Hamoody added another feather to the cap of his ace first-crop sire, Johannesburg, at Goodwood on Friday as he got up late to take the Group 2, $130,000 Richmond Stakes.
Ouija Board faces a dangerous opponent in Alexander Goldrun at Goodwood on Saturday as she attempts to get back on the winning track in the $375,000 Nassau Stakes.
A 10-furlong Group 1 for fillies and mares, the Nassau was won last year by Alexander Goldrun, who ended a six-race losing since then only on
July 1, when she took the Curragh's Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Nassau distance for the second year in a row.
Iffraaj gave nothing else a chance in the Group 2, $279,000 Lennox Stakes on Tuesday as he sped to a four-length victory in the opening day feature at Goodwood in England.
Narrowly denied at Newmar-ket's meeting when he failed to run down Les Arcs by a head in the six-furlong Group 1 July Cup, the 3-2 Iffraaj was ridden more prominently in second place by Frankie Dettori this time. The 5-year-old Iffraaj assumed command just inside the quarter pole and drew off to defeat 40-1 longshot Jedburgh, getting the seven furlongs in 1:25.58 on good ground.
Araafa goes in search of his third consecutive Group 1 victory at Goodwood on Wednesday when he takes on six foes in the $560,000 Sussex Stakes, the first of four European weight-for-age miles leading to the Breeders' Cup Mile.
The winner of the Irish 2000 Guineas and the St. James's Palace Stakes, Araafa is an Irish-bred son of Mull of Kintyre trained by Jeremy Noseda. As he will find his preferred good to firm ground at Goodwood, he looks like value even at his current Corals price of 5-4. Alan Munro retains the ride.