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| Group 2, Goodwood 15:00 £300,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus fillies and mares, 1m 6f, Class 1  |
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David Menuisier’s Caius Chorister finished sixth in the Gold Cup, having lost out in photo finishes in the G3 Sagaro Stakes and the G3 Henry II Stakes.
The six-year-old, who ended last season with an impressive G3 triumph in France, is one of 31 remaining entries.
The trainer said: “Caius Chorister is absolutely grand – she just didn’t stay the trip in the Gold Cup.
“We think she is the best staying filly in the country at the moment, so she will have the option of the Goodwood Cup or the Lillie Langtry Stakes against her own sex. The ground could be the deciding factor in which race she goes for.
“We feel the two miles at Goodwood will really suit her because she has speed for a stayer, although realistically it is unlikely she can beat a horse like Kyprios. For me, that horse comes from a different planet.”
Divine Comedy is set to target Goodwood after her impressive second-place finish in the Ascot Stakes at the Royal meeting.
Since joining trainer Harry Eustace, the six-year-old mare has shown remarkable consistency, never finishing outside the top three in nine starts and continually improving.
This season, she has reached new heights, winning a valuable handicap at Haydock over two miles and earning a rating of 97 for her subsequent run in the Ascot Stakes.
In that race, she performed admirably under Kaiya Fraser, stepping up to two and a half miles on good to firm ground and finishing just half a length behind Sir Mark Prescott’s Pledgeofallegiance.
Her strong performance has earned her an entry here but Eustace is open to switching between stakes races and handicaps to find her preferred softer ground conditions.
“She’s been remarkable for us, she won off 67 last year and to then go and be very competitive in the Ascot Stakes off 97 was very impressive,” he said.
“She’s got an entry for the Lillie Langtry at Goodwood, that would be very much ground dependent on if it came up on soft ground, but they do have staying handicaps as well at that meeting.
“I would say that’ll be the first stakes race we’ll be looking at for her, she put in a big effort at Haydock and an even bigger one at Ascot.
“We’ll campaign her with the autumn in mind from Goodwood onwards, we’re really happy with her.
“She’s now off a mark (102) where she can really flip between stakes races and handicaps, wherever the conditions suit best, she’s a big, strong girl so we wouldn’t be too concerned about the weight she’d have to carry.
“Arguably there’s better prize-money in handicaps than some of the stakes races she could be running in so that will keep a lot of options open for her.
“We’ll see where ground and trip suits best, but she’s won over two miles on soft ground, over two and a half on good to firm – she makes my life very easy.”
Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes, Group 2
£300,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus fillies and mares, 1m 6f, Class 1
31 remaining entries
Going:
NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY
1 81-211 Queen Of The Pride 4 9-12 John & Thady Gosden
2 31-226 Caius Chorister 5 9-9 David Menuisier
3 5-6020 Ching Shih 5 9-9 David Simcock
4 421-14 Coco Royale 4 9-9 William Haggas
5 1-4225 Dancing Tango 5 9-9 Joseph O'Brien
6 2-3435 Divina Grace 4 9-9 Rae Guest
7 13-312 Divine Comedy 6 9-9 Harry Eustace
8 2926-4 Divine Jewel 5 9-9 Roger Varian
9 14-668 Drawn To Dream 4 9-9 Jamie Osborne
NR 569269 Esquiline 4 9-9 J P Murtagh WITHDRAWN
11 4205-2 Free Wind 6 9-9 John & Thady Gosden
12 14-517 Gather Ye Rosebuds 4 9-9 Jack Channon
13 127-87 Kolossal 6 9-9 Jamie Osborne
14 534-92 Lmay 4 9-9 John & Thady Gosden
15 128-23 Melo Melo 5 9-9 F-H Graffard
16 18-272 Night Sparkle 5 9-9 Andrew Balding
17 2221-6 One Evening 5 9-9 John & Thady Gosden
18 224-31 River Of Stars 5 9-9 Ralph Beckett
19 119-46 Sea Theme 4 9-9 William Haggas
20 1117-6 Shamida 4 9-9 D K Weld
21 13-222 Shembala 4 9-9 F-H Graffard
22 5110-7 Sumo Sam 4 9-9 Paul & Oliver Cole
23 1120-4 Sweet Memories 4 9-9 John & Thady Gosden
24 5210-1 Term Of Endearment 5 9-9 Henry De Bromhead
25 17-253 Time Lock 5 9-9 Harry Charlton
26 222-2 Andromeda 3 8-12 A P O'Brien
27 9-161 Grateful 3 8-12 A P O'Brien
28 5-10 Lope De Lilas 3 8-12 W P Mullins
29 21-153 Our Golden One 3 8-12 Tom Ward
30 3-11 Oxford Comma 3 8-12 Ralph Beckett
31 143 Wasabi 3 8-12 Hiroo Shimizu
32 5-1441 You Got To Me 3 9-3 Ralph Beckett
