French handler Christophe
Ferland is hoping Gloomy Sunday can make another successful
cross-Channel raid in the £100,000 Group Two Artemis Goodwood Cup, run over two
miles and the feature race on the third day of Glorious Goodwood, Thursday,
August 1.
The four-year-old daughter
of Singspiel is a new addition to the staying ranks and looked a potential star
when winning a high-class renewal of the Group Three Henry II Stakes over two
miles by four lengths at Sandown on May 30.
Ferland, who will be
having his first runner at Glorious Goodwood, revealed: "Gloomy Sunday has
been very, very well since Sandown. She looks fantastic and worked very well
recently so she is on course for the Goodwood Cup.
"Hopefully, Olivier
Peslier will ride her again but she is very easy to ride and everything suits
her.
"We were not sure
what to expect when we sent her to Sandown as she was my first runner in
Britain, but she had run well at Saint-Cloud before that on her first try at
two miles. She is a very nice filly and has a lot of quality.
"After the Goodwood
Cup, her big target is the Prix du Cadran on Arc weekend.
"She will be my first
runner at Glorious Goodwood and I am looking forward to coming over."
Gloomy Sunday is likely to
clash with the Michael Owen-owned Brown Panther, an easy winner of the
Listed Pontefract Castle Stakes on his seasonal return in June, and the Saeed
bin Suroor-trained pair of Colour Vision, who won last year's Gold Cup
at Royal Ascot and then finished third in the Artemis Goodwood Cup, and Group
One scorer Cavalryman.
About Glorious Goodwood
The five-day festival this
year runs from Tuesday, July 30 until Saturday, August 3 and is certain to be
the highlight of the season. It is the perfect place to enjoy everything that
is British and sums up what summer should be. It is the place to be and be
seen. The fashion is elegant and floaty, Goodwood heritage with a dash of
panache. Ladies and Gentleman dress in the latest fashions and gather shade
from their hats and Panamas.
Glorious Goodwood is a
quintessentially English event, held at the world's most beautiful racecourse.
The meeting has always
attracted the very best performers from the international world of horseracing
such as Frankel, who graced the Downs for the last two years to the delight of
racegoers who come from far and wide to experience the unique atmosphere.
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