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Following a notable second-place finish in the Irish Derby, Sunway is now on track for the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Despite a somewhat subdued start to the season compared to his Gr.1-winning form of the previous year, the Galiway colt made a strong comeback at the Curragh, finishing just three-quarters of a length behind Los Angeles.
This promising performance adds to trainer David Menuisier’s list of near-classic successes this year, with Tamfana and War Chimes also falling just short in the 1000 Guineas and Oaks.
“He’s absolutely grand, it seems like he didn’t have a hard race and fingers crossed we can run him in the King George,” said Menuisier.
“That would be the race to run him in if we could. He was unlucky in the Prix du Jockey Club (seventh) but he had definitely come on for his previous races and I think he had definitely come on for his last run. I don’t know whether he was a bit rusty or whatever.
“The horse is so talented that he doesn’t do much at home, so sometimes he needs a bit of a reminder that he’s in competition – he just needed a couple of races to put him back in the mood.
“He doesn’t need cheekpieces, I run him in a sheepskin noseband and that seems to do the trick, I don’t think he needs any more than that.”