John Grogan | Katla in line for Summer special

John Grogan | Katla in line for Summer special. Katla might next Friday be back at the scene of her finest hour once she created a sudden come to make at the Curragh on Saturday.

County Tipperary handler John Grogan, who has simply the one horse in coaching, has the cluster 3 Summer Stakes at York in mind for the four-year-old filly once she defied a lean spell to require third place within the Sapphire Stakes.

Connections of Katla have halcyon recollections of York once she won the Rockingham Stakes on the Knavesmire 2 years ago.

Grogan said: "She's o.k. in herself and it absolutely was a true come to make at the Curragh.

"They went some pace timely, which forever plays to her hands.

"We've got heaps to deem, however there is a cluster 3 race for fillies at York that we'd  opt for.

"There's additionally a Listed race over six furlongs at Fairyhouse on Sunday week (Belgrave Stakes)."

A big show at either York or Fairyhouse can see Grogan raise the bar even higher.

"We'd wish to win a race at Listed or cluster 3 level and then we will begin thinking huge - one thing like Haydock (the Sprint Cup)," said the County Tipperary handler, who additionally owns and bred Katla.

"I'd be thinking as a breeder, thus we have got to play the long game by attempting to urge a win out of her as a two-, three-, and four-year-old."