Waiting tactics should pay off for Suggestive

Suggestive, Tahreeb and Let Me Try Again are three names to remember when the stars of European Flat racing line up for day one of Glorious Goodwood.

Sadly, it looks as though an umbrella might come in handy for anyone planning a trip to the Sussex Downs this week, and the weather could have a major bearing on how Tillerman fares in the £100,000 Lennox Stakes.

Amanda Perrett's powerful seven-year-old clearly has the form to win if at his best, but he seldom produces a peak performance when the ground is on the easy side and that could be the case here.

Nayyir is another with a question to answer. Rain won't worry him and he quickened impressively to win this race last year, but he became seriously ill on a trip to Hong Kong last December and failed to sparkle on his return to action at Newcastle last month.

By contrast, the Willie Haggas-trained Suggestive has looked as good as ever recently despite finding a couple of tactical contests less than ideal.

He looks the sort to relish being waited with in this bigger field and should represent sound each-way value in a very tricky race.

The Peugeot Gordon Stakes is another complex affair in which much revolves around how fast Sir Michael Stoute's progressive Hawk Flyer is improving.

He's clearly on the up, but he needs to take another step forward to match the likes of High Accolade, Salsalino and Let Me Try Again.

High Accolade has a potent turn of foot when on song, while Salsalino ran a blinder in the King George V Handicap at Royal Ascot, but Let Me Try Again just gets the vote.

Terry Mills's colt got no luck at all in the Derby, staying on strongly for seventh having been badly hampered, and he looks sure to go close granted a smoother passage this time around.

Juvenile races at this meeting are always fiercely contested, and the latest renewal of the Evening Standard Maiden Stakes is usually one of the best of its type run all season.

Each of the last four renewals has fallen to a colt with previous racecourse experience, and Tahreeb (nap) can continue the trend this year by taking the measure of Finders Keepers and Motivus.

Marcus Tregoning often uses Goodwood as a springboard for his better youngsters and this colt looks well above average.

He had Finders Keepers back in third when runnerup on his Newbury debut. Ed Dunlop's colt looks sure to improve on that, but Tahreeb has run another fine race to bustle up Venables at Kempton in the interim and that form received a handsome boost when Richard Hannon's colt went on to land a Listed race at Newbury.

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