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Trueshan Triumphant In Goodwood Cup; Stradivarius Withdrawn After Heavy Rain

Hollie Doyle and Trueshan were triumphant in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup, the highlight on day one of the Qatar Goodwood Festival, to give trainer Alan King a first Group 1 success on the Flat.

Sent off the 6/5 favorite following the withdrawal of four-time Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup winner Stradivarius, the 5-year-old was expected to deliver, and he did just that, powering clear in the closing stages of the two-mile contest.

Doyle made a decisive move as the combination entered the home straight, steering her mount to the stands' side rail and impressively repelling all challengers.

Runner-up Away He Goes (33/1) briefly threatened to be competitive but couldn't live with the winner, ultimately going down by three and three-quarter lengths.

The third home Sir Ron Priestley (9/2) was loaded into the horse ambulance and taken for a scan having collapsed after the race.

King said: “It is a very special moment. I have been very calm all morning, then when John [Gosden] took out Stradivarius and we were shortening all the time, the nerves really started to kick in. I have not been this nervous for a long time.

“I have always enjoyed my Flat races and this is very special. This is up there with the Champion Hurdles. All I want to do is train proper horses! I am not giving up the jumping yet!

“Hollie has given him a great ride and the owners have been great supporters of mine. Trueshan can be a little keen so I'm glad he had a proper race at Newcastle – he could have been ferocious today if he hadn't had that run.

“Trueshan is very ground dependent. We had to take him out of the Gold Cup, which is very hard to do.

“He is in the Lonsdale and he is in the Irish St Leger. I will talk to the boys, but we will probably take him out in the morning at the forfeit stage. The Cadran will probably be his big target in the autumn.”

Doyle and Trueshan had previously combined to win the G2 QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup on testing ground at Ascot in October, the same day she landed a breakthrough first G1 success on Glen Shiel.

Doyle said: “This is one of the best days I've ever had. When I got a taste of the success at Ascot on Glen Shiel, I got a bit more hungry and determined to want it more often.

“I never really feel pressure, but today something did come over me as I didn't want to let everyone down. I was very confident going into the race. I haven't had many experiences of Goodwood, let alone on a short-priced favorite. I was feeling it a bit more than normal, but Trueshan is an exceptionally talented animal on this ground.

“He was pretty fresh early on. They were going no gallop and I expected there to be a bit of pace on. Halfway round I thought I have to do something about this as I'm not getting trapped on the rail and so I managed to slide onto the girth of the others and he then settled. The further we went, the better he went. When I hit the rising ground, he's gone again.

“I can't say Trueshan is very ground dependent as I haven't ridden him on anything different to this ground, but he certainly is talented on this ground. I think he probably does enjoy getting his toe in obviously.

“I got some buzz off that – I don't get too high or too low, but when you have experiences like that you have to make the most of it.”

“All credit to Alan and to the owners for keeping faith in me! Trueshan has been in my mind every day since Champions Day and these are the days you do it for.”

Winning co-owner David Hall said: “It is very hard to put it into words. They tried to slow it down in front, but Hollie made sure that the horse got the gallop he needs.

“There is nothing better than winning a Group 1 on the Flat. I like National Hunt racing but after this, it's going to be Goodwood all the way. This is the best racecourse in the world.

“Hollie really has been the making of this horse. She takes no nonsense and doesn't let anyone boss her around in the race.”

Away He Goes' trainer Ismail Mohammed said: “He ran super. He ran only 17 days ago, and it was doubtful with the soft ground because he has had problems with soft ground before. Today he is a different horse, he doesn't act like a five-year-old.

“Group 1s are not easy and it is amazing for our group and our small stable. So far we have Groups 3s, and we are moving steps forward.

“At one point I thought we might win it! We were watching and thought we'd get there.”

Jockey Jim Crowley added: “Away He Goes has run a great race. His form in Dubai is better than it seems. He probably wants better ground, but the trip was ok for him.

“He was travelling better than the winner, but the winner is a good horse and has outstayed him on that ground.”

