Tips and cards for the second day of racing’s Glorious Goodwood

RACING: Lyons’ charge to come through stiff test in Sussex Stakes

can maintain his unbeaten record in a red-hot renewal of the Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.

Ger Lyons’ three-year-old has just one blot on his copybook, and that was when he was sent over to Newmarket last autumn for the Middle Park Stakes.

He became upset in the stalls, something there has been no sign of him doing before or since, and we were denied what would surely have been a great clash with the eventual winner Earthlight.

To prevent it happening again, Lyons was given a special rug Clive Cox had made for Harry Angel, and it worked the oracle in the Irish 2,000 Guineas where he handled the step up to a mile with aplomb.

The only danger he faced that day was a wall of Ballydoyle horses, but Siskin was good enough to take a gap when it appeared and Colin Keane needed no second invitation.

Last year’s runner-up Circus Maximus and Marcus Tregoning’s Mohaather are serious rivals from the older brigade today, while with Newmarket Guineas winner Kameko back to a mile after failing to see out the Derby trip, we will arguably witness the race of the season.

Siskin, though, displayed a turn of foot very rarely seen at the Curragh and this track should suit.

Roger Varian’s WALIYAK looks very well treated in the British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies’ Handicap.

She was second in the Sandringham at Royal Ascot on her reappearance and the winner that day, Onassis, has been to France to win at Listed level since.

Waliyak has only been put up 3lb by the handicapper and with a run under her belt, she should take all the beating.

Picture: Shutterstock. Frankie Dettori celebrates after partnering Stradivarius to a fourth successive victory in The Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup Stakes on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood.