Ongoing Journey

[Wandering Eyes]

Monday’s card at Chantilly features the G3 Prix de Guiche, with the omnipresent Charlie Appleby stable represented by their beau ideal Glorious Journey (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). With 2.6million guineas to justify, the 2016 Tattersalls October Sale joint-topper has started in the right manner with success in the seven-furlong G3 Prix la Rochette at Saint-Cloud in September and an encouraging fourth in the G3 Craven S. at a mile at Newmarket Apr. 19. “Glorious Journey has come forward for his run in the Craven Stakes and the step up to nine furlongs should suit him,” Appleby said. “Both of those factors should make him very competitive.” Godolphin are also represented by the Andre Fabre-trained Zucchini (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who is an unknown quantity having scored by a short neck over 7 1/2 furlongs at Saint-Cloud in November. The operation’s Lisa-Jane Graffard commented, “Zucchini didn’t win by a huge margin on his only start, but he is a colt that we like. He is a good-looking horse with a nice action and we will hopefully find out a bit more about him on Monday.” Also here is the Ed Dunlop-trained Alternative Fact (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}), who was last seen finishing second to Wootton (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) at Deauville in October.

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