These watching the Goodwood Cup (G1) July 30 had been handled to an authoritative show by Eire’s famous person stayer. For Kyprios , it was simply one other Tuesday.
Group 1 triumphs have develop into the norm for Ballydoyle’s resilient 6-year-old, however there was nothing extraordinary about his success on the opening day of Wonderful Goodwood, the place underneath sweltering temperatures he assured his spot on the prime of the staying division by breaking the course file on the West Sussex monitor by greater than three seconds. The time was 3:21.53.
Nerves had been excessive within the Ballydoyle camp earlier than Kyprios’ bid to land a second victory within the £500,000 contest, however regardless of sweating up at first and a slip on the bend, Kyprios proved a category other than his 5 rivals and gained by 4 lengths from the John and Thady Gosden-trained pair of Candy William and Gregory .
“We slipped on the highest flip and I dropped away from the horse I needed to take me into the race,” Ryan Moore mentioned. “It put him on the again foot somewhat bit down the hill and I wasn’t capable of management the race in addition to I would have preferred, however he is simply higher than them, that is the entire story. He is a stage above.
“He nonetheless obtained there with two furlongs to run, he was going very simply and was somewhat idle in entrance. It is a great efficiency and he is been an excellent horse for a very long time now. His file is unbelievable.”
Kyprios was dominated out of the Goodwood Cup final 12 months after a attainable career-ending harm however recovered to compete on the Curragh in September and at Champions Day, the place two seconds marked a stark change of fortune for the routine winner.
But a season opener at Navan in April heralded a return to profitable methods, and he has re-established his unstoppable fame since, touchdown the Levmoss Stakes (G3) in Might earlier than clinching a second success within the Gold Cup (G1) at Royal Ascot.
Kyprios and Ryan Moore are led into the winner’s enclosure after the Goodwood Cup
His exceptional return is as a lot a credit score to his willpower as it’s to the ability of coach Aidan O’Brien, who was fast to deflect reward to the workers tending to the six-time group 1 winner every day.
“It is a workforce that makes it occur,” O’Brien mentioned. “All of them work nicely collectively as he is an athlete with a number of miles on him, so we’re simply very fortunate to have the amenities and folks to take care of him.
“Kyprios is a really particular horse. He has a lot class, he is actually going alongside in second gear. It wasn’t straightforward for Ryan as a result of he felt around the bends Kyprios was a bit completely different than he was right here earlier than and he slipped on the highest bend.
“He sweated loads, too, and he did not cease, so we had been anxious, however it was in all probability as a result of it was so heat. He was somewhat bit completely different than he often was, so we’re relieved it is over.”
A way of aid was underpinned by admiration for the profitable horse, who claimed his highest Racing Publish Score since operating away with the Prix du Cadran (G1) in October 2022.
“He is unbelievable,” O’Brien mentioned. “He went by way of very powerful instances and he is so real. He wears his coronary heart on his sleeve each single day and he at all times retains somewhat bit in his races.”
