Smart two-year-old Masar is to be aimed at the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar, USA, on November 3 and misses Saturday’s G1 Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster.

Charlie Appleby believes the New Approach colt has a similar profile to Outstrip, who gave the trainer his first taste of Breeders’ Cup success at Santa Anita in 2013.

“Masar is a very consistent young horse, who is more confident when running on a quicker surface,” Appleby explained.

“With Doncaster on the slow side, I think Del Mar is the preferable option for him. His profile is very like Outstrip’s. 

“He’s a G3 winner (Sandown’s Solario Stakes), and G1 placed (Chantilly’s Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere), so he brings a high level of form to Del Mar,” the trainer added.

Masar, who has never been out of the first three in four starts, was not beaten far by Happily and Olmedo in the Lagardere but was slightly inconvenienced by the ground.

Appleby believes that Loxley, another New Approach colt, will not look out of place in the Racing Post Trophy, for which he has been supplemented.

He said the inexperienced juvenile has progressed significantly since dead-heating for first (with Istanbul Sultan) in a Goodwood novice on October 15.

“It’s asking a lot of this horse to step up to a G1, but I feel he learnt a lot at Goodwood on his first outing, and he has come forward for that experience,” the trainer added.

In other two-year-old news, Mythical Magic is a confirmed runner in Saturday’s G3 Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury. “He’s come out of his trip to Chantilly well, and I feel the drop back in trip will suit him,” Appleby said.

fonte : Godolphin