KYPRIOS narrowly confirmed his superiority over Stradivarius as, along with Trueshan, the three truly great stayers of their generation provided the Goodwood crowd with a pulsating finish to the opening day’s feature, the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup.

Kyprios (120) has taken full advantage of slowly run races this season, using his latent speed to land races at Navan and Leopardstown before his Ascot Gold Cup triumph.