John Gosden, who trains Stradivarius with his son Thady, said: “It's difficult because obviously we were very keen to try and do something that has never been done before, which is win five Goodwood Cups in a row. He is in great form, full of himself and ready to run but I'm afraid when you yet 60mm of rain since midday Sunday and another bucketload last night.

“I walked the track out in the country with Thady and the stick is going straight to the bottom. It turns it into a bit of a two-mile slog and Stradivarius is a horse who can travel with a great acceleration and a great turn of foot. He can put in pretty amazing fractions for the last two/three furlongs but you are not going to do it on that ground. I think at his age, you have to play to his strengths.

“We made foolish decisions last year to run him at Longchamp on bottomless ground by the river Seine, which he loathed, and then even more stupid to run him on Champions Day on very heavy ground at Ascot. Having made the mistake twice, we weren't quite prepared to do the same thing again.

“All being well and doing things right by the horse, we would like to go to the Lonsdale at York, which is a race he knows well. The easiest thing is to run, the hardest thing is not to run. You must always remember to do what is in the best interests of the horse. All being well, we will go to the Lonsdale and look at something like the Doncaster Cup after that.”

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Owner Nielsen Hopes ‘That Rarest Of Horse’ Stradivarius Gets Clear Sailing In Goodwood Cup

Owner Bjorn Nielsen has become accustomed to going racing expecting Stradivarius to win during the chestnut's long reign as Britain's outstanding stayer, but things are a little different now as the 7-year-old bids for an unprecedented fifth straight win in Tuesday's Group 1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup, the latest leg of this year's QIPCO British Champions Series.

Stradivarius has been beaten on four of his last five starts – admittedly with mitigating factors in terms of distance, ground and most recently at Royal Ascot traffic issues following poor positioning – and he might well not have been favorite but for the injury incurred since by the runaway Gold Cup winner Subjectivist.

Nielsen therefore takes less for granted these days where Stradivarius is concerned, and he admits that it's now one race at a time in terms of his racing career. That said, he is confident that while the much anticipated fourth straight Gold Cup win failed to materialize, this ought to be different – granted clear sailing.

He said: “Most of the time when you go racing as an owner you hope they run well, and you hope maybe they'll win, but Stradivarius is that rarest of horse and it's been the case since he won his first Gold Cup that you go there hoping he isn't going to lose, so the feeling watching a race is the opposite to what it normally is.

“The way it is with him now is that he's always the one they have to beat and they ride to beat him, so a lot of horses will be trying to make sure he doesn't have a good run round. They are going to try to make it difficult for him and that's what happened at Ascot. But if he's out and about he's going to win.”

Nielsen, who saw Stradivarius' beating of recent Gold Cup and dual Goodwood Cup winner Big Orange for his first success in the race as “a changing of the guard”, added: “Stradivarius had worked very well before the Gold Cup and we were pretty confident he was going to run a huge race, but things just didn't work out – no disrespect to Subjectivist, who was well trained, well ridden, and quickened up exactly as we were getting stopped.

“I was really looking forward to the rematch but we'll never know now what might have happened. But Subjectivist wouldn't have been that far ahead of us again turning in if he were here, I'm sure of that.

“There are still some very good horses there though, and any rain is going to suit Trueshan. We can't underestimate Sir Ron Priestley either, who Mark Johnston has supplemented and is no slouch. You are always going to need some luck in running at Goodwood too – things have to go your way.”

Nielsen maintains that 'summer' soft ground is not a problem for Stradivarius, so the very heavy shower which hit Goodwood on Sunday morning and was estimated by clerk of the course Ed Arkell to have possibly brought as much as 10mm of rain hopefully won't harm his chances too much.

However, it was certainly music to the ears of Alan King, whose Trueshan was a deeply impressive seven-and-a-half length winner in 'autumn' soft ground in the QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot in October, when Stradivarius coped much less well.

