Sir Michael Stoute discusses his colt’s return to the track in Saturday’s Dewhurst Stakes, while there’s an interesting runner at Catterick later today
Sir Michael Stoute, whose colt Expert Eye is odds-on to win the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday, said on Tuesday morning that his two-month absence from the track since winning the Vintage Stakes at Glorious Goodwood will be “no excuse” if his juvenile fails to deliver this weekend.
Expert Eye’s four-and-a-half length success on the Sussex Downs was the most visually striking performance by a two-year-old in Europe this season, and the strength of the form has been underlined by subsequent wins for several of the colts who were strung out behind him. James Garfield, who finished fourth, took the Group Two Mill Reef Stake at Newbury last month, while Seahenge, who was fifth, landed the Group Two Champagne Stakes at Doncaster next time up.
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