By Tom Frary
All the drama involving Ballydoyle's Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}–Polished Gem {Ire}, by Danehill) hopefully seems to be firmly in the past as the monster stayer returned to the Sussex Downs for a second G1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup, setting a new track record to put the cherry on top. Sent up by Ryan Moore to keep tabs on the cat-and-mouse leading duo from the outset, the 8-13 favourite needed niggling at various stages to close the gap but quickly responded each time and by the time he found himself in front two out the contest was already decided.
Sent clear from there, the Moyglare homebred continued at his own high tempo to record a sixth victory at the highest level in a time over six seconds below the standard, a remarkable feat on the clock considering this great race's honour roll. The John and Thady Gosden-trained pair Sweet William (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Gregory (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}) followed him home, beaten four lengths and a head respectively.
“He cruised it–with that turn of foot he has it's over in the blink of an eye and every race he seems to perform, so on we go,” part-owner Michael Tabor said. “He has to be right up there with the best we've had–he ranks very high.”
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