Punters can shout Far Cry home in the J P Morgan Goodwood Cup at the Sussex track tomorrow.

Martin Pipe's tough stayer won the Foster's Lager Northumberland Plate and Doncaster Cup last year but has raced only once on the Flat this season after showing smart form over hurdles during the winter.

The five-year-old reappeared in the toughest test of all when he lined up for the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot and, looking very well beforehand, the son of Pharly showed he is better than ever.

Kevin Darley held Far Cry up just behind the leaders and then gave him his head once in line for home, only to be collared well inside the final furlong and beaten a head by Kayf Tara.

Far Cry, whose long-term objective is the Foster's Melbourne Cup in November, just lost out after a tremendous struggle with Godolphin's recently-retired champion, form which gives him an outstanding chance tomorrow and he is awarded the nap.

Aidan O'Brien has a yard full of talented juveniles and the Ballydoyle trainer can make a successful two-year-old raid on Goodwood with Pyrus in the Richmond Stakes.

Pyrus is bred in the purple, being a son of Mr Prospector out of a Nureyev mare.

And he lived up to his pedigree with an impressive debut in a Listed race at the Curragh in May.

He was settled in second place as Innit cut out the running at a decent clip but once Michael Kinane let out on inch of rain on Pyrus the race was soon over.

The colt was in total control throughout the final furlong, coming home a length and a half clear of Coney Kitty.

That race was over the minimum trip and the step up to six furlongs in tomorrow's Group Two contest looks ideal for Pyrus.

Geoff Wragg's horses are always worth an interest at "Glorious" Goodwood and the Newmarket trainer can strike with Danceabout in the seven-furlong Oak Tree Stakes.

The daughter of Shareef Dancer has shown progressive form this term.

Unraced at two she got off the mark at the first time of asking over course and distance in May and then improved to finish fifth of 19 behind to Observatory in the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Stepped up to a mile for the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket last time Danceabout again acquitted herself well.

Wragg's filly ran a storming race considering she had to go wide to get a run but she kept on gamely to finish a one-and-three-quarter-length third behind Alshakr.

Clearly still on the upgrade, Danceabout looks a good bet to land tomorrow's Listed prize.

The afternoon's Showcase handicap, the William Hill Mile, is a typically wide-open affair and it could pay to take a chance with Ascot disappointment Caribbean Monarch.

Sir Michael Stoute's five-year-old was sent off a well-backed favourite for the Tote International Stakes following stylish victories in the Royal Hunt Cup and in a competitive Sandown handicap.

But he never got into the race behind Tillerman last Saturday after being repeatedly denied a clear run.

Caribbean Monarch, who needs covering up as he tends to idle once in front, is sure to get the strong pace he needs tomorrow and it is worth taking a chance he gets a trouble-free passage.