Chateau to strike Rose Bowl riches
Chateau can prove he is lord of the manor at Newbury when he bids for Listed honours in the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (IRE) Incentive Scheme Rose Bowl Stakes tomorrow.
Andrew Balding’s youngster has looked a fine operator inhisthreestartssofarandhas a great opportunity to reverse form with his conqueror on Salisbury debut, Remarkable Force.
ThesonofHavanaGoldwas an eye-catching third on that occasion having encountered plenty of traffic problems in runningandhedidn’thavethe smoothest passage once again when opening his account at Beverley next time.
That teed the colt up nicely for a run in the Windsor CastleStakesatRoyalAscotandhe went on to perform respectably from a low draw, finishing fourth to the well-regarded winner Little Big Bear.
The form of that race has a strong look to it with the second bolting up in Listed company on his next start, while Wodao (eighth) and Ramazan (11th) are others to come out of the race and score since.
With that in mind, this looks the perfect place for Chateau to step up in trip to six furlongs for the first time.
Frankie Dettori and John and Thady Gosden’s sabbatical is over and they could make hay while the sun definitely shines when they link up with Bresson in the opening R & M Electrical EBF Novice Stakes.
TheJuddmonte-ownedson of Dubawi, who is out of the GroupThree-winningShutter Speed, looks primed to strike at the third attempt following two encouraging performances so far.
On his first outing he finished a more than respectable thirdtotheusefulSydneyarms Chelsea,beforecomingwithin a head of beating subsequent Superlative Stakes runner-up, Victory Dance, when hunted downlateatNewmarketonhis second start.
The regally-bred colt looks a winner in waiting and could have been found the perfect opportunity by connections to open his account.
Therecouldbefurthersuccess for Dettori and the Gosdens in the second division of theR&MElectricalEBFNovice Stakes when the Clarehaven team unleash Lisboa, a Galileo colt out of a Group-placed sixfurlong winner.
Sense Of Wisdom kept on well to score over course and distance on debut and could add to his tally in Newmarket’s July Course Novice Stakes.
Both the second and fifth have since franked the form by finding the scoresheet and there could be plenty more to come from this smartly-bred son of Shamardal.
Also, on the July course it could be worth siding with handicap newcomer Voodoo
Queen,whoshowedagoodattitudeandplentyofclasstomake most in a Rowley Mile maiden during the Guineas weekend.