Ed Dunlop is keeping his sights firmly on the weather as he plots the next race for multiple Group One winner Snow Fairy.
The Newmarket trainer is keen to run last season’s dual Classic winner at York next week in either the Juddmonte International or the Yorkshire Oaks.
However, should the ground turn soft on the Knavesmire then the four-year-old could switch to Deauville for the Prix Jean Romanet on Sunday week.
“The ground will determine where we go, but if it came up soft at York we might well keep Snow Fairy back for Deauville on August 21 in the hope that underfoot conditions would be more suitable for the Prix Jean Romanet, a mile and a quarter (2000m) Group One race for fillies and mares only,” he said.
“Obviously, we would like to run Snow Fairy at York, where she could either take on the colts in the Juddmonte International or stay with her own sex and run in the Yorkshire Oaks, but it will all depend on the ground as it can sometimes come up soft on the Knavesmire.
“Snow Fairy is very well and looks to have improved again since she ran so well against Midday in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood.
“I suspected she might as she had been off a long time before she ran in the Eclipse, and she definitely seems to be progressing. We can only hope that she gets her favoured fast ground either at York or in France,” the Newmarket handler told www.edunlop.com.
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