Options open for Time
Henry Cecil’s filly, a Group One winner as a juvenile, was sent off the 9-4 favourite for the Oaks at Epsom but could only finish eighth behind stable companion Light Shift.
Connections still have some lofty targets in mind for the daughter of Dansili and are loath to rush her back too early following treatment for a throat abscess.
“She is not certain to run in either race,” said Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Prince Khalid Abdullah.
“I know people will automatically think there is something wrong, but I can assure you there isn’t. Our main objective is to get her spot-on so she is not a certain runner at York.
“There is a very good programme for her depending on how she goes and where she goes. Races like the Prix Vermeille, the l’Opera and the Arc in France, the Breeders’ Cup – those are the sort of options we are looking at.
“As a result, we don’t want to be rushing her back in to Group One bearing in mind that there are these good races that we want to get her right for.
“Henry is very pleased with her, she is in very good form and she worked very nicely on Saturday but it is just a question of doing the right thing by her.
“The ground at York will have no bearing on whether she goes or not. One minute people are saying Dansili’s don’t go on quick ground and the next they are saying it is what they need.
“We know she goes well on soft but who is to say she won’t be better on faster? I don’t think she’d mind quicker ground.
“Even though we sponsor the Juddmonte International that would not affect our decision – we won’t run her for the sake of it.”
Meanwhile Cecil’s Tranquil Tiger is reported to be on target for the totesport Ebor at York on Wednesday week.
As low as 8-1 with Blue Square for the £200,000 contest, the three-year-old was beaten just over three lengths by Yellowstone in the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood on his last start.
Cecil won the Ebor with a similar sort in Tuning nine years ago.
