Caius Chorister camp keeping Goodwood options open
David Menuisier does not want to face Kyprios again at the Sussex track.
David Menuisier is still to decide Caius Chorister’s assignment at the Qatar Goodwood Festival, keen to avoid meeting Gold Cup hero Kyprios for a second time. Owned by the enthusiastic Clive Washbourn, the five-year-old was a handicap winner at the ‘Glorious’ meeting in 2022, but since then her stock has risen to the point where she is now a genuine top-level performer over staying distances. A convincing winner of Saint-Cloud’s Prix Belle de Nuit last autumn, Caius Chorister has taken her form to the next level this term with narrow defeats in both the Sagaro Stakes and Henry II Stakes, teeing-up a shot at the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.COLTRANE wins his second Longines Sagaro Stakes, outstaying SWEET WILLIAM and seeing off the late charge of CAIUS CHORISTER 🏆 well done to @oismurphy @AndrewBalding2 and the Mariscottis. Will he go one better in this year’s Gold Cup at #RoyalAscot? pic.twitter.com/i8TB16bvQt
— Ascot Racecourse (@Ascot) May 1, 2024
She failed to last home the stamina-sapping two-and-a-half-mile trip on that occasion, but her handler remains confident of taking on the majority of the staying division again over slightly shorter – apart from Kyprios. His name amongst the list of Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup participants would see the Qatar Lillie Langtry Stakes come onto the radar as an alternative. “She’s as bright as a button, as they say. She clearly just didn’t stay, but she has come out of the race as bright as anything really and is ready to go again,” said Menuisier. “She’s different to any other horse we’ve ever had, she is made of different stuff, she is just the toughest thing ever. “Glorious Goodwood will be the next stop, either for the Goodwood Cup if Kyprios does not turn up, or the Lillie Langtry if he does, because Kyprios is by far the best stayer in Europe and wherever he goes, we will avoid him.
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