By that stage Ryan Moore was ahead on Rip Van Winkle but Hughes and Canford Cliffs were up to the task.

BBC: Canford Cliffs wins Sussex Stakes at Goodwood

Beaches at Highcliffe, Friars cliff, Avon, Manor Steps, East Cliff, Canford Cliffs, Green Hill, West Bay and Lyme Regis will be patrolled daily from 6 July until 8 September.

BBC: Lifeguards

He led by about three lengths but once Canford Cliffs, who won last time out in the St James's Palace Stakes at the Royal meeting, got into gear and quickened up, they looked dangerous.

BBC: Canford Cliffs wins Sussex Stakes at Goodwood