Three-time Group 1 winner Redkirk Warrior (GB) (Notnowcato {GB}) will remain in the Northern Hemisphere and point to the July 14 1200-metre G1 July Cup co-trainer David Hayes told Racing.com on Monday morning. The chestnut, who is also trained by Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig, ran an uncharacteristic poor race to be 10th behind Merchant Navy (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) when contesting the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot on Saturday.
“We were really disappointed with the run,” Hayes told Racing.com. “History tells us that he's let us down very few times, but every time he's traveled, he's never run to his best, so there was always that nagging doubt in the back of our minds. Looking forward, Newmarket is where he's trained, he doesn't have to travel and he worked very well on the course proper there, so we think that we're here, we might give him one more chance [in the July Cup].”
In other July Cup news, G1 King's Stand S. runner-up and MG1SW Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) will not take part and instead point to the G2 King George S. at Goodwood on Aug. 3.
“He won't run in the July Cup,” said Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's racing manager Angus Gold. “He wouldn't get six furlongs in a horsebox on the way he ran the other day. We'll probably look towards Goodwood and York [for the G1 Nunthorpe S. on Aug. 24] again, I'd imagine.
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