Glorious Goodwood Tips: Santiago can see off Stradivarius

Ballydoyle can also provide the answer in the Group 2 Veuve Clicquot Vintage Stakes

Jockey Seamie Heffernan celebrates after riding Santiago to victory in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby last month. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Having once again found Enable an immovable object at the weekend, Aidan O’Brien can get one over great rival John Gosden by lowering the colours of Stradivarius in the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup Stakes, the headline act on day one of Glorious Goodwood.

Stradivarius looked better than ever in winning the Ascot Gold Cup for a third time last month and it will obviously require a top-drawer effort to deny him a fourth successive victory in this Group 1 contest. Odds of 8-15 reflect that reality.