Trueshan Wins The Goodwood Cup As Stradivarius Taken Out

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A G1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup without Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) meant that for the first time in five years it was heading elsewhere and Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}) stepped forward to claim the title in the heavy conditions. As he proved when winning Ascot's G2 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup in October, the ground cannot be slow enough for the Alan King-trained 5-year-old and with the reigning champion taken out he traded as the 6-5 favourite. Always prominent under Hollie Doyle, the bay who was last seen finishing sixth as top weight in the Northumberland Plate H. over this two-mile trip on the Tapeta June 26 took over in early straight and powered clear late to score by 3 3/4 lengths from the 33-1 outsider Away He Goes (Ire) (Farhh {GB}). Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}) was 1 1/2 lengths away in third before collapsing after the line. Stradivarius was taken out due to the testing ground and will instead wait for York's G2 Lonsdale Cup. John Gosden said of the four-times winner, “Obviously we were very keen to do something that's never been done before, which is win five Goodwood Cups in a row. He's in great form, he's full of himself, ready to run. But I'm afraid you got 60mm of rain since mid-day Sunday, and another bucketload last night. I walked the track out in the country with Thady, and the stick is going straight into the bottom and it turns it into a bit of a two-mile slog. This is a horse who can travel with a great acceleration, turn of foot and put pretty amazing fractions to the last two or three furlongs, but he's not going to do it on that ground. I think at his age you've got to play to his strengths and also we made foolish decisions last year, one to run him at Longchamp on bottomless ground by the River Seine, which he loathed, and then even more stupid we ran on Champions Day on heavy ground at Ascot. Having made the mistake twice, we weren't quite prepared to do the same again.”

Tuesday, Goodwood, Britain
AL SHAQAB GOODWOOD CUP S.-G1, £518,750, Goodwood, 7-27, 3yo/up, 16fT, 3:37.05, sf.
1–TRUESHAN (FR), 135, g, 5, by Planteur (Ire)
1st Dam: Shao Line (Fr), by General Holme
2nd Dam: Marie d'Altoria, by Roi de Rome
3rd Dam: Marie de Lempire (Fr), by Faristan (GB)
1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (€8,000 Ylg '17 OSLATE; 31,000gns 2yo '18 TATHIT). O-Singula Partnership; B-Didier Blot (FR); T-Alan King; J-Hollie Doyle. £294,183. Lifetime Record: 14-8-2-0, $854,216. Werk Nick Rating: D+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Away He Goes (Ire), 135, g, 5, Farhh (GB)–Island Babe, by Kingmambo. (75,000gns Ylg '17 TAOCT). O-Khalifa Saeed Sulaiman; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Ismail Mohammed. £111,531.
3–Sir Ron Priestley (GB), 135, h, 5, Australia (GB)–Reckoning (Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (70,000gns Ylg '17 TAOCT). O-Paul Dean; B-Mascalls Stud (GB); T-Mark Johnston. £55,818.
Margins: 3 3/4, 1HF, 3 3/4. Odds: 1.20, 33.00, 4.50.
Also Ran: Santiago (Ire), Nayef Road (Ire), Serpentine (Ire), Emperor of The Sun (Ire), Amhran Na Bhfiann (Ire). Scratched: Mekong (GB), Spanish Mission, Stradivarius (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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