On hearing news of the of the rain a delighted King said: “That's very good news. I wasn't expecting that much in the morning. I thought the rain that they'd already had would make it safe enough to run, but to see Trueshan at his best it's a case of the more rain the better.”

King added: “Trueshan looked very good at Ascot on British Champions Day and we've been very pleased with him this year. I was very pleased I ran him at Newcastle in the Northumberland Plate, because you can't keep these horses simmering away forever and he had a proper race there. Everything has gone very smoothly in the build up since and we'll see what happens.”

Mark Johnston, a five-time winner of the Goodwood Cup, with Double Trigger (three times), Royal Rebel and Darasim, has paid £25,000 to supplement older half-brother Sir Ron Priestley to fly the flag in place of Subjectivist, and he also saddles last year's length second Nayef Road. However, he is all too aware that neither represents quite the threat to Stradivarius that Subjectivist would have done.

Johnston described the injury suffered earlier this month by Subjectivist, who was ante-post favourite at the time, as “a huge blow”. The 2022 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot is the earliest possible race we might see him in next, he said, and his career will be over if he is sold in the meantime to one of the studs which are currently showing interest.

Subjectivist could hardly have been held in higher regard, for Johnston said: “I'd have put him alongside Attraction and Shamardal as one of the three best I've trained. He was one of those rare horses with which you weren't really concerned about the opposition as he was better than anything out there, and I can't obviously say the same about Nayef Road or even Sir Ron Priestley.”

He added: “We agonised over paying £25,000 to supplement Sir Ron Priestley and I had to convince myself I was doing it for the owner, not myself, as there's some uncertainty about the trip. In the Yorkshire Cup it looked very much as if he didn't stay, but it's hard to equate that with his St Leger second or his Nottingham win, and at the beginning of the year we had no doubt he would stay two miles.

“The other worry is rain, but Charlie (son and assistant), rightly or wrongly, said that on good to firm ground he would put his house on the horse finishing in the first four, which is what we need to get the supplementary fee back.

“Nayef Road's recent runs have been mixed, but in some of them he's shown a glimmer of his best and he deserves to be there on past performance. I don't think any of us would be surprised if he was in the shake up, but he'd need a personal best and Stradivarius to be below form if he were to win.”

Aidan O'Brien, who won two Goodwood Cups with Yeats, saddles last year's Irish Derby winner Santiago, third inlast year's Goodwood Cup, shock Epsom Derby winner Serpentine, who hasn't finished closer than fourth in four races since Epsom, and recent Curragh Cup winner Amhran Na Bhfiann. However, all three were beaten a long way in the Gold Cup.

O'Brien said: “We think coming back to two miles will help Santiago. It was a very good run at Goodwood last year but we are not really sure he gets it (two miles) and he could have to go back to a mile and six or even a mile and a half. He's been very well since Ascot, and I'm very happy with his work.

“Amrhan Na Bhfiann ran in the Gold Cup but has won over a mile and six since. He's a horse we think likes to be ridden forward, although he doesn't have to make the running and we'd be happier if he didn't. He likes a strong tempo and we think coming back to two miles will suit. We maybe made too much use of him over the two and a half miles of the Gold Cup.”

Spanish Mission had Santiago, Sir Ron Priestley and Nayef Road behind when winning the Yorkshire Cup and went on to finish a very respectable third to Subjectivist in the Gold Cup, but trainer Andrew Balding is realistic about his prospects of beating an on-song Stradivarius.

He said: “This has been the plan for a long time and we are really pleased with him – we just wouldn't want too much rain. Stradivarius is a fairly awesome opponent, and if he's anywhere near his best he's going to be very tough to beat, but on his Yorkshire Cup win and his Gold Cup third Spanish Mission ought to be very competitive.”

A field of 11 is completed by the Donnacha O'Brien-trained Listed winner Emperor Of The Sun, who was fifth in the Gold Cup, Ismail Mohammed's Away He Goes, who finished third to Subjectivist at Meydan in March, and the Jamie Osborne-trained Mekong, who was ninth in that Meydan Group 2 and has not raced since.

