'I'd love to see him over six furlongs again' - Oliver Cole outlines plans for impressive Derby day winner Royal Scotsman
Oliver Cole believes Royal Scotsman has the qualities to become a Group 1 sprinter and is mulling over a plethora of options after the four-year-old's decisive success in the Diomed Stakes on Derby day.
Royal Scotsman rose to prominence when winning the Richmond Stakes at Glorious Goodwood as a juvenile but had yet to score since, with a smattering of recent disappointments following Group 1 placings in the Dewhurst and 2,000 Guineas.
"It was a great relief," said joint-trainer Cole of his dominant Epsom win. "I think the Racing Post rang me up the day before asking for a comment and I said if you don’t mind I’ll refrain because I was fed up with talking about how he’d been disappointing.
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