2022 Goodwood Cup Cracker As Kyprios Denies Stradivarius

Wow, the 2022 Goodwood Cup promised to be a cracker and it certainly didn’t disappoint with the big three in the betting – Kyprios, Stradivarius and Trueshan – all having a chance of winning over the final furlong. However, it was the new kid of the staying block – KYPRIOS – who eventually came out on top to add the Goodwood Cup to his recent Ascot Gold Cup success.

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Kyprios Continues His Rise Up The Staying Ranks

Surprisingly, trainer Aidan O’Brien’s only previous wins in the Goodwood Cup came with the mighty Yeats (2006 & 2008), but he’s got a new horse on the roll of honour now as his up-and-coming Kyprios won a thriller of a renewal on the opening day of the 2022 Glorious Goodwood Festival.

This 4 year-old had already mopped up the Ascot Gold Cup this season and now recorded a famous double by adding the Goodwood Cup, which is run over four furlongs shorther – a feat that the horse he beat – Stradivarius – managed three times between 2018 and 2020.

Kyprios has only had eight career runs now, but won six of them and looks very versatile in terms of trip – having won over 1m6f, 2m and 2m4f now this season.

With proven stamina, plus a top turn-of-foot, this lightly-raced Galileo colt could be mopping up these cup races for many a year!

His jockey Ryan Moore told the Racing Post “He’s done nothing wrong his year and he’s only doing what he has to do. It was a steadily run race and he was in front a long way out and he was just waiting, I’ve never felt like I’ve got to the bottom of him.

“There’s no doubt he’s a proper Group 1 horse. He’s always been held in high regard and he’s a pleasure to ride. I think there’s more to come and we don’t know where he’ll end up.”

Stradivarius To Race On………For Now!

With the four-time Goodwood Cup winner, Stradivarius also running a blinder in second and only denied by a neck, his owner – Bjorn Nielsen – suggested to ITV Racing after the race that his 8 year-old would race on, with the Lonsdale Cup (19th Aug) at the York Ebor Meeting the next race on the agenda.

Trainer John Gosden said…