Successful Goodwood Cup Defence For Sea the Stars’ Stradivarius

[Wandering Eyes]

   He was pushed to near his limit this time, but Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) dug in to his reserves to prevail in a battle with Torcedor (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in Tuesday’s G1 Qatar Goodwood Cup. Sent off the 4-5 favourite to record back-to-back wins in the race that launched him 12 months ago, Bjorn Nielsen’s G1 Ascot Gold Cup hero raced in a share of third early under Andrea Atzeni as Torcedor set off to test him. Momentarily in trouble two furlongs from home, the chestnut managed to get to the long-time leader a furlong later and assert for a hard-fought half-length verdict, with Idaho (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) six lengths back in third.

STRADIVARIUS (IRE), 135, c, 4, by Sea the Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Private Life (Fr) (MSP-Fr), by Bering (GB)
2nd Dam: Poughkeepsie (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells
3rd Dam: Pawneese (Ire), by Carvin II
(330,000gns RNA Ylg ’15 TATOCT). O/B-Bjorn Nielsen (IRE); T-John Gosden; J-Andrea Atzeni. £283,550. Lifetime Record: 12-7-1-2, £1,185,749. *1/2 to Persian Storm (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), Hwt. 3yo-Ger at 9.5-11f & MGSW-Ger, $121,198; Rembrandt Van Rijn (Ire) (Peintre Celebre), GSP-Eng, $167,081; and Magical Eve (Ger) (Oratorio {Ire}), SP-SAf.

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