MG1SW Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), who races for John Dance and trainer Karl Burke, is eyeing a return in the May 18 G1 Lockinge S. at Newbury, Racing Post reported on Sunday. Successful in the G1 Prix Saint-Alary, G1 Prix de Diane, G1 Matron S. and G1 Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot S. as a sophomore, the bay tired to eighth when last seen in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot in October.
“She's all good at the moment, we've started stepping her up into more serious work and she seems to be in great shape,” Dance told Racing Post. “Everyone seems to be happy with her and PJ [McDonald] had his first sit on her last week and said she dragged him to the top of the gallops. As always, you keep your fingers crossed things go smoothly, but if they do then we should make a reappearance in the Lockinge. It's a fairly warm race to come back in, but there aren't too many races we can go for.”
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