By Daithi Harvey
John Gosden has won the G1 Qatar Nassau S. at Glorious Goodwood three times in the last five years and the Newmarket trainer is planning a dual assault on the £600,000 contest Aug. 3. His 4-year-old So Mi Dar (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has not been seen in action since losing her unbeaten record when third to Speedy Boarding (GB) (Shamardal) in the G1 Prix de l'Opera Longines at Chantilly last October and Gosden plans to go straight to Goodwood with the Lloyd-Webbers' homebred after various minor issues have kept her on the sidelines thus far.
“I didn't run her at York in the Middleton because it was very soft ground,” Gosden said. “We saved her for the Brigadier Gerard and she got high muscle enzymes. She's getting over it fine now. I'd love to be running her in the [G1] Falmouth this week, but it's a touch soon, so we'll go straight for the Nassau with her.”
The Nassau S. is also the plan for the Gosden-trained 'TDN Rising Star' Shutter Speed (GB) (Dansili {GB}) who lost her unbeaten record when fourth in the G1 Prix De Diane Longines at Chantilly last month, having previously landed the G3 Tattersalls Musidora S. at York, a race also won by her abovementioned stablemate last year. While seemingly beaten fair and square in France behind the winner Senga (Blame), Gosden said he thinks she can do better in different circumstances.
“She just found the journey and heat too much that day,” he said. “She wasn't quite herself. She's in great form and we're pointing towards the Nassau.”
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