Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted May 28, 2019 Journalists Share Posted May 28, 2019 As touched on in Tuesday’s Weekly Wrap the G1 Prince of Wales’s S. at Royal Ascot in just over three week’s time is shaping up into quite a contest and the French challenge looks set to be spear-headed by the Andre Fabre trained Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). The 5-year-old’s form tapered off a bit last autumn but he reappeared back as good as ever this year when easily winning the G1 Prix Ganay over ten and a half furlongs at ParisLongchamp in April and his trainer reports the Gestut Ammerland & Newsells Park owned entire on course for the Royal Meeting. “He’s going to run at Ascot in the Prince of Wales’s,” said Fabre. “It was an impressive performance in the Ganay and it’s quite good that he showed the speed to win over the shorter distance, so we have decided to stick to that for now.” Waldgeist was a Group 1 winning juvenile when scoring in the G1 Criterium de Saint Cloud but was winless as a 3-year-old despite some top level placings, including a short head defeat in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club. He bagged the second of his three Group 1s when winning the G1 Grand Prix de Saint Cloud last year before finishing off the year with an unlucky fourth in the G1 Hong Kong Vase in Sha Tin. “Waldgeist hurt himself in the Irish Derby as a 3-year-old, and it took him a long time to get over that, but now he’s back. Of course, Ascot will be a very tough race – looking at the runners – but Study Of Man [second in the Ganay] ran well in the D’Ispahan at the weekend, so the form looks good,” Fabre added. The post Straight To Ascot For Waldgeist appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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