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Stradivarius Faces Latest Cup Test

For so long virtually untouchable in the stayers' division, Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) heads to Tuesday's G1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup with a distinct air of vulnerability surrounding him as he attempts a fifth consecutive victory in the prestigious two-miler. Since his emphatic success over Nayef Road (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}), with the latter receiving 15 pounds weight-for-age, in this 12 months ago Bjorn Nielsen's chestnut has had five starts with just a Group 3 win and a second in a Group 2 to show. That may be a harsh reflection of the whole story, as the Gosden stalwart has been examined in a variety of ways that undermine his essential quality but if confidence is an issue for racehorses it must be that his is dented to some degree by now. What happened in his quest for a fourth G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot June 17 was in small part tragic, as he was denied the opportunity to employ his deadliest weapon snarled up in slow-moving traffic as Subjectivist (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) rampaged loose on the front. While that rival is not here this time, his half-brother Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}) is and there are several others who can stretch him on ground now slower than ideal. Enjoying all the luck for so long, there is a sense that it has turned on the homebred so it will be an epic victory if he can pull it off.

“He didn't have much of a race at Ascot, so that race didn't seem to knock him back too far physically,” John Gosden said. “He's won four Goodwood Cups in a row, which takes some doing. It's going to be a fascinating race, with some very nice horses turning up and you're always going to need some luck in running around Goodwood given it's not exactly a big, open galloping track. Goodwood is quintessentially different–rolling in and out, left, right and has cambers. It should make for an exciting day on Tuesday. He's been a pleasure and a lot of fun to train through the years, but as a 7-year-old full horse, he probably knows a great deal more about the game than I do! It'd be wonderful if he puts in a big performance and runs well or wins, but even to have him there for a fifth time is an achievement for everyone here in itself.”

If the soft ground deteriorates any further, then a proper specialist like Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}) comes into the reckoning with his 7 1/2-length defeat of Search For a Song (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in Ascot's G2 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup in October still fresh in the memory. Second attempting to give Japan (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) five pounds in the G3 Ormonde S. over an extended 13 furlongs at Chester May 6, he was a respectable sixth as top weight in the Northumberland Plate H. over this trip on the Tapeta June 26. “To see Trueshan at his best, it's a case of the more rain the better,” trainer Alan King said. “He looked very good at Ascot on British Champions Day and we've been very pleased with him this year. I was very pleased I ran him at Newcastle in the Northumberland Plate, because you can't keep these horses simmering away forever and he had a proper race there. Everything has gone very smoothly in the build-up since and we'll see what happens.”

Another major threat to Stradivarius is Team Valor and Gary Barber's Spanish Mission (Noble Mission {GB}), who was sixth in this last year but who has emerged in 2021 as a stayer to be reckoned with. Handing Santiago three pounds and a beating in the May 14 G2 Yorkshire Cup over nearly 14 furlongs, he holds Sir Ron Priestley on that form and had Stradivarius behind when third in the Gold Cup. “This has been the plan for a long time and we are really pleased with him–we just wouldn't want too much rain,” trainer Andrew Balding commented. “Stradivarius is a fairly awesome opponent and if he's anywhere near his best he's going to be very tough to beat, but on his Yorkshire Cup win and his Gold Cup third, Spanish Mission ought to be very competitive.”

Below-par in the Yorkshire Cup, Sir Ron Priestley has high-class form at a mile and a half on fast ground this term with his two Newmarket successes in the May 1 G2 Jockey Club S. and the July 8 G2 Princess of Wales's S. coming at the expense of Pyledriver (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}) in the former contest and Al Aasy (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in the latter. If he needs it that quick, he will be in trouble here over a longer distance in a contest he is unlikely to be able to boss. “I'd have put Subjectivist alongside Attraction and Shamardal as one of the three best I've trained,” trainer Mark Johnston said. “He was one of those rare horses with which you weren't really concerned about the opposition, because he was better than anything out there and I can't obviously say the same about Nayef Road or even Sir Ron Priestley.”

