Eve Johnson Houghton | Cheka team turn to Fortune

Eve Johnson Houghton | Cheka team turn to Fortune. Eve Johnson Houghton hopes stable star The Cheka will convalesce to his best in Saturday's Darley July Cup at Newmarket.

She was left bemused by his run within the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot when he finished solely twelfth behind Black Caviar.

"He appears in really expert kind when Ascot. i believed he ran below par there however i can not notice a reason for it," said the Blewbury trainer.

"We did some tests and he is completely tickety boo, thus i am hoping it's only 1 of these things. sadly Neil (Callan) has been claimed to travel to York thus Jimmy Fortune goes to ride him.

"This horse does not mind any ground and that we are hopeful of an enormous run from him. it's an open race, though if Bated Breath runs he is an enormous danger."