Last year's GI Beverly D. S. winner Euro Charline (GB) (Myboycharlie {Ire}), scratched behind the gates after failing to load for the G2 Duke of Cambridge S. at Royal Ascot, has passed a gate test and is on track for the July 10 G1 Falmouth S. at Newmarket.
“What happened at Royal Ascot came completely out of the blue as, apart from on her 2-year-old debut, she has never had an issue [with the stalls],” said trainer Marco Botti. “So she was forced to miss a race that we had been aiming at for a long time, but it might end up working to our advantage as she will go to the Falmouth as a fresh horse. It has been a bit of a rush to get her a stalls test, as you usually have to wait for two weeks, but she did one last week and walked straight in, without a blindfold or any help, and I hope that she will be just the same on Friday.”
The 4-year-old Euro Charline will be making her first public appearance since a fourth in the G1 Dubai Turf at Meydan Mar. 28, which was her first outing since the Beverly D. last August.
“I thought that she ran really well in Dubai considering that it was not the plan to make the running–she just broke too well and ended up getting a bit lit up,” said Botti of the Team Valor colorbearer. “With some cover she would have finished much closer.”
Those still in the mix for the Falmouth include Duke of Cambridge winner Amazing Maria (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}); last year's dual French Classic winner Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}); Godolphin's Group 2-winning and Classic-placed Lucida (Ire) (Shamardal) and Fintry (Ire) (Shamardal).
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