Burke hopeful of late-season campaign with Fallen Angel
Irish Guineas heroine was forced to miss Coronation Stakes.
Karl Burke is targeting an autumn campaign with Fallen Angel after injury ruled the Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine out of an intended appearance at Royal Ascot last week. A Group One-winning two-year-old in last season’s Moyglare Stud Stakes, the daughter of Too Darn Hot disappointed as favourite for the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, but showed her true colours on her return to Ireland to claim Classic glory last month. She was all set to line up in what looked a stellar edition of the Coronation Stakes – and while a setback suffered the week before means she is now on the easy list, Burke fully expects to have his star filly back on the racecourse before the end of the campaign.“She’ll be back in steady work in the next week or so, but we won’t rush her back, we’ll prepare her from September onwards.” While Burke enjoyed a Royal Ascot double courtesy of Shareholder in the Norfolk Stakes and Leovanni in the Queen Mary, Fallen Angel was not his only high-profile absentee. Elite Status was considered a major contender for the Commonwealth Cup before he knocked a joint on the journey from North Yorkshire, while exciting juvenile Andesite had to miss the Coventry Stakes after suffering a freak accident in the box.
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