Fahey not put off by Sussex Stakes big three for Ribchester

THE marketeers at Goodwood have some head-scratching to do between now and Wednesday to think of an appropriate slogan to advertise what has the makings of a vintage Qatar Sussex Stakes.

Sussex Stakes card

Whereas the Duel on the Downs was a fitting way to promote the race when Frankel battled Canford Cliffs in 2011 and Toronado went down to Dawn Approach two years later, this year’s Group 1 contest is set be more than in effect a match, after Galileo Gold, The Gurkha and Awtaad, the first three home in a memorable St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot last month, featured among 14 remaining possibles for the race yesterday.