Anna off on her travels again after Longchamp success
The four-year-old was a two-and-a-half-length winner of the Prix de Royallieu at the Arc meeting and trainer Richard Fahey is now deliberating over two possible targets.
Fahey is eyeing a crack at either the Prix Royal-Oak back at the French track or the Premio Lydia Tesio in Italy as he chases a Group One victory.
“She’s in two races, both on the same day (October 28), one in Rome over 10 furlongs and a race at Longchamp over a mile and seven furlongs,” said Fahey.
“She’s come back from France in fantastic form. She hardly looks like she’s had a race.
“In fact, she’s so well we nearly supplemented her for the Champion Stakes!”
Meanwhile The Green Monkey again failed to sparkle when he made his second racecourse appearance in a seven-furlong maiden event at Belmont Park on Saturday .
Coolmore’s $16m purchase proved something of a disappointment when only third on his debut in a similar contest in September, having been kept off the track with physical problems last year.
And a similar outcome awaited the evens favourite on Saturday, as he could only finish a well-beaten fourth of seven behind 11-1 winner Giant Deputy.
The Green Monkey, partnered by John Velazquez, led the field through the first four furlongs or so but had nothing left to give when passed in the home straight.
