Royal Ascot helps ensure Goodwood’s Sussex Stakes will top-class

By Steve Bone
Published 22nd Jun 2023, 08:30 BST
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Royal Ascot’s big two one-mile contests have set up Goodwood’s £1m Sussex Stakes to be a race to remember.

The August 2 showpiece will be the first contest between the top three-year-olds and older horses who run over that distance.

And the winners of the mile races on the opening day of Royal Ascot, the Queen Anne Stakes and St James’ Palace Stakes, are both among 40 entries for the Qatar Sussex Stakes.

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Triple Time, trained by Kevin Ryan and ridden by Neil Callan, as a surprise 33/1 winner of the Queen Anne, a race for the older horses – beating the favourite Inspiral, ridden by Frankie Dettori.

Paddington, ridden by Ryan Moore, wins the St James' Palace Stakes at Ascot on Tuesday and may well reappear in the Sussex Stakes | Picture: Malcolm WellsPaddington, ridden by Ryan Moore, wins the St James' Palace Stakes at Ascot on Tuesday and may well reappear in the Sussex Stakes | Picture: Malcolm Wells
Paddington, ridden by Ryan Moore, wins the St James' Palace Stakes at Ascot on Tuesday and may well reappear in the Sussex Stakes | Picture: Malcolm Wells