Gosden Trio in Good Nick

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John Gosden’s trio of MG1SWs Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), and Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) are well in advance of their next engagements, the trainer revealed during a media event on the Newmarket gallops on Monday. The dual Arc heroine and Breeders’ Cup victress landed her first G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. in 2017, and bids to become the third dual winner and first this century after Dahlia (Vaguely Noble {Ire}) (1973/74) and Swain (Ire) (Nashwan) (1997/98). She was most recently seen in action taking Sandown’s G1 Coral-Eclipse S. earlier this month in her 5-year-old bow.

“Enable has been in good form since Sandown,” Gosden said during a media event on the Newmarket gallops on Monday. “Enable was just going through the motions [during training], but two weeks before Sandown you saw all her passion and enthusiasm come out for racing. Suddenly, Frankie [Dettori] was hanging on rather than saying ‘Can we go a little faster dear.’ She worked on Saturday with Frankie on her. We were going to work on the grass, but we did not get enough rain so she worked on the all-weather.

“I think we probably have seen the best of her. Hopefully, we can get through Ascot, then you have [the G1 Juddmonte International S. at] York [on Aug. 21] and the Arc. It is a big ask for any horse, but as you saw there, right now she is proud and happy within herself.”

Lord Lloyd-Webber homebred Too Darn Hot was last seen demolishing the field in the G1 Qatar Prix Jean Prat at Deauville on July 7. The ‘TDN Rising Star’ came out of that race well and was in action at HQ on Monday morning in advance of the July 31 Qatar Sussex S.

“I think we have got him back in the right place now and I was most impressed with the way he hit the line at Deauville over seven furlongs,” said Gosden. “His ideal distance is probably somewhere between seven furlongs and an easy mile, I doubt we will be trying to go further than that. My only concern at Goodwood is that I will be watching the draw with anxious eyes. You need agility at Goodwood and to that extent I think it is the kind of mile that he will appreciate.”

Of the races potentially on the star colt’s dance card later in the season, the master of Clarehaven commented, “I am not frightened of looking at a Prix du Moulin [at ParisLongchamp on Sept. 8] and then there is the possibility of a [GI] Breeders’ Cup [Mile at Santa Anita] at the end of year over a two-turn mile [Nov. 2]. We have entered him for the [Sept. 7] Haydock Sprint Cup over six furlongs and he will probably get an entry in the sprint on Champions Day [Oct. 19] too.”

Stradivarius exits a one-length win in the G1 Gold Cup during Royal Ascot, and he is gunning for his third G1 Goodwood Cup S., which is slated for July 30.

Said Gosden, “Stradivarius worked on Saturday and did his usual thing; he went a length clear and said that’s it, I have done my bit. We are very happy with him ahead of the Qatar Goodwood Cup.”

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