Reach For The Moon impresses ahead of bid to emulate Too Darn Hot at Doncaster

Rab Havlin and Reach For The Moon head for the Al Bahathri

Reach For The Moon
John and Thady Gosden

The grass gallops have largely been redundant in recent weeks with zero rainfall in the region but the Al Bahathri Polytrack has seen plenty of traffic including the recent Group 3 Solario Stakes winner. The Queen’s colt showed an older lead horse a clean pair of heels and is to take the same route as Too Darn Hot, who went from Sandown to win the Group 2 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster for the stable in 2018.

George Boughey watches work on the watered gallop

Cachet
George Boughey

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David MilnesNewmarket correspondent

Published on 4 September 2021inNews

Last updated 09:37, 5 September 2021

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