Runner-up Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2T) Go Bears Go looks to build on a fantastic junior season when he takes on four opponents on April 27 in the Merriebelle Stables Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes (G3) in Ascot.
Eqtidaar was the only horse to have run in this race before winning the Commonwealth Cup (G1). He finished second to the Invincible Army in 2018 before going on to score against Royal Ascot 12-1 the following June.
Last year’s winner Blue point was a much more talented runner, but had the misfortune of running into Caravaggio trained by Aidan O’Brien at Royal Ascot.
Go Bears Go tops the charts. He won a novice and was a close second in the Norfolk Stakes (G2), both of which had more than five points on the track last year, before adding the Railway Stakes (G2) and the second class. three at Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (G3), then recovered from two to finish in corporate group 1 at Newmarket to second in half the time Twilight Sparkle in his race Breeders ‘Cup at Del Mar.
“His job was good and he did everything as we wanted,” coach David Loughnane said of Kodi . Bear pony. “He’s one of those horses that doesn’t give you much at home so you never know exactly how well he’s progressing. But he did a very good job at Wolverhampton last week and he couldn’t have been in better form. The main question now is whether he is well trained from 2 to 3, and we won’t know until running him.”
Hierarchy finished just six behind in that Juvenile Sprint for coach Hugo Palmer, and if he breaks out better this time he’ll certainly have a good chance of making it to the finish line. reverses his Mill Reef (G2) form with practitioner Clive Cox Wings of War .
“It’s a small field with five runners and a very exciting race,” Palmer said. “He’s a tenacious horse, and like all of these Mehmas horses, he wears his heart on his sleeve. It’s hard to judge because he always does his job without doing it. we’re at home, but I’m happy with him.”
Of Wings of War, Cox said: “He’s been physically good over the winter. He was penalized Group 2 for his success at Mill Reef but I’m happy to get him back on track and he’ll be at home. very much in the dried condition.
Space Cowboys was the only race-fit horse on the field and possibly the speed corner, but the surface was a question mark for him, and a deeply impressive track and distance winner Ehraz there will be a statement if bounced from a reprehensible run at Acomb Stakes last time against Richard Hannon.
“I was really disappointed when he competed in the Acomb Stakes because I couldn’t see him beaten that day, but I think he was a very good horse. He won the money. just started his practice at Ascot in four lengths,” commented Hannon.
