Ansgar camp play waiting game

Trainer Sabrina Harty is waiting for drier ground before unleashing highly-rated miler Ansgar in what she hopes will be another profitable campaign.

Ansgar camp play waiting game

The six-year-old twice finished runner-up in Group Threes last season, but connections must bide their time, with a trip to England for his seasonal bow not yet ruled out.

Co Kildare-based Harty said: “We were hoping to go for the Gladness Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday but we kind of thought it was going to be too soft so we didn’t end up entering. We have him entered in Leopardstown (Amethyst Stakes, May 11) over a mile but we’d like to drop him back to seven. I think he’d be really interesting over that trip. He went to sevens furlong in Newmarket but the ground changed to soft. An alternative would be at Haydock on Swinton Hurdle day - s a seven-furlong Listed race. We might be going there with Kalann anyway and they could both go if the ground came up good.

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