72 Horse&Hound8 August 2019
RACING
GOODWOOD
30 July-3 August
EditedbyHannahLemieux
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@hannah_lemieux1
QatarGoodwoodFestival,
GoodwoodRacecourse,
WestSussex
THEJohnGosden/Frankie
Dettoribandwagonrolledinto
Goodwoodandtheiramazingrun
ofGroupOnesuccessescontinued
ontheSouthDownslastweek.
The pair took the meeting’s two
FrankieDettoriproveshehasmorethanonestringtohis
bowwithtwowins,a Japanesevictorstakestheirclaimto
Group One glory and Battaash brings ithomea thirdtime
biggestraceswhenStradivarius,
oneoftheall-timegreatstayers,
wontheQatarGoodwood
Cup,whileTooDarnHotput
upa reputation-redeeming
performanceintheSussexStakes.
Although trainer Gosden often
jokesthatStradivarius,a small
chestnutwithfourwhitesocks,
lookslikeheshouldberiddenby
theMilkyBarKidandhemaynot
bea perfectphysicalspecimenof
whatwemightexpectofa great
stayer,hemorethanmakesupfor
thatinotherdepartments.
Inmosthorses,it is a ruleof
thumb that the more speed you
ByMARCUSARMYTAGE
Dettori does it again
‘Hefeltbrilliant’:
FrankieDettorisnatches
victoryaboardtheJohn
Gosden-trainedchestnut
Stradivariustolandthe
Qatar Goodwood Cup
have,thelessstaminayouhave
andviceversa—it is a simple
equation.A lotofmediocre
racehorsesdonotpossesseither
ofthosepreciousassets,but
justoccasionallyanexceptional
horseturnsupwithboth;laden
withstaminabutblessedwitha
turnoffoot.
Theyarethegreatstayers
andwithtwoGoldCups,three
GoodwoodCups(afeatmatched
onlybyDoubleTrigger),
oneWeatherbysHamilton
Stayers’£1mbonusalreadyin
Stradivarius’owner/breederBjorn
Nielsen’s bank — the cheque for a