'He's like a tiger' - McGuinness ready to go with stable star A Case Of You

Ado McGuinness has said his globetrotting star A Case Of You is "like a tiger" at home as he prepares for another big autumn campaign, beginning at the Curragh in the Group 1 Flying Five Stakes on Irish Champions Weekend.

The four-year-old, who won the Al Quoz Sprint at the Dubai World Cup meeting in March, will have the same programme, culminating at Keeneland with another bid for Breeders' Cup glory.

A Case Of You has not been seen since finishing 17th in the Platinum Jubilee at Royal Ascot, but McGuinness reports him to be in top form for the Flying Five, in which he finished half-a-length second to Romantic Proposal last season.

McGuinness said: "He had a gallop at Naas on Monday morning and worked really well. He bounced out of it like a tiger and it's all systems go.

"He wasn't right at Ascot and I just couldn't put my finger on it. He coughed a few days after. Sometimes you just have to bite your lip and go again. No sprinter wins five Group 1 sprints every year; that's just the way sprinting is."

Ado McGuinness: same autumn programme for A Case Of YouCredit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)

A Case Of You will head to Longchamp after the Curragh in a bid to follow up last season's victory in the Prix de l'Abbaye before travelling to Keeneland. In last year's Breeders' Cup, held at Del Mar, he finished fifth to Golden Pal in the Turf Sprint.

McGuinness added: "He's going to do exactly what he did last year.

"We think Keeneland will really suit him. He's a strong horse and the little bit of juice in the ground at Keeneland will be good for him. They have a longer straight there too. The straight at Del Mar is very short and he was flying coming home, another two or three strides and he was probably up for third."

A Case Of You is a general 10-1 for the Flying Five next month, with the market headed by the Nunthorpe Stakes heroine Highfield Princess.

Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Flying Five Stakes (Sunday, September 11)

Paddy Power: 3 Highfield Princess, 4 Twilight Calls, 5 Khaadem, 6 Romantic Proposal, Royal Aclaim, 7 Mooneista, 8 Ladies Church, Raasel, 10 A Case Of You, Flotus, 12 Dragon Symbol, 14 bar

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