Saeed Suhail .’s G1 Derby Winner Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), missing since a minor ankle injury ruined his season after Epsomis satisfying relationships after getting a light workout back a few days ago.
“Desert Crown is in good shape,” said Saeeed Suhail owner race manager Bruce Raymond. “He was out for a while in Darley. He’s been there for about eight weeks and that’s done him really well.
“He came back around mid-November and I met him last week. He looks like a million dollars – you’d think it was June. He had a nice coat, he looked great, and started trotting five days before Michael returned from Barbados. He did trot, though not a strong trot. Everything was fine.”
A teenager winner on her Nottingham debut as a teenager, the bay returned to claim G2 Dante S. in York last May by 3 1/4 the length ahead of Classic’s heroes. he. G3 Brigadier General Gerard S. near the end of May, as well as G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. could be targets for the 4-year-old.
He added, “I thought he was going to see Brigadier General Gerard and then King George. That is the usual path.
“Michael won’t say anything, of course. If I asked him, he would say, ‘That’s for you to guess and I know!’. So I guess he’s heading in that direction, but he looks fine and we’ll have to see what happens.”
Coach Sir Michael Stoute really won’t be drawn into future plans, and said, “It’s February now. I haven’t made any plans yet and we don’t want to get caught up in anything.”
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