Cornerstone on course for Post
Andy Oliver’s smart juvenile won the Futurity Stakes last time out and had been an intended runner in the Beresford Stakes last weekend.
However, County Tyrone based Oliver was not quite happy with his condition and took him out at the declaration stage.
Meanwhile, Edward Lynam reports his star sprinters Sole Power and Slade Power to be on course for their respective engagements this autumn.
Sole Power is to have a second crack at the Qatar Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp after being beaten just a head in third place behind Tangerine Trees in the five-furlong feature last year.
The five-year-old showed his well-being when slightly dropped in class in the Listed Scarbrough Stakes at Doncaster, where he notched his first win since the Group Two Temple Stakes in May 2011.
Johnny Murtagh, who was in the saddle last time, is to continue his association with the Kyllachy gelding.
The Qipco British Champions Sprint over six furlongs at Ascot on October 20 is the target for Slade Power after he was forced to miss the Betfred Sprint Cup because of an abscess on his shoulder.
“He’s fine,” said Lynam. “The setback was more of a nuisance than anything serious when he had to miss Haydock.”
