July Cup Next For Advertise; Meade Gets Houtzen

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Last week’s G1 Commonwealth Cup winner Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) will likely tackle older horses in the G1 July Cup on July 13 before further Group 1 tests in France later this season.

“I think the vague idea at the moment is to think about the July Cup–then the Prix Maurice de Gheest over 6 1/2 furlongs looks tailor-made for him, absolutely up his street,” said trainer Martyn Meade. “Then we’d like to end up in the [G1 Prix de la] Foret over seven. That’s what we’re thinking at the moment–I don’t think he’ll go back to a mile.”

Advertise, who was never out of the top two last year and won the G1 Phoenix S., was bouncing back off a lacklustre effort when 15th in the G1 2000 Guineas.

“As a Group 1 winner at two and three, he’s already booked his next career,” Meade added. “Whatever he does now is a bonus.”

Meade has added another high-profile sprinter to his stable, with Houtzen (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) transfered from Toby Edmonds for the remainder of the season. Meade said she is likely to target the G2 King George S. at Goodwood on Aug 2.

“She’s a nice one to get. We’ve trained for the owners before, so she’s going to come here for the rest of this season,” said Meade. “I think we’ll stick to five–the good sprint at Goodwood will be the plan. I’ll just have to assess how she is and see how she adapts to her new surroundings and then make a plan.

Houtzen blew all chance last week in the King’s Stand after stumbling leaving the stalls.

“It was unfortunate what happened in the King’s Stand. It was a long way to come for that to happen and over five furlongs, you simply can’t afford anything like that. It was so frustrating, of all the things. We’re very pleased to get her and hopefully she can put her best foot forward.”

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