Last year's G2 Royal Lodge S. winner Roaring Lion (Kitten's Joy), third as the favourite in last week's G3 Craven S., looks likely to bypass the May 5 G1 2000 Guineas, with trainer John Gosden telling At The Races, “The way he trains, it looks like the Dante/Prix du Jockey Club will be a smart move for him.”
The G2 Dante S. will be staged at York on May 17, and the G1 Prix du Jockey Club is at Chantilly on June 3.
Owned by Qatar Racing, Roaring Lion was also beaten a neck by Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in last year's G1 Racing Post Trophy.
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