2022 Goodwood Cup Tips & Predictions

Kyprios claimed the first big prize of the season for the stayers, outlasting Mojo Star and Stradivarius to win the Ascot Gold Cup. Aidan O'Brien's star tops the Goodwood Cup betting on that back of that win, with Betfair offering a best price of 5/2.

Mojo Star, who finished second in both the Epsom Derby and the St Leger as a three-year-old, will take on Kyprios once again. Stradivarius will bid to win his fifth Goodwood Cup, on what will likely be his final appearance on a racetrack.

Defending champion, Trueshan missed Ascot when the ground came up good, instead heading up to Newcastle to win the Northumerland Plate under top-weight. Alan King's defending champion sits third in the betting, and will probably only run at Goodwood is the ground comes up slower than good.

Coltrane could step up into Group One company, having won the Ascot Stakes and the Coral Marathon on his last two starts. Princess Zoe will be looking to bounce back from a poor effort in the Ascot Gold Cup. Charlie Appleby could be represented by Dubai Gold Cup runner-up, Manobo.

Ascot Gold Cup fifth, Tashkhan and Hardwicke Stakes sixth, Away He Goes have been handed Glorious Goodwood entries. Other likely runners on day one include Martyn Meade's three-year-old Zechariah, Ian Williams' Enemy and Roger Teal's Ocean Wind, who hasn't run since May 2021.

Kicking off the Glorious Goodwood carnival is the Goodwood Cup.

Originating in 1812, the Goodwood Cup has since become a global racing event despite being run as a Group 2 and Group 3 race for most of its existence.

Now a Group 1 feature, the Goodwood Cup is shining on the international stage with recent winners including Big Orange, Brown Panther and Cavalryman – all of which have contested major staying races around the world.

There have been multiple winners including Double Trigger, which won three times in four years and also Yeats and Big Orange, which won twice respectively.

The Goodwood Cup is raced after the Ascot Gold Cup and before the Doncaster Cup, which gives stayers a chance to race in all three or chose their desired staying path.

Five jockeys have won the race on five occasions with Pat Eddery being the most recent in 1996 when winning aboard Great Shot.

John Scott trained seven winners in the early stages of the race, but the likes of Aidan O'Brien, Saeed bin Suroor and Mark Johnston have dominated since.

The last five years have all been about Stradivarius. John Gosden's star first won the Goodwood Cup as a three-year-old in 2017. Stradivarius then retained his title in 2018, completed a hat-trick in 2019 and defeated Nayef Road and Santiago to become the first four-time Goodwood Cup winner in 2020.

After Stradivarius was withdrawn when the ground became soft, Trueshan justified favouritism to win his first Group One in the 2021 Goodwood Cup.

The favourites have a great record in the Goodwood Cup, winning six of the last 12 editions.

Favourites to win recently include Big Orange (11/4), Saddler's Rock (2/1), Opinion Poll (9/2) and Yeats (8/15).

Apart from Yeats' two wins since 2006, punters have got better than odds-on for every favourite winning and some champion staying thoroughbreds have paid handsomely with bookmakers.

Big Orange paid 6/1 when winning his first Goodwood Cup and paid better than even money when winning it a year later.

Brown Panther was considered one of the better rising stayers at the time and punters were able to secure odds of 13/2 for the Tom Dascombe-trained runner.

The last three winners have all had three starts that season prior to running in the Goodwood Cup, with all three winning at least one race that season.

Having form at Goodwood isn't needed as Yeats, Allegretto, Saddler's Rock, Brown Panther and 2017 winner Stradivarius didn't have any experience on the track prior to winning.

Only one of the last eight winners had a Group 1 win prior to the Goodwood Cup (Cavalryman) and Brown Panther hadn't won at any group level.

The age of the winner is varied, but punters should stick to ages 4-6.