Ex-pat Australian trainer Jeremy Gask reports Medicean Man to be on course for Royal Ascot despite a slight scare following his victory at Haydock on Friday.
The seven-year-old sprinter took in a piece of turf during the Achilles Stakes and had to stay the night at the track.
However, he was well enough to travel back to Gask’s base in Wiltshire on Saturday morning and appears to have made a quick recovery.
“He did it very well and showed that on his day he is a very nice horse and I think he can come on for that,” Gask said.
“He knows he’s had a run. He swallowed, or inhaled, a clot of turf and he was a little bit uncomfortable on the course on Friday night.
“He stayed up at Haydock, but he’s fine now and has been in the paddock back home. He had a pretty uncomfortable night, and it was unfortunate what happened, but he’ll be fine.”
Gask felt Medicean Man might need his first run since returning after racing in Dubai earlier in the year and is now looking forward to preparing him for the King’s Stand Stakes on June 18.
Medicean Man is a three-times winner at the track and was fourth in the five-furlong (1000m) Group One last year.
Gask has also given him an entry in the Sapphire Stakes at the Curragh on Irish Derby evening on June 29.
“The King’s Stand is the next step now all things being well,” he said.
“The race at the Curragh is a possibility. We just threw that in so we could have a look.”
Gask moved to England from South Australia in 2007 and has around 50 horses in work.
