Break Time For Robin Of Navan

Harry Dunlop | Scoop Dyga

Robin Of Navan (Fr) (American Post {GB}) will avail of a short break following his disappointing effort in Sunday's G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly. Harry Dunlop's 3-year-old, winner of the G1 Criterium de Saint Cloud last year, finished 11th on Sunday, despite leading the field to the furlong marker.

Dunlop went to France with high hopes and was slightly deflated with the outcome commenting, “We gave it a go and for a brief moment we thought it was going to come off. He quickened once, got a break on the field but couldn't quicken a second time.”

The Lambourn trainer is hoping a further step up in trip will see the colt in better light later in the season and added, “He'll have a break now and we'll just take stock. I've no doubt we'll try him over a mile and a half at some stage and he's got an entry in the [G1] Grand Prix de Paris. He just lacked a gear in that class and it turned into a sprint.”

 

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