MAGICAL MORNING OR A DISMAL DAY, FRANKIE!

FRANKIE DETTORI will have to wait and see if he made the right choice in opting to ride Magical Morning in the bet365 Cambridgeshire at Newmarket.

The Italian ( right) could have ridden fellow John and Thady Gosden inmate and ante-post favourite Uncle Bryn in today’s big handicap feature, but instead plumped for Magical Morning — causing a reshuffle in the market following declarations.

Magical Morning is saddled with second top weight of 9st 8lb following his narrow second to Cruyff Turn in a York handicap last month, and Thady Gosden has expressed a minor concern that the good-to-firm ground may not be ideal for the four-year- old.

He said: “Frankie has obviously ridden both horses plenty — it was up to him to decide; in the end, he went for Magical Morning.

“The ground might be on the quick side for Magical Morning — but, hopefully, he’ll handle it OK.”

Uncle Bryn, who will be ridden by Robert Havlin, started the season as a Classic hope — but was gelded in May and returned to action with a frontrunning Ascot handicap success at the start of this month.

Depends

Gosden expects conditions to be in his favour, but would struggle to split the Clarehaven runners.

He added: “The ground should suit Uncle Bryn, I think. There’s probably not much between them. It just depends how it plays out on the day. Magical

Morning has got plenty of weight as well, obviously.”

Astro King is among the leading lights for Michael Stoute after a season which has seen him turn in just one unplaced effort in five starts, when well down the field in the John Smith’s Cup at York.

The four-year- old was last seen finishing third, beaten just a length by Magical Morning, at York last month and Bruce Raymond, racing manager for owner Saeed Suhail, said: “He likes fast ground, so hopefully it stays fast. Hopefully he’s in with a good shout.”