Johnston, whose record at Goodwood is exceptional, sends another star on the recovery trail when his runaway Lingfield Derby Trial winner Bandari bids to banish memories of a woeful Epsom run in the Peugeot Gordon Stakes.
The intrepid Middleham handler has chosen to run Bandari ahead of two ultraprogressive stablemates in Legal Approach and Systematic, but it's hard to know just what to expect after his tame effort at Epsom.
Hannon's Irish Derby fourth Nysaean seems unlikely to prove as good on this fast ground as he is when the mud is flying, so the nap goes to the everimproving Izdiham who bids for his third win of the season.
Marcus Tregoning's colt will never be as good as his recently-deceased sire Nashwan, but the form of the Royal Ascot listed race in which he split Burning Sun and Common World with the recent impressive Newbury winner Highdown back in fourth is working out a treat.
