Clive Cox is hoping My Dream Boat (Ire) (Lord Shanakill) can bounce back from a below par effort in Saturday's G1 Coral Eclipse where the 4-year-old finished fifth. A break is on the cards for Paul and Clare Rooney's colt, with Cox believing the short turnaround since his win in the G1 Prince Of Wales's S. at Royal Ascot to be a contributing factor to his performance on Saturday.
“It was below what we hoped, but giving 11lb to the 3-year-olds at this time of year can be difficult,” said Cox. “It was a combination of that and running back the short-enough distance between Ascot and Sandown. It just told, but he's fine.”
The Lambourn trainer now plans to freshen up My Dream Boat with a view to late season targets.
“We'll just give him a chance to gather himself back together and we'll be looking at an autumn campaign,” he continued. “I'd like to think we could finish up with the [G1] Champion S. He'll run again somewhere before that, which we will decide over the next few weeks.”
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