Beckett hoping to avoid Sea The Stars clash

Ralph Beckett is none too keen to allow stable star Look Here to lock horns with Investec Derby winner Sea The Stars in the near future.

Last year’s Oaks heroine made a fine seasonal reappearance in Friday’s Coronation Cup, finishing with a late rattle to go down by two noses to Ask and Youmzain.

The Hernando filly is currently engaged in the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh as well as Sandown’s Coral-Eclipse, but Beckett will assess the likely opposition before deciding on her next port of call.

“We’re very pleased with her and she has come out of the race as we hoped she would. We’ll make plans, see how we are and when we’re happy with her we’ll run her again,” said Beckett.

“She’s bound to come on a bit as it was her first run of the year and I know she had a racecourse gallop beforehand, but it’s hardly the same thing.

“First and foremost we’ll be going wherever Sea The Stars isn’t! I’m quite happy to take on anything else but I’m not sure I want to take on him at all.

“The Eclipse would be a possible but it could well be that we wait for the King George. The Pretty Polly would be a possible as well but we’ll see how we go.

“I wouldn’t mind dropping her back to a mile and a quarter at all as she showed a proper turn of speed on Friday so that would hold no fears and the Curragh would suit her.

“It may be that we choose the Pretty Polly over the Eclipse, depending on who looks like they are going to Sandown. Perhaps the Pretty Polly would be a suitable option.

“I would be keen to run her in one or the other of the King George or the Eclipse, with maybe the Yorkshire Oaks after that.

“She’s more resilient this year and the racecourse gallop we did at Salisbury was on very fast ground and she came out of that very well, so the ground would hold fewer fears than it did 12 months ago.”