G1 Irish 2000 Guineas winner Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) has emerged from an eighth-place finish in last Wednesday's G1 Sussex S. none worse for the wear, and trainer Kevin Prendergast said he does not yet have a next start in mind for the Shadwell colourbearer.
“He came home fine,” the veteran conditioner said. “He's a little bit tired and stiff, but other than that he's alright.”
Prendergast put the disappointing effort down to the racing surface.
“I think the ground was just too fast for him–he's a good-ground horse,” he said. “I was disappointed, but these things happen and we live to fight another day. No decision has been made on where we go next with him. The main thing is to get him back on song.”
Awtaad bested the G1 2000 Guineas winner Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) in the Irish Guineas, and was third behind that rival and the subsequent Sussex winner The Gurkha (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 St James's Palace S. at Royal Ascot.
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