Group 1 winner Power Blue is aiming toward the seven-furlong G1 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes next month, according to trainer Adrian Murray.
The son of Space Blues ran second in the G3 Marble Hill Stakes in May before a fifth-place run at Royal Ascot in the G2 Coventry Stakes. Back in the frame with a third in the G2 Railway Stakes to True Love (No Nay Never) at the Curragh in July, the colt defeated that filly in the Phoenix Stakes earlier this month.
“I'm looking forward to the National Stakes with Power Blue and stepping up a furlong might even suit him better,” said Murray, who confirmed that Group 1 scorer Bucanero Fuerte (Wootton Bassett) will run on the same card in the G1 Flying Five Stakes after his win in the G3 Phoenix Sprint.
“You would have to be looking at him being a possible Guineas horse and he would be entitled to be entered for those races.
“It will all depend on how he progresses from two to three but he's done nothing but improve and he's always been competitive, even when he has been beaten. Win or lose, he always shows up on the day and he ran a blinder the other day.
“His form is top-drawer stuff and he's proving he's a top-drawer horse.”
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