Philippart de Foy Outlines Plans for ‘Exciting’ Ghostwriter

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Kevin Philippart de Foy has outlined plans to travel his new recruit Ghostwriter over next winter. Now training for Amo Racing, having replaced Raphael Freire at the operation's Freemason Lodge Stables in Newmarket, Philippart de Foy has had the four-year-old under his wing since he reared over at Newmarket and was subsequently withdrawn from the Princess of Wales's Stakes when trained by Clive Cox.

“Ghostwriter is a really exciting horse, Clive has done an excellent job with him and now we just need to carry on that work,” he said of the G2 Royal Lodge Stakes winner.

“There will be some exciting winter targets and he is a horse that is probably going to be travelling over the winter and into next year as well.

“The idea for him is to become that high-profile flagbearer for the yard. We're just going to let him settle in and get used to surroundings and take our time with him.

“He's a highly-talented horse and we want to do everything right by him and once he tells us he's ready to run, we'll get him to the races.”

Philippart de Foy has also taken charge of Amo Racing's Coronation Stakes fourth Cathedral and the unraced two-year-old Partying, a daughter of Frankel and Aljazzi who was bought for 4.4 million gns at Tattersalls last year. Both fillies were previously trained by Ralph Beckett.

Philippart de Foy said of Cathedral, “She's a filly which will probably go to Sandown for the Atlanta at the end of the month, then we will take it from there. She showed she is very good over a mile in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and then might not have stayed the extra furlong in France last time when the ground was a bit slow that day.

“We'll bring her back to a mile on faster conditions and she has arrived in great shape.”

He continued, “[Partying] is a very exciting filly to be training. We're not asking too many questions at the moment, but it's so far so good and she's a really exciting filly going forward.

“We'll look to get her on track towards the back end of the year and hopefully she can deliver and prove to be another exciting prospect for Amo.”

He added of his move from Induna Stables to Freemason Lodge, “Training for Amo Racing is a real privilege and I'm delighted with how things have started. It's been a smooth transition and hopefully it's going to be an exciting couple of months coming up.

“When you start training these are the type of horses you are always targeting training and when I started five years ago I could only dream of training these types, so I'm obviously delighted but I have just got to deliver now.”

 

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