Estimate entered in Goodwood Cup

Saturday 26 July 2014, 9:45am

Estimate, one of the horses at the centre of the morphine controversy in England, is among 15 entries for Thursday's Goodwood Gold Cup.

Trainer Sir Michael Stoute is still allowed to make entries for the five-year-old, who is owned by the Queen, despite her failing a drugs test.

She tested positive to morphine, believed to have come from contaminated feed, after she finished second in last month's Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

As expected, last year's winner Brown Panther features after connections decided not to take the Tom Dascombe-trained six-year-old to Ascot for the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Ahzeemah, runner-up last year, is in the mix again, while owners Godolphin and trainer Saeed bin Suroor also have Princess of Wales's Stakes victor Cavalryman and Excellent Result as possible runners in the two-mile (3200m) Group Two race.

Owner Marwan Koukash can choose from his Chester Cup winner Suegioo and Northumberland Plate scorer Angel Gabrial, while Talent, who took last year's Epsom Oaks, has been given an entry.

Missunited, who was just behind Estimate in third place in the Gold Cup, is a surprise omission.

Michael Winters' versatile mare is set to run in the Group Three Sterling Insurance Lillie Langtry Stakes on the same card instead.

Several of the Goodwood Cup entries are on trial for a trip to Australia for the Melbourne Cup in November.

– PAA

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