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Asiatic Boy on course for Goodwood
The preparation of star three-year-old Asiatic Boy is progressing perfectly with the colt due to make his eagerly awaited English debut against Europe’s top milers in Goodwood’s Group 1 Sussex Stakes on August 1.
Asiatic Boy has had a break since creating history at the Dubai International racing Carnival, winning on four occasions, including the Dubai Triple Crown of the UAE 2000 Guineas, Al Bastakiya and UAE Derby.
His aggregate winning margin for the four races was 25.75 lengths.
Speaking on the UK’s At The Races de Kock said everything was progressing well and Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum’s colt was on target for Goodwood.
“He needed a break. Obviously he had a hard campaign in Dubai, but he is going very nicely and he will be at Goodwood first before going on to the Juddmonte International at York which is his main mission.
“I think his best distance will be about a mile to nine furlongs but he might just be lacking a bit of match practice for the Sussex - it could count against him a little.
“He is quite a natural athlete and you’ve got to expect when he steps onto the track that he