Trainer Ed Dunlop feels Snow Fairy is “fit enough to do herself justice” as she makes her eagerly anticipated return in the Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville on Sunday.
The incredible mare landed the English and Irish Oaks in 2010 and completed a memorable year with victories in Japan and Hong Kong.
After some creditable performances in defeat last season, the five-year-old successfully defended her title in the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup at Kyoto, but has since been sidelined by injury.
“It’s great to be discussing her again, I can assure you,” Dunlop said.
“She had a leg injury after Japan and had to have some time off, but after much help from many people, we think she’s ready to have her first run.
“We’re obviously not going to know how ready she is until she races, but she’s bigger and stronger.
“Her work has been to a very good standard, but we’re realistic enough to know it’s her first run for a long time.
“Ryan Moore has been very helpful and has ridden her work three times.
“She’s actually galloped on the Rowley Mile (at Newmarket), she’s been to Sandown and she’s been to Lingfield, so she’s had a bit of action already.”
Snow Fairy heads a strong raiding party from Britain.
Sir Henry Cecil’s Timepiece aims to get off the mark for the year having filled the runner-up spot in the Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.
She is reopposed by Roger Charlton’s Nassau fourth, Sea Of Heartbreak, and the sixth home, John Gosden’s beaten favourite, Izzi Top.
