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The Tin Man will come on for the run, says trainer James Fanshawe

The Tin Man (Tom Queally,right) beats DâBai (left) in the listed 6f raceWindsor 21.5.18 Pic: Edward Whitaker
Familiar territory: The Tin Man has won the race twice, including last yearCredit: Edward Whitaker

6.30 Windsor
Weatherbys Hamilton Stakes | Listed | 6f | 3yo+ | Sky

James Fanshawe is looking forward to the return of stable superstar The Tin Man in a race he has won twice at Windsor, although this year he is burdened with the extra complication of a 7lb penalty.

The classy sprinter beat D'bai in this race last year and also won the Listed contest on his seasonal return in 2016, but he was unpenalised for both of those renewals.

The seven-year-old has claimed a Group 1 in each of the last three seasons and carries the penalty for the most recent of those victories in the Sprint Cup at Haydock last September.

Fanshawe said: "He’s been fine and looks well. He’s got a 7lb penalty this year, it looks a stronger race and he’s a year older, but he’s in good form and we’re looking forward to running him.

“He would have had 5lb at York so it was a toss up between Windsor and York and this has been a good place to start before. We’ve got to start somewhere."

James Fanshawe with The Tin Man in the winner's enclosure
James Fanshawe: hopes The Tin Man can follow a similar path this seasonCredit: Grossick Racing Photography

He added: "I’m not really worried about the opposition, it’s about getting The Tin Man out for his first start because I’m sure whatever he does here he’ll come on for."

The Tin Man had a less than ideal run when fourth in last season's Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, a race he won in 2017, and Fanshawe expects the royal meeting to be on the agenda again.

He added: "We’ll see how we get on here but his programme will probably be pretty similar to the last three years and I hope he’s up to similar targets this season."

Dreaming of Group-race success

On form Dream Of Dreams is one of the main threats to The Tin Man and he returned in fine form when winning at Chelmsford last month.

The five-year-old is also entered in the Diamond Jubilee and Philip Robinson, representing owner Saeed Suhail, said: "He was quite impressive at Chelmsford, Ryan [Moore] went up the inside and he came home really strongly.

Dream of Dreams winning at Chelmsford
Dream Of Dreams (right) returned with a win at ChelmsfordCredit: Alan Crowhurst

"We’re quite hopeful. It’s a big ask to beat The Tin Man but if you’re not in it you can’t win it. The weight from him will help but we’ll see if it’s enough.

"I hope it doesn’t dry up too much but it’s normally decent ground at Windsor, and good ground is fine. I’m sure he’ll win a Group race at one stage, he was a bit unlucky last year."

John Gosden is represented by Emblazoned, who finished third in last season's Commonwealth Cup and returned with a narrow second behind Shabaaby at Haydock.

Smart juvenile Barraquero missed most of last season and has had a wind operation since his last run, while Baron Bolt, Glorious Journey, Spring Loaded and Foxtrot Lady complete the field.


Prix Cleopatre | Group 3 | 1m2½f | 3yo fillies | Sky

Six fillies put their Classic claims on the line in a race which often throws up a decent winner, though you have to go back to 1976 and Oaks/Prix de Diane heroine Pawneese for the last to follow up at either Epsom or Chantilly.

Volskha has won two of her three starts and arrives on the back of a last-gasp success in the Listed Prix Caravelle at the expense of the reopposing Paramount.

"Last time out she showed her inexperience a little but once you’ve won a Listed race you have to take the logical next step up," said trainer Simone Brogi. "She is very well and it looks an open race with not much between them on paper."

The daughter of Le Havre holds an entry in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Ascot and Brogi added: “She had a small problem over the winter so I didn’t enter her in the Prix de Diane. Everything has come right with her since so, after winning last time, we put her in the Ascot race as an option.”

Brogi’s former boss Jean-Claude Rouget is likely to saddle the favourite in Prix Vanteaux runner-up Etoile, while the Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained Shamiyla looked a decent prospect when winning on debut here on May 1.

After two early-season defeats at the hands of Morgan Le Faye – a revelation since being dropped back in trip by Andre Fabre – Royer-Dupre will be hoping that Shahnaza can get a little closer in the Group 2 Prix Corrida (3.10).
Scott Burton


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Matt ButlerDeputy news editor

Published on 19 May 2019inPreviews

Last updated 17:19, 19 May 2019

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