Trainer Harry Eustace on his Qatar Goodwood Festival chances

Trainer Harry Eustace on his 2025 Qatar Goodwood Festival chances

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00:00Docklands with the White Sleeves, who's getting the better as they race towards the line

00:04and beyond the nod between Docklands and Rosalian.

00:07He's been super, seems to have come out of it very well.

00:10He's done a couple of bits of work since.

00:13He obviously came out of it race fit, so really it's getting him to Goodwood

00:17in as good a form as we've got him in to Ascot.

00:20And he heads for the Group 1 Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes.

00:23How do you think he'll fare? It's obviously a very competitive contest,

00:26but he's been so impressive this season. How do you think he'll go?

00:29Yeah, I don't think we're under any illusions.

00:33We take on the three-year-olds, particularly Field of Gold,

00:35which will be probably the toughest opponent he's faced so far.

00:40But he, I feel, is in as good a place as we've ever had him.

00:45And what I was particularly taken with with Ascot was actually,

00:49rather than being a real end-to-end gallop, which you would expect he'd like,

00:53it was quite a tactically run race.

00:55And that can typically be true at Goodwood as well.

00:57But I thought that encouraged us to give him the chance back at Goodwood, yeah.

01:01And you think the track will suit as well?

01:03I don't see why it won't.

01:05He has run there before, to the eye, a little bit disappointing.

01:09But it was his first run on the back of the Britannia.

01:12I don't know, looking back, whether I had him 100%.

01:15He handled Epsom no problem at all.

01:17So, you know, the cambers of the track have no problem with.

01:21The quality, that might be another matter, yeah.

01:24Time for sandals, Arizona blaze.

01:26Then came Ray Efka.

01:27They hit the line.

01:28Time for sandals.

01:29Time for sandals.

01:30Yeah, well, she's come out of it particularly well.

01:33It was a big effort we felt.

01:35And I think the extra few weeks has really helped her.

01:38The form of her France race has actually worked out very well.

01:42And the winner of that won the pre-Jean Prat Sint.

01:44So, her form's actually beginning to sort of stack up stronger than people maybe thought it did on the day.

01:50The big question mark is back to a sharp five for her, having won over a stiff six at Ascot.

01:57Personally, I don't think it'll be a problem.

01:59And if we're going to find her out of it this year, it'll be in this race at Goodwood.

02:05And the other options from there definitely will suit her better, yeah.