Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

72 Horse&Hound8 August 2019

RACING

GOODWOOD

30 July-3 August

EditedbyHannahLemieux

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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