JOY HAS GUINEAS TARGET

Article taken from the TDN
 

Khalid Abdullah’s  unbeaten Sense of Joy (GB) (DANSILI {GB}) will be aimed at the G1 Stan James 1000 Guineas at Newmarket May 4, connections confirmed yesterday. Last year’s G3 Prestige S. winner featured among the 74 fillies entered for the ,375,000 mile Classic at the latest stage and trainer John Gosden is happy with her progress. ‘If it suits, she can run in a trial but she doesn’t have to,’ Gosden said. ‘If I think she needs another week or 10 days, she’ll get it.’

Aidan O’Brien has a squad of seven headed by Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor’s G1 Fillies’ Mile heroine Listen (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) and Diane Nagle and Magnier’s G2 Rockfel S. winner Kitty Matcham (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), while Jim Bolger has six involved including Ennistown Stud’s G1 Pheonix S. and G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Saoirse Abu (Mr. Greeley) and his own Goffs Fillies= Million scorer Lush Lashes (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). ‘Saoirse Abu has wintered well and is well forward,’ the Coolcullen conditioner said yesterday.‘She looks on target for the 1000 Guineas on May 4, which is also the target for Lush Lashes. She would have a Guineas trial beforehand, although I am not sure where that would be at the moment. She has wintered well and seems a much stronger filly this year--as you would expect.’

Alain de Royer-Dupre has entered His Highness the Aga Khan’s impressive G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Zarkava (Ire) (ZAMINDAR), while Pascal Bary will be represented by Stefan Friborg’s G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Natagora (Fr) (Divine Light {Jpn}).

Date:   07 March 08