Break On The Cards For Anapurna

Last week's G1 Investec Oaks winner Anapurna (GB) (Frankel {GB}) will not attempt an English/Irish Oaks double and will enjoy a break from training before resuming racing in the autumn. Speaking to the Racing Post her owner and breeder Mark Weinfeld of Meon Valley Stud said, “I don't think we're going to go for the Irish Oaks. She had quite a hard race and John Gosden is quite keen on giving her a break and an autumn campaign.” A Gosden trained filly has won the last two running's of the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and if the hat-trick is to be landed this year Weinfeld reckons Anapurna won't be the one to achieve it. “I'm never a great one for taking on colts with fillies. If John twisted my arm and thought it was really the way we should go it might be something else to think about. There's the Prix Royallieu at the Arc meeting which is now a Group 1 and the fillies and mares race on Champions Day at Ascot,” he added.