“We agonised over paying £25,000 to supplement Sir Ron Priestley and I had to convince myself I was doing it for the owner, not myself, because there's some uncertainty about the trip,” he added. “In the Yorkshire Cup, it looked very much as if he didn't stay but it's hard to equate that with his St Leger second or his Nottingham win and at the beginning of the year we had no doubt he would stay two miles. Nayef Road's recent runs have been mixed, but in some of them he's shown a glimmer of his best and he deserves to be there on past performance.”

Of Aidan O'Brien's Gold Cup trio of also-rans, Ryan Moore has stayed loyal to last year's G1 Epsom Derby hero Serpentine (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who could trade at a huge price given that he returns to a more suitable trip over an undulating track. Eighth in the Gold Cup, the fact remains that he was a 5 1/2-length winner of the blue riband with a remarkable show of strength from the front and if he can get near the lead this time he could be hard to peg back. The fourth of the Coolmore contingent is the Donnacha O'Brien-trained Emperor of the Sun (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was fifth in the Gold Cup and far adrift but who had previously impressed when winning Leopardstown's Listed Saval Beg Levmoss S. over 14 furlongs on rain-eased ground May 14. His 3 1/2-length defeat of Search For a Song there, with Twilight Payment (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), Amhran Na Bhfiann (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Master of Reality (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) well beaten, is form that places him close to the top and he remains unexposed over staying trips.

Space Makes Goodwood Return

There is a fascinating renewal of the G2 Unibet Lennox S. preceding the feature race, with Godolphin heavy-handed in the seven-furlong contest as last year's winner Space Blues (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) returns off a four-month lay-off. Also successful in Deauville's G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest over 6 1/2 furlongs in August and in Riyadh's 1351 Turf Sprint over slightly shorter than this Feb. 20, the 'TDN Rising Star' was a disappointing ninth in the six-furlong G1 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan Mar. 27 but is back in his comfort zone here. William Buick has stayed loyal to the 5-year-old, leaving James Doyle to pick up the plum ride on the June 19 G3 Jersey S. winner Creative Force (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) who was such an eye-catcher when fifth in the G1 July Cup at Newmarket July 10. “It was always the plan to go straight here after Dubai with Space Blues and his preparation has gone well,” Charlie Appleby said. “He ticks all the boxes–it should be lovely ground and we know that he is a seven-furlong specialist who handles the track. He has flopped every time he has run at Meydan and six furlongs seems to catch him out, so you can put a line through his run in the Al Quoz Sprint. We are excited to get him back on track. We are looking forward to stepping Creative Force back up to seven furlongs–it's a sharp seven at Goodwood, which will suit him. The ground was a bit quick for him at Newmarket last time, but should be more to his liking here. He is a very solid horse, who is getting a 3-year-old allowance, and he goes there in great shape.”

Sunday's heavy rain will not have been a welcome sight for Ralph Beckett as he prepares Marc Chan's 'TDN Rising Star' Kinross (GB) (Kingman {GB}) for action, having made his first start since a gelding operation a successful one in the G3 John of Gaunt S. at Haydock May 29. The runner-up Njord (Ire) (Roderic O'Connor {Ire}) has subsequently upheld the form by finishing in the same berth behind Order of Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in the G2 Minstrel S. and provided the ground has not impacted too much on his chances he may have more upside than the three-years-older G2 City of York S. and G2 Solonaway S. scorer Safe Voyage (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}).

Shadow Cast

In the G2 Unibet Vintage S., Berkshire Shadow (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) steps up in trip having beaten the re-opposing Eldrickjones (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) in Royal Ascot's G2 Coventry S. June 15. “The likelihood is he's going to encounter different ground conditions to what he did at Ascot, which is an unknown, but I'm very happy with the horse and I think the extra furlong will suit him well,” trainer Andrew Balding said. “It was a very good performance in the Coventry and likewise first time out he was very impressive. He's obviously a horse with a huge amount of talent. It was always the intention to step up to seven furlongs after Ascot and I hope if he handles the ground he'll go very well.”

Al Shaqab Racing's Lusail (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) has already won over this trip in a smart novice contest at Newmarket June 19 and has subsequently dropped to six to take the G2 July S. also at that venue July 8. He had Eldrickjones back in fifth there and may have the edge over the Coventry runners on that evidence. “Obviously Lusail has been over seven before, so that's a plus for him,” trainer Richard Hannon commented. “He's got a decent draw and if he handles the ground he'll go very close. I hope he'll handle the ground, but you never know until you try.”

Nick Bradley, who runs the syndicate concerned with Eldrickjones, said of their contender, “I'd be hopeful we could at least finish a bit closer to Berkshire Shadow, based on the fact I think we were on a less favoured part of the track than the winner at Ascot. I think the step up to seven furlongs will be a help for us and probably a help for him as well. Lusail is probably the one to beat, in my opinion. But with horses like this, there's only so many races you can go for and I've had this race in mind for some time for our horse.”

Monday saw the declarations confirmed for the G1 Qatar Sussex S. and Wednesday's feature will be boosted by the presence of 'TDN Rising Star' Snow Lantern (GB) (Frankel {GB}) after connections opted to take the plunge in the mile contest. Successful in the G1 Falmouth S. at Newmarket July 9, Rockcliffe Stud's homebred will be partnered by Jamie Spencer as she renews rivalry with the G1 Coronation S. winner and Falmouth third Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) as they face Jim Bolger's G1 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace S. hero Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}). Ryan Moore has picked the GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner and G2 Minstrel S. winner Order of Australia (Ire) (Australia {GB}) over the G1 Queen Anne S. runner-up Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who is the mount of Frankie Dettori, while Aidan O'Brien withdrew Battleground (War Front) immediately after declaring the 3-year-old due to a bad scope.

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‘Part Of The Family’: Stradivarius Will Chase Fifth Straight Goodwood Cup On Tuesday

Five-time Champion Trainer John Gosden described Stradivarius to be “very much part of the family” as he prepares to try and win an historic fifth Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup on Tuesday, July 27.

Reflecting on his fourth-place finish in last month's Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, Gosden paid tribute to the winner whilst also being left frustrated with how the race panned out.

“He's been in good order since Royal Ascot. The Gold Cup was a fascinating race and Subjectivist put in a superb performance. I'd love to have got in a race with the winner, but we never had the opportunity to get there and that's life. I think Frankie, having ridden him so brilliantly in previous Gold Cups, seemed to have a brainstorm and sit 12 lengths of the pace! I'm sorry that Subjectivist is not able to run next week, it's heart-breaking for everyone involved and it would have been great to have enjoyed a 'Duel on the Downs'.”

Looking ahead to next week's £500,000 British Champion Series race at Goodwood, Gosden is happy with Stradivarius's preparation ahead of what is a unique test over two miles.

He said: “He didn't have much of a race at Ascot so that race didn't seem to knock him back too far physically. He's won four Goodwood Cups in a row which takes some doing. It's going to be a fascinating race with some very nice horses turning up and you're always going to need some luck in running around Goodwood given it's not exactly a big, open galloping track. It's quintessentially different, rolling in and out, left, right and has cambers. It should make for an exciting day on Tuesday.”

Having arrived at Clarehaven Stables in 2016, Stradivarius has been a key part of the Gosden team for six years and his trainer paid tribute to his longevity and toughness.

Gosden said: “He's been a pleasure and a lot of fun to train through the years but as a 7-year-old full horse, he probably knows a great deal more about the game than I do! He's very much part of family here – we had Enable with us until she was a 6-year-old and him until he is seven. It doesn't normally happen with full horses like him. Everyone enjoys his company, and he checks everything in and out from his box and he knows Clarehaven inside and out. He enjoys going out on the Heath and shouting at the other strings!”

“It'd be wonderful if he puts in a big performance and runs well or wins but even to have him there for a fifth time is an achievement for everyone here in itself.”

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