Glorious Goodwood 2016: Galileo looks pure Gold in Sussex Stakes

The Gurkha feared most

The Gurkha is a lightly-raced and rapidly improving colt who put in a stunning performance when landing the French 2,000 Guineas at Deauville by 5 1/2 lengths on just his third start.

Trained by Aidan O’Brien, the colt then stuck to task well to finish runner-up the in St James’s Palace after not getting the clearest of runs and lost little in defeat last time out when taking on older horses for the first time and finishing runner-up in the Coral-Eclipse over 1m 2f at Sandown.

The Gurkha looked the likely winner of the latter until being unable to find any extra close home and beaten 1/2 a length by Hawkbill and the drop back to 1m looks sure to suit.

Having not made his racecourse debut until April of this year, the beautifully bred son of Galileo also remains open to any amount of improvement and looks sure to give the selection plenty to think about.

Lightning Spear a lively outsider

Lightning Spear ran a blinder on seasonal reappearance at Royal Ascot and looks a lively outsider.

The David Simcock trained five-year-old kept on strongly from off the pace to finish a 1 3/4 length third to American superstar mare Tepin in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes and had some very useful types such as Ervedya and Amazing Maria in behind.

It was an excellent effort after 214 days on the sidelines and if building on it Lightning Spear looks more than capable of making his presence felt.

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Coral’s top tip: Galileo Gold rates a solid bet to land a cracking renewal of the Sussex Stakes. Lightning Spear looks decent each-way value.