Saint Cloud Green Light For Permian

Mark Johnston has supplemented Permian (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) for the G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris at Saint Cloud this Friday. Having decided against letting him take his chance in last weekend's G1 Coral Eclipse at Sandown, Johnston said he believes the colt has a stronger chance of adding a Group 1 to his CV in Friday's Bastille Day event. On his only other try at Group 1 level Permian flopped in the G1 Epsom Derby, but bounced right back to his best on his next start when winning the G2 King Edward VII S. at Royal Ascot, his second Group 2 victory this season.

Speaking ahead of the tough colt's seventh outing this year, Charlie Johnston, son and assistant to Mark said, “It's a half a million euros Group 1, so it would be a fantastic race to win. He's won the two best Group 2 races for 3-year-olds, so the natural progression is to go back into Group 1 company and it looks quite an attractive option.”