Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), a Group 1 winner in three different countries, has Royal Ascot pencilled in for his European comeback following a lacklustre performance when attempting to defend his crown in the G1 Saudi Cup in February.
“Everything seems good and he's had a good rest following his Saudi Cup run. All things seem to be pointing to Royal Ascot at the moment,” said Ted Voute, racing manager to the 5-year-old's owner/breeder Prince Faisal.
“He hasn't had the best of luck [at Ascot], but two of his runs have been on Champions Day when he hasn't had the right ground to suit him.”
Voute indicated that Mishriff, trained by John and Thady Gosden, will also be given entries for the G1 Coral-Eclipse, in which he was third last year, ahead of an attempt for back-to-back wins in the G1 Juddmonte International at York in August.
He added, “The plan has been to wait till Ascot, but they can change with him, because he can become quite keen to get back to the racecourse and John suddenly says we have to find him something, but the plan so far is to head to Ascot and see how we get on.”
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