By Kelsey Riley
Trainer Andre Fabre's G1 2000 Guineas hope Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead) is to be part of a potential three-pronged attack by the French trainer on Newmarket's Guineas festival, with Godolphin's Cloth Of Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) bound for the G2 Jockey Club S. on May 6 and Usherette (Ire) (Shamardal) set for the G2 Dahlia S. the following day.
Cloth Of Stars has opened his season with a pair of group wins over a mile and two furlongs, in the G3 Prix Exbury on Mar. 19 and the G2 Prix d'Harcourt on Apr. 9.
“I was delighted with Cloth Of Stars's win on Sunday, especially since he would have been better suited by a longer trip,” said Fabre. “He is also entered in the 2100 metre [G1] Prix Ganay a week before the Dunaden Jockey Club S., and I will leave it to his owners to decide where he goes, although the mile-and-a-half at Newmarket could be ideal for him.”
Usherette won last year's Dahlia followed by Royal Ascot's G2 Duke Of Cambridge S., but has not been seen since beating just one home in the G1 Falmouth S. in July after bursting a blood vessel.
“Usherette has had a long rest and it is a case of so far so good with her–she looks great, stronger than before, and has been working well,” Fabre said. “I do not intend to run her before the Charm Spirit Dahlia S., as I don't want to rush her–she goes on any ground.”
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