Dubai World Cup Carnival star Tryster will be aimed at next month’s Juddmonte International Stakes at York.
Tryster’s lethal turn of foot at Meydan Racecourse resulted in two devastating wins followed by a fine third to Japanese raider Real Steel in the Dubai Turf in March.
Tryster was later no match for My Dream Boat on his first start in Europe running fifth on unsuitably soft ground in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot a fortnight ago.
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Ascot is a right-handed racecourse in contrast to Meydan and York, and with the probability of a faster surface on August 17, trainer Charlie Appleby is looking forward to the five-year-old son of Shamardal taking his chance.
“He has come out of Ascot well,” he said. “I was very pleased with the run given the conditions as he saw it out well.
“We are not using this an excuse, but I think he is a better horse on a left-handed track, so I imagine I won’t be running him at Ascot or Sandown again.
“I feel that he is better on a flatter track while he wants quick ground. If he gets that he will be competitive at that level.”
On the Knavesmire, Tryster could well face Time Test, Khalid Abdullah’s colt, who could still run in this Saturday’s Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.
Time Test, a son of Dubawi, is potentially a Group 1 horse on fast ground. Rain scuppered his Royal Ascot bid.
Others who may also line up in the north of England include last year’s Dubai Turf runner-up The Grey Gatsby, who was one place ahead of Tryster at Royal Ascot, and The Gurkha, a favourite for the Eclipse Stakes and stablemate US Army Ranger.
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