Bookies are underestimating my 14-1 runner in the King George at Goodwood on Friday

Nymphadora is always to the fore in the Listed John Smith's City Walls Stakes and she finds an extra gear to power clear under @_JasonWatson and scores in fine style for the @AndrewBalding2 team
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It’s going to be a big boost to the St Leger if he goes there and any success they have is only a good thing.

Our runners found the ground hard work yesterday, but I was very pleased with Alsakib and I haven’t given up hope that he is a Group horse.

I think we have a better chance than the odds suggest of winning the King George Qatar Stakes with NYMPHADORA (3.35).

She was a double-figure price the last I saw, but I think the bookies are underestimating her.

I was over the moon with her at York last month when she won a Listed race a shade cosily.

She loves getting her toe in and she’s in flying form, she heads to Goodwood at the top of her game.

She is up in class into a Group 2 but I think the track and trip are ideal and she can give the best of them a run for their money.

We kick off with TYPEWRITER (1.50) in the 2m4f handicap, where the trip is still something of an unknown.

She was fourth over a similar distance at Royal Ascot, but that was a muddling race so it’s still a bit of a punt.

We could ideally do with the ground drying out a fair bit for TEUMESSIAS FOX (4.10) in the strong-looking Glorious Stakes.

As things stand, I think Hamish will be near impossible to beat on ground that he loves. Our lad will be happier back down at a mile and a half.

LOADED GUN (4.45), on the other hand, handles soft ground well and should run a big race after opening his account at Chester.

He’s on a good mark and his owner, Michael Blencowe, is local to Goodwood. We’ve always wanted a winner for him at this meeting.