Top stayer Trueshan brings star quality to Town Moor on Doncaster Cup day

Trueshan wins last year's Goodwood Cup on his favoured soft ground

Trueshan runs away from his rivals in last year's Goodwood CupCredit: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos)

With reigning champ Stradivarius off games and Gold Cup hero Kyprios heading to the Curragh on Sunday, the stage is clear for Trueshan to strut his stuff in Friday's Coral Doncaster Cup (3.10).

There have been few divisions as enthralling as the staying ranks this season, which has seen a changing of the guard thanks to the emergence of talented tyro Kyprios.

Yet judged on their close finish in the Goodwood Cup in July, where Kyprios edged out Stradivarius by a neck with only a further length and a quarter back to Trueshan in third, there remains precious little between the big three.

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Lewis PorteousReporter

Published on 8 September 2022inPreviews

Last updated 18:59, 8 September 2022

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