Black-Type Analysis: Field Of Gold Faces Older Rivals in Sussex Thriller

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Wednesday, Goodwood, Britain, post time: 15:05, VISIT QATAR SUSSEX STAKES-G1, £1,057,500, 3yo/up, 8f 0y

Field: Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Docklands (GB) (Massaat {Ire}), Qirat (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Field Of Gold (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Henri Matisse (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Serengeti (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}).

TDN Verdict: The Qatar Goodwood Festival's undoubted highlight brings about a clash of the generations, with G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace Stakes hero Field Of Gold replicating his sire Kingman's sophomore campaign. He will enhance his status as Europe's leading miler with victory here. The likely odds-on favourite crosses swords once more with G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains victor Henri Matisse, who ran second in the Royal Ascot feature and seeks a record-equalling seventh renewal for Aidan O'Brien. The year-older Rosallion has placed in both starts since snagging last term's Irish 2000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes and is taken to exact revenge upon his G1 Queen Anne Stakes conqueror Docklands. Three-time Grade I winner and Queen Anne sixth Carl Spackler is in at the deep end again. [Sean Cronin].

Wednesday, Goodwood, Britain, post time: 13:55, HKJC WORLD POOL OAK TREE STAKES-G3, £100,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f 0y

Field: Bright Thunder (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Chic Colombine (Fr) (Seahenge), Cloud Cover (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Fair Angellica (GB) (Harry Angel {Ire}), Havana Pusey (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Jabaara (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Jasna's Secret (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Romantic Style (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Arabian Dusk (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Betty Clover (GB) (Time Test {GB}), Formal (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Saqqara Sands (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Silver Ghost (Ire) (Phoenix Of Spain {Ire}), Tabiti (GB) (Kingman {GB}).

TDN Verdict: Juddmonte's day-two operations commence with Cape Breton in the programme's opening handicap and his lightly raced Ralph Beckett stablemate Tabiti is a leading contender in this highly competitive distaffers' contest. She ran fifth in last term's G1 Fillies' Mile and heads postward coming back off a third in Royal Ascot's Sandringham Handicap on sophomore bow. Last term's G1 Falmouth Stakes runner-up Jabaara has enjoyed a busy campaign this year, with her five outings including a sixth in Keeneland's GI Jenny Wiley Stakes, and the three-time Listed winner is on the hunt for a Pattern-race breakthrough here. Godolphin's Romantic Style enjoyed a fruitful, albeit brief, Meydan campaign over the winter and last year's G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches fourth needs to bring forth improved form back up in trip after posting a close fifth in Newmarket's five-furlong G3 Abernant Stakes in April when last seen. Bright Thunder posted a clear-cut victory in this month's Listed Prix Goldikova at Deauville and, representing the red-hot Karl Burke stable, possesses solid each-way claims. [Sean Cronin].

Wednesday, Goodwood, Britain, post time: 14:30, HKJC WORLD POOL MOLECOMB STAKES-G3, £100,000, 2yo, 5f 0y

Field: Ameeq (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Dickensian (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Lady Iman (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Military Code (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Rogue Supremacy (GB) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), Rydale Frosty (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Sands Of Spain (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), Argentine Tango (GB) (Mattmu {GB}).

TDN Verdict: Ger Lyons trainee Lady Iman comes back off a first defeat in four having chased home Beautify in last month's G2 Airlie Stud Stakes at the Curragh. She had previously breezed through victories in the Listed First Flier Stakes and G3 Naas Fillies Sprint and sets the standard here. Godolphin representative Military Code lowered the colours of subsequent G3 Princess Margaret Stakes victrix Fitzella at Ascot in May, but finished down the field in the Royal meet's G2 Coventry Stakes before getting back on track with a second in Sandown's Listed Dragon Stakes earlier this month. Nottingham maiden winner Ameeq was a commendable fourth in the G2 Norfolk Stakes and is an obvious danger, while G2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes placegetter Argentine Tango and Weatherbys Super Sprint third Sands Of Spain hold each-way claims. [Sean Cronin].

Thursday, Goodwood, post time: 15:05, QATAR NASSAU STAKES-G1, £600,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 9f 197yT

Field: Running Lion (GB) (Roaring Lion), See The Fire (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Bedtime Story (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Cercene (Ire) (Australia {GB}), Whirl (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}).

TDN Verdict: Three-year-olds have generally dominated of late and after the performance of Kalpana at Ascot on Saturday it is hard to make a solid case against Whirl continuing that trend. The way she put away the Juddmonte filly in the Pretty Polly suggests she has improved since the Oaks and with her pedigree it is almost a given that there is more there. If this was at York, See The Fire would be closer to the favourite in the betting, but it is worth remembering that she was a neck second to Ballydoyle's Opera Singer in this 12 months ago. Aidan O'Brien's other runner Bedtime Story has been at the top, come down and is now working her way back up in the right manner judged on her Diane second, while the Coronation heroine Cercene adds more Irish menace. [Tom Frary].

Thursday, Goodwood, post time: 13:55, MARKEL RICHMOND STAKES-G2, £175,000, 2yo, c/g, 6fT

Field: Azizam (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Chicago Call (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Coppull (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Egoli (GB) (No Nay Never), Havana Hurricane (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}), Maximized (GB) (Mehmas {Ire}), Puerto Rico (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Super Soldier (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Underwriter (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}).

TDN Verdict: An open renewal, with the Coventry third Coppull bidding to provide Clive Cox with a third in seven years. Back over the trip at which he was second to Maximized in Epsom's Woodcote Stakes, the Windsor Castle winner Havana Hurricane brings valuable experience to the mix, as does Ballydoyle's maiden Puerto Rico, who was no match for the yard's all-conquering filly True Love in The Curragh's G2 Railway Stakes. [Tom Frary].

Thursday, Goodwood, post time: 14:30, HKJC WORLD POOL GORDON STAKES-G3, £200,000, 3yo, 11f 218yT

Field: Galveston (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Merchant (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), Rahiebb (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Sir Dinadan (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Too Soon (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Wimbledon Hawkeye (GB) (Kameko), Windlord (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}).

TDN Verdict: Having captured Royal Ascot's Group-race in disguise, the King George V Stakes winner Merchant now enters the Pattern-race fray for real taking on a host of three-year-olds who are relatively journeyed at this stage. Looking to the St Leger, the Irish Derby fifth Sir Dinadan has the staying power to continue down that route and has course form having been second to his stable's high-flyer Amiloc in the Listed Cocked Hat in May. [Tom Frary].

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