Trouble set for sensational return
The 11-year-old gelding, who was retired from racing after finishing injured in last year’s Gold Cup, has only been back with trainer Noel Chance since the end of March after spending time recuperating.
But he showed in emphatic style that he can still gallop with the best of them as he pulverised his rivals under former jumps jockey Brendan Powell.
“It’s only when he is jumping that he is really putting pressure on the leg and that’s why I was happy to let him race again on the Flat,” said Chance.
“There is a race at Warwick over two miles and two furlongs which they have framed especially for him next month.
“But there has got to be a temptation to go for the Queen Alexandra at Ascot next week now.”
