Appleby Offers Updates on Older Stars

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Barney Roy (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}) could continue to revive his racing career in the G1 Prix d’Ispahan at ParisLongchamp on May 26 before trying to claim a second success at Royal Ascot. The Excelebration gelding–who returned to racing after proving to be infertile at stud–found only one too good on his debut for Charlie Appleby in a listed race at the Berkshire track, where he claimed victory in the 2017 G1 St James’s Palace S., earlier this month.

Appleby said, “I felt like Barney ticked a lot of boxes. He showed his enthusiasm and his courage when he got into a battle. Thankfully he has come out of the race well and we will look forward to hopefully a nice summer with him. We are going to make an entry in the d’Ispahan with him, but Ascot in all probability will be his next port of call.”

Having been denied a Group 1 hat-trick on her final start of 2018 in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, stablemate Wild Illusion (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) looks set to make her comeback in the G1 Juddmonte Pretty Polly S. at The Curragh on June 28.

He added, “I will give Wild Illusion an entry in the d’Ispahan, but the Pretty Polly looks a more realistic starting point. Then we can look at the [G1 Prix Jean] Romanet [at Deauville on Aug. 18] afterwards and take the rest of the season from there.”

Old Persian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) could be seen out sooner than expected, with Appleby not ruling out supplementing this year’s G1 Sheema Classic hero for the G1 Investec Coronation Cup at Epsom on May 31.

“Old Persian has travelled back from Dubai now,” said Appleby. “He is a horse that I’m far from saying could be supplemented, but he has the profile and if the race [Coronation] was breaking down it could be looked at.”

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