claims in whichever race she enters - either a 5f Conditions event or the 5f Group Three, later on the card.

The two-year-old filly has improved with each start, including a course success on third outing.

She beat a pair of future winners that day, and proved her ability to handle a downhill track.

She built on that impressive novice win, with an excellent 4th in the G2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot.

A repeat performance may be enough to land this prize, for a stable that certainly target this big summer festival.

Despite this big-field maiden obviously featuring completely unexposed types, I was extremely impressed with LAUNCH SEQUENCE on debut at Doncaster, where she finished a fast-finishing 3rd.

A 160,000GBP breeze-up purchase, was a huge eye-catcher that day, waiting for room as he made headway from the rear in the penultimate furlong.

This half-brother to a 6f winner, with that initial experience under his belt, can go close.