Miss Temple City (Temple City), a highly respectable fourth in last year's G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot, is set for a return trip to the Royal meeting this year, with the G2 Duke of Cambridge S. her target. The 4-year-old, owned by Sagamore Farm, Allen Rosenblum and The Club Racing and trained by Graham Motion, bested males to win the GI Maker's 46 Mile S. at Keeneland Apr. 15.
Sean Feld, representing The Club, said Miss Temple City exited that race “great.”
“When she won at Keeneland, she was also cross-entered in the race that Tepin won [the Coolmore Jenny Wiley S.], but the way that race shaped up on paper, we thought it would be better to take on the colts in the Maker's 46 Mile,” said Feld. “We were not expecting to win, and she ran much better than we all thought she would. She has grown and looks totally different to what she looked like last year. She is bigger and has much more weight on her. She has gone from being a nice big filly to basically looking like a colt.”
Feld said Miss Temple City would not have another start before the Duke of Cambridge, and could continue her campaign in Europe after the Royal meeting.
“The [G1] Falmouth S. at Newmarket [July 8] is also on the radar for her,” he noted. “It is obviously difficult to say what race you will go to after her next race, but Newmarket is definitely an option for her. We were on the same flight as all the Wesley Ward horses last year and I think that will probably be the plan once again. That is scheduled to arrive the Friday before Royal Ascot. She went to stay at David Lanigan's yard last year and that will be the same once again.”
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