Sandown option for Sir Percy

SIR PERCY could limber up for a planned trip to Royal Ascot with an outing in the betfair.com Brigadier Gerard Stakes next month.

Last year’s Vodafone Derby hero finished a creditable fourth in the Dubai Sheema Classic at Nad Al Sheba on his reappearance and trainer Marcus Tregoning has his sights set on the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at the Royal meeting.

While Tregoning has not totally ruled out a tilt at the Coronation Cup for his star four-year-old, the Lambourn handler believes the timing of Sandown’s 10-furlong race on May 31 could be more suitable.