Growl can provide Richard Fahey with Goodwood solace by winning the Qatar Stewards' Cup.

The Malton handler could do with a pick-me-up after Ribchester was defeated at short odds in the Sussex Stakes on Wednesday.

But Fahey can at least have the final word as he is expected to land the big race on the final day of the five-day meeting.

Growl was in grand form last year, having reached a high-water mark by finishing second in the Group One sprint on Champions Day at Ascot in October.

He then signed off from his domestic campaign by winning a Listed race at Doncaster in November.

But this season has been much more challenging and he even unceremoniously unseated Paul Hanagan in the starting stalls before the Diamond Jubilee Stakes.

There were, however, signs of a revival at Newmarket three weeks ago when the five-year-old gelding returned to somewhere near his best form in the July Cup.

Growl was always up against it in a field of such depth, yet he finished off his race sweetly to take sixth spot and was not beaten that far by potential starlet Harry Angel.

That should put the son of Oasis Dream in a happy place for the Stewards' Cup, in which he was an unlucky fourth 12 months ago - albeit off a lower handicap mark.

Fahey has moved to negotiate that potential weight issue by appointing useful 7lb claimer Connor Murtagh, who has ridden nine winners for the Yorkshire trainer.

Perhaps just as importantly, Growl is a soft-ground scorer and also has lots of fine placed form when the mud is flying.

Crystal Ocean must have a serious chance in the Group Three Gordon Stakes.

The three-year-old son of Sea The Stars is one of the more interesting horses at Freemason Lodge after finishing third to Permian in the Dante at York and the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Stoute is probably only just beginning to get to the bottom of Crystal Ocean - he has only raced four times, after all - so it is safe to assume there is a heck of a lot more to come.

To Eternity is worth more than a cursory glance when she returns from a long absence in the British Stallion Studs EBF Chalice Stakes at Newmarket.

John Gosden's four-year-old daughter of Galileo was last sighted at York over 350 days ago when she gamely chased home Abingdon in the Galtres Stakes.

That form should stand her in particularly good stead ahead of this Listed encounter.

Fitness might be an issue, of course, but this looks a weak renewal that could be there for the taking.

Keep an eye, too, on Finn Class, who runs in the Summer Cup at Thirsk on the back of an encouraging performance at Ayr last month.

And for anyone still standing after the week-long demands of Galway, it could be worth a nibble on dear old Hidden Cyclone, who runs in the 100,000 euro handicap hurdle.

SELECTIONS 

DONCASTER: 2.10 Wefait, 2.45 Make Good, 3.20 Grey Mist, 3.55 Mattmu, 4.30 Berkshire, 5.05 Penny Pot Lane, 5.35 Oriental Lilly.

GOODWOOD: 1.50 Goring, 2.25 Saigon City, 3.00 Crystal Ocean, 3.35 GROWL (NAP), 4.10 Bathsheba Bay, 4.45 Taamol, 5.20 Born To Be Alive.

HAMILTON: 6.00 Austin Powers, 6.30 Dirchill, 7.00 Souls In The Wind, 7.30 Soie D'Leau, 8.00 Indian Chief, 8.30 Catastrophe, 9.00 Amy Blair.

LINGFIELD: 5.15 Almanack, 5.45 Iballisticvin, 6.15 Loving Your Work, 6.45 Diamond Dougal, 7.15 Jazeel, 7.45 Getna, 8.15 Twilight Spirit.

NEWMARKET: 2.05 To Eternity, 2.40 First Drive, 3.15 Ruysch, 3.50 Mojito, 4.25 Salateen, 5.00 Lugano, 5.30 Lamloom.

THIRSK: 2.15 Rossall, 2.50 Vaulted, 3.25 Tamayuz Magic, 4.00 Finn Class, 4.35 Bertiewhittle, 5.10 Mischief Managed, 5.40 Ninjago.

DOUBLE: Growl and Crystal Ocean.