Ground key for Putra

Michael Jarvis will monitor conditions at Doncaster and Newbury before deciding where to run Sri Putra on Saturday.

The Oasis Dream colt holds entries in both the Group One Racing Post Trophy at Town Moor and the Group Three Mountgrange Stud Stakes (registered as the Horris Hill) in Berkshire.

Sri Putra is best with some cut in the ground and the going is currently described as good, good to soft in places, at Doncaster and soft at Newbury.

Jarvis felt the ground was too quick when the two-year-old lost his unbeaten record in the Tattersalls Timeform Million at Newmarket earlier this month and is hopeful of a much better show this weekend.

“We’ve entered Sri Putra in the Racing Post Trophy and the race is a definite possibility,” said Jarvis.

“He also holds an entry in the Horris Hill at Newbury on the same day and we will make a decision nearer the time.

“The ground was too firm for him at Newmarket. It rode very fast on the day and he’s just not as effective on that sort of going. He needs some cut in the ground so we will look to see where the ground is more suitable for him.

“He’ll have no difficulty with a mile, being out of an In The Wings mare and he’s in good form at the moment.”