Aquarius pulled up injured at Goodwood Course specialist Illustrious Blue won the Artemis Goodwood Cup at Goodwood today but the race was marred when odds-on favourite Age Of Aquarius broke down in front. Sent off the 4-6 market leader after his fine second in the Ascot Gold Cup, Johnny Murtagh had set out to make all of the running on the four-year-old when he lost his action half a mile out and was pulled up. Aidan O'Brien's stayer was subsequently taken to a veterinary centre in nearby Arundel for further observation. Age Of Aquarius' departure left the Clive Cox-trained Electrolyser clear at the head of affairs, and although his jockey Jim Crowley had to get serious with the seven-year-old entire, nothing was going to stop him claiming a seventh victory on the Sussex Downs. Illustrious Blue eventually won the Group Two contest by a length and a quarter, with Purple Moon third.
