MONTEREY In Line For Ascot Stakes Run

Go Go Go Horserace: MONTEREY In Line For Ascot Stakes Run. Monterey may create a fast reappearance within the Ascot Stakes at the Royal meeting on Tuesday following his success at Newmarket on Saturday.

Surrey trainer Robert Mills had hoped the lightly-raced gelding would have won at Salisbury on his seasonal debut to book his place within the marathon handicap, however he was frustrated by inexperience.

He may solely end third behind Kangaroo Court that day however showed the good thing about that outing to get in good vogue at Headquarters.

"The plan was to undertake to win at Salisbury thus he'd get in at Ascot, however he simply veered and ran faraway from the opposite horses. He was terribly inexperienced and inexperienced," said Mills.

"As that did not move to set up we have a tendency to had to run him on Saturday with a read to obtaining his rating up. He duly obliged, the sole draw back was that it absolutely was terribly near Royal Ascot.

"He's in on the Tuesday within the two-and-a-half-mile handicap, thus we have a tendency to'll see how he's and if he is OK we go."

Mills is wanting to run Petara Bay within the long-distance race that closes the meeting on Saturday week, the Queen Alexandra Stakes.

"He's still heading in the right direction for the Queen Alexandra at the instant. we have some work to try and do at the weekend," said Mills.

"Providing he comes through that OK we have a tendency to are still heading that manner.

"If for any reason that was to alter he is still within the Northumberland Plate.

"We try terribly laborious to induce him to Ascot because it appearance he'll get his ground."

Another horse facing an important workout is Ewell Place before a attainable tilt at the Jersey Stakes on Wednesday.

"Like everywhere the weather has been atrocious. he is a got a final piece of labor at the weekend," said Mills.

"We'd have liked to possess had a prep run however it has been stop-start with the horse.

"If he comes through the weekend OK we're over probably to travel."