Lockinge winner Mustashry should relish step up in trip in Coral-Eclipse

Jimmy Quinn sports an orange cap aboard Nantucket as he chats to Sir Michael Stoute

MustashrySir Michael Stoute
Convey did the donkey work for the Locking Stakes winner on the Al Bahathri and the way the six-year-old finished suggests a step up to a mile and a quarter in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Saturday should play to his strengths.

WeekenderJohn Gosden

Enable (Robert Havlin) leads fellow Oaks winner Anapurna towards the Al Bahathri

The Banstead Manor team, marshalled by Juddmonte racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe, were at the Al Bahathri at second lot chiefly to see Enable but also to survey this progressive stayer who mixed it with First Eleven over a mile. The son of Frankel won a four-runner conditions event at Chelmsford in May and could head for a valuable 1m6f handicap at the Newmarket July meeting on Saturday week.

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David MilnesNewmarket correspondent

Published on 3 July 2019inNews

Last updated 13:08, 3 July 2019

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