Goodwood review

A review of the rest of the action from the opening day of the Qatar Goodwood Festival.
Heart fends off favourite in opener
Take Heart held off the fast-finishing Enfijaar to win the Coral Chesterfield Cup Handicap for Johnny Murtagh and Ben Coen.
The 7/1 chance sat handy throughout and was asked to stretch from the two furlong marker. He responded well to overhaul the front-running eventual fourth Max Mayhem while in behind the runner-up, sent off 3/1 favourite, was finding his stride.
He was closing all the way to the line but the closest he got was the neck that separated the pair at the line. Tony Montana (17/2) was a further length away in third.
“He’s not slow, he’s been training very well. I thought going to York that he’d a big chance, but he got drawn on the wide outside which made it difficult,” said Murtagh.
“When he drawn 18 today the owner was going ‘Jesus Johnny, what did you do to get these bad draws?’ He was only beaten four and half lengths that day (at York), he had a lot of ground to make up in the straight. He was a little bit closer today, they went so slow and he was controlling the race at all time.
“He’s probably got a bit quicker, a mile and a quarter is ideal. In fairness to the horse, he deserved a big one like this and we’re delighted. There’s big handicap on Irish Champions weekend that he ran very well in last year, he could go there, but he’s probably a stakes horse in the making.”
Roger Varian said of Enfjaar: “Frustrating, but he’s run very well and is a really nice horse going forwards. It didn’t quite happen for him today, but I am sure there will be some good days with him.”
Jim Crowley added: “The pace was a bit too slow for Enfjaar. He has run a good race.”