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Ryan Moore has eight rides on the third day of Glorious Goodwood
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Opera Singer can improve for step up to 1m2f in Nassau Stakes
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Qirat can be seen to better effect at Goodwood
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Jan Breughel can go close in Group 3 contest
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I haven't ridden him before but he has run well in defeat since winning a couple earlier in the season, including when eighth off this mark in the Britannia. This is the furthest he has raced over and hopefully it will suit.
The Strikin Viking is clearly the one to beat in here and my colt needs to step up markedly on the form of his Newbury novice win to be competitive here. But he looked useful there and this is only his third start, so let's see.
Sayedaty Sadaty and Bellum Justum probably bring the best form to the table, but my colt possibly has the more upside after just two starts and two wins, though he does carry a 3lb penalty. He shaped as though this longer trip would suit when he did it snugly for me last time, so I'd be hopeful he can go close. That penalty for his Group 3 win last time is not ideal, though.
She is another of ours stepping up 2f, and we think she could relish it. A highly impressive winner of the Boussac last season, she probably at least ran up to that level in defeat at Royal Ascot last time, and this Justify filly can hopefully step it up another level over this 1m2f trip.
Emily Upjohn is obviously a serious threat but I like to think Opera Singer is the one to beat. She still has plenty of upside, I feel.
I ride another for Hugo here and hopefully a mark of 85 gives this Mehmas colt a chance. The step up to 7f should definitely suit on pedigree
He makes a quick reappearance under a penalty after winning at Cork last weekend. I wouldn't say I know a lot about him but he clearly has his chance.
By American Pharoah out of Yorkshire Oaks winner Tapestry, she has the pedigree and she goes well. The 7f is a good starting point for her.
17:55 Goodwood - Qirat
I rode him to finish fifth at Newmarket last time and he may well be seen to better effect here, a course he won on earlier in the season.
Timeform Verdict
Opera Singer - 15:35 Goodwood
Already successful on Kyprios for Aidan O'Brien in the Goodwood Cup, Ryan Moore can land another Group 1 for Ballydoyle this week on Opera Singer in the Nassau Stakes (15:35).
A Group 1 winner last year when running away with the Prix Marcel Boussac by five lengths and posting the best performance by a juvenile filly, Opera Singer has had to settle for place money in her two starts this season. But after finishing third in the Irish 1000 Guineas she was back to her best in the Coronation Stakes last time when she found only subsequent Falmouth Stakes winner Porta Fortuna a length too good at Royal Ascot.
There was no disgrace in that and, by City of Troy's sire Justify, Opera Singer promises to be suited by the step up in trip.