Unibet ambassador Jamie Spencer talks through his rides at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday

OH it was so close yesterday when Jazeel nearly got me off to a flyer in the opening race at Goodwood.

But we move on quickly and I’ve got four rides today at the Sussex track.

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First up I ride Mancini (1.50pm) and I’m sure many will look at his run in the Ascot Stakes and have him marked down as a non-stayer here. But Ascot’s 2m4f is very different to Goodwood’s.

It is relentless and gruelling, whereas Goodwood gives you three or four opportunities to get a breather into your horse, so the trip doesn’t concern me for Mancini.

I wouldn’t say my horse has much in hand of the handicapper after being raised 2lb for York, but he has a fair bit to recommend him, not least the fact that he is a course winner who will love the ground if it stays dry.

Then I get the leg up on Durston (2.25pm) and although Eminence is probably the one we all have to beat on his Ascot third, even though he was beaten last time, but my horse is progressive.

He made his reappearance for me in a hot Windsor maiden and he has improved from there in a success over 1m6f at Doncaster in a valuable handicap, and at Chester last time. He meets a better grade of horse here and needs to step up again, but hopefully the potential is there.

My big ride of the day comes in the Sussex Stakes with Phoenix Of Spain (3.35pm) and there are two ways of looking at Phoenix Of Spain’s odds for this race.

The first is that 6-1 is a big price on his defeat of his Too Darn Hot in the Irish 2000 Guineas, where he really was impressive, and the other is that it is a fair assessment on his Ascot run behind Circus Maximus.

But I do know that they weren’t happy with him after Ascot, and that is the first time he has ever disappointed us. Maybe it came too soon after the Curragh, but he has had a nice break since Ascot and let’s hope we can get back on track here.

This could be a tactical race, but let’s see how it plays out.

My final ride of the day comes on Lady Of Shalott (4.45pm) and it is hard to quantify what she did when winning a four-runner race over 1m4f at Newmarket last time, but she appeared to do it well enough.

Hopefully, she will get a strong gallop to aim at in this bigger field, stepping back down to 1m2f, and this Camelot filly can build on that win.