![]() Tuesday (3.40), a stable companion of Tenebrism, is from the latter group, but was touched off by Discoveries, the subsequent Moyglare winner, on debut in June before winning a maiden in a canter at Naas in March. It is difficult to take her stamina on trust at relatively short odds, and all the more so when there are a host of alternatives, ranging from fillies with Group One form as juveniles – Discoveries, Malavath, Zellie and Wild Beauty – to lightly-raced fillies with scope for significant improvement. Tenebrism’s success over the last six furlongs of the Rowley Mile in September is the best piece of form on offer, but she is by a sprinter and out of a miler, and has another two furlongs to cover on Sunday. There is an Inspiral-shaped hole in the field for the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket after last year’s joint-champion juvenile filly was ruled out of the Classic last week, but in her absence, it is a more open and engaging puzzle for punters to solve with Aidan O’Brien’s Tenebrism, the Cheveley Park Stakes winner, heading the market at around 3-1. “We always thought he was the type of horse who was going to be comfortable over a mile-and-a-quarter, moving up to a mile-and-a-half, so it was the perfect start.” Tuesday can soar to Sunday glory in 1,000 Guineas He said he just stepped half a length slow out of the stalls and it lost him a length or two. “We knew he was a middle-distance horse, so we were delighted with that run.Įverything went perfect over the winter and Ryan was delighted. I don’t think there’s anything that would change that but obviously we’ll see how the horse is after today. “The lads had the plan to come here and then we’d go to the Derby. “We were delighted with Luxembourg,” O’Brien said. Appleby’s New London, the easy winner of a novice event at the Craven meeting, is a 10-1 chance and is entered in Derby trials at Chester and York over the next two weeks. Luxembourg is now top-priced at 11-4 for Epsom, with the Queen’s colt Reach For The Moon, at 8-1, the only other contender quoted at a single-figure price. “It is a nice discussion to have with the team but I would let this horse go straight to the St James’s Palace Stakes and let Native Trail go back to the Curragh where we have seen him be impressive before and take him over to the Irish 2,000 Guineas.Ĭoroebus and Native Trail are available at double-figure odds for the Derby on 4 June, but the big eye-catcher with the Epsom Classic in mind was Luxembourg, last season’s Vertem Futurity winner at Doncaster.Īidan O’Brien’s colt, a son of Camelot, the 2012 Derby winner, was outpaced and towards the rear of the field at halfway but stayed on strongly in the final quarter to finish another length-and-a-half behind Native Trail in third. I take my hat off to him, as he is a true sportsman. Off he goes and rides the same race, day in day out. “He has to sit there and see William getting first choice all the time and I never ever see him quiver or get upset. ![]() “James is an integral part of the team and for him to have his first British Classic for us is very special because he is such a great team player,” Appleby said. If that didn’t happen I could have afforded to be even cheekier and he would have won even more impressively.”Īppleby’s feeling was that both colts will stick to racing at around a mile, with Native Trail likely to head to the Irish 2,000 Guineas while Coroebus waits for the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot in mid-June. James Doyle reacts with Coroebus after the race.
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