Eminent To Bypass Ganay

Martyn Meade, who last month transferred his string from Newmarket to the historic Manton Estate (which he purchased last year), has pencilled in Chester's May Festival as a possible starting point for his stable star Eminent (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). “He's going along well,” the trainer said of the Group 2 winner who was last seen finishing third to Decorated Knight (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 QIPCO Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown last September. “The Prince of Wales's is his main target, but I want to run him before then. I think we'll miss the [G1] Prix Ganay and I'm tending to think he might run him in the Huxley Stakes at Chester – that might be a good prep race,” he added.