Energizer primed for Voltigeur tilt
Godolphin nominated the Group Two, for which he will have to be supplemented, as a likely first port of call for the colt after they bought him following his victory in the Tercentenary Stakes at Royal Ascot in June.
“He has settled in very well. He is a horse very much for next year, but I think he will run a big race in the Voltigeur,” said Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford.
“He was among the elite three-year-olds in Germany and his performance at Ascot was very good. I think the step up to a mile and a half will suit him.”
Godolphin and trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni are also set to be represented by Encke, who was just beaten a nose by Noble Mission in the Gordon Stakes at Glorious Goodwood earlier this month.
Crisford said: “I think inexperience cost him at Goodwood and I would hope he will reverse the form at York, especially as the winning margin was so small.
“He failed to handle the undulations on the Sussex Downs and I would expect that a track like York will suit him much better.”
Encke will probably get his chance for revenge as the Sir Henry Cecil-trained Noble Mission, a full-brother to Frankel, is also on target for York.
Lord Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, said: “Noble Mission is a real improver. He travelled strongly down the hill at Goodwood and took Tom (Queally) to the front a little earlier than he would have ideally liked.
“He then got in a ding-dong battle with Encke and it could have gone either way. It will be interesting at York.”
