Prince reigns on belated return

DUBAI Prince’s eventual debut for Godolphin was about four months too late for the Classics but all may not be lost judged upon a fortifying victory in a minor event at Newbury yesterday.

Prince reigns on belated return

A two-and-a-half-length defeat of Jet Away, one of a small field of older horses comfortable at the level of the Dubai Duty Free Conditions Stakes, is not a firm guide of whether the colt could justify his entry in the Qipco Champion Stakes, even if little more could be demanded from his first start for almost a year.

Dubai Prince was spoken of as either a 2000 Guineas or Derby horse in the spring, having won both his starts at two for Dermot Weld, until a hairline fracture to an area in his pelvis intervened.

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