Moment swerves Plate challenge
Enjoy The Moment will not run in the John Smith’s Northumberland at Newcastle on Saturday.
After much deliberation, Jamie Osborne ditched plans to head to Gosforth Park with his impressive Royal Ascot winner.
The four-year-old was as low as 8-1 to win the valuable two-mile heritage handicap.
Osborne told the Racing Post: “We’d toyed with the idea of going to Newcastle to take advantage of being able to run under a 5lb penalty.
“But thankfully the handicapper has taken a realistic view of the Ascot win, raising him 5lb to 97.
“Therefore it makes sense to take a step back to consider future options.
“His most likely target is the Brown Jack Stakes over two miles at Ascot’s King George meeting.”
