Ramatuelle to get summer rest before Prix de la Foret bid
1000 Guineas and Coronation Stakes third to drop back to seven furlongs.
Chistopher Head has confirmed star filly Ramatuelle will next line up in the Qatar Prix de la Foret at ParisLongchamp on Arc weekend. The three-year-old made the step up to a mile on her last two appearances in Britain, firstly at Newmarket in the 1000 Guineas, where she was beaten half a length by Elmalka in third, before picking up another bronze medal in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot last month. The daughter of American great Justify, who is co-owned by former NBA player Tony Parker, was expected to drop down to seven furlongs for the Prix Jean Prat on Sunday, but Head revealed she will not be heading to Deauville.“The owners want to respect her and make the best programme ever for her,” Head told the PA news agency. “We are going to wait for the Prix de la Foret and then the Breeders’ Cup. That’s the idea (to drop her back to seven furlongs) and obviously the Breeders’ Cup at the end of the season on the mile is pretty much going to suit her profile. “I think it is the best bet we can get with her for the season, she is full of speed and the mile might be a bit tricky for her at the end. So, everything says she’s better on that type of distance.”
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