GOODWOOD and Galway running concurrently this week means that racing enthusiasts have been spoilt for choice. This column will pick up the early exchanges at the two festivals and round up the remainder next week.

Two winning time performances stood out on the opening day of Goodwood, those posted by the two-year-old Expert Eye in the Qatar Vintage Stakes, worth a figure of 114, and by the three-year-old Stradivarius in the Goodwood Cup, which comes out at 118.