Ryan Moore: my Goodwood rides on Wednesday

He was third here in 2021 and won well at Nottingham two starts ago. He clearly didn’t run up to that level of form under a penalty in the Hunt Cup last time but he is 3lb lower here and he has his chance, even if drawn 15.

He has missed his last two planned engagements but hopefully he can show what he is capable of here. Of course, he has to step up a fair bit from the bare form of his Gowran Park win in June but we think he is well worth his chance in this company.

There’d be a few in here whose chance you have to respect but my horse is clearly the one to beat. After a couple of warm-up wins in lesser company, I loved the way he did it for me at Royal Ascot last time, which was probably his best effort since his unbeaten 2022 season, which included a defeat of Stradivarius in this race. He is in good shape for this.

I didn’t ride him on his debut, or in the maiden itself, but he looks to have shaped very promisingly at Newbury earlier in the month, especially since he slightly blew the start.  This is a competitive maiden, as you’d expect for the money, but he has a fair chance on what he showed first time up.

He obviously didn’t run up to expectations in the King George V handicap last time but he has his chance off a mark of 88 on his earlier form, including a win for me at Chester.

An open race but she did it well for me in Deauville last time and hopefully she will be just as effective on the expected quick ground around here, though there is some rain forecast on Wednesday and it was good ground in France. She already has a decent form chance.

She obviously showed a lot of improvement to win at Tipperary last time. More will be required here but she is clearly going the right way.

Only six runners but all have their chance. The official ratings tell us that there is only 2lb between four, so it’s a tight contest from a form perspective, and I am hoping that my colt comes forward again from his narrow defeat by Rosallion at Royal Ascot. He comes here in good shape, so we are hopeful, if not confident.

She has gone up 8lb for her last two wins, but that looks justified. I haven’t ridden her before but hopefully she will be equally at home in these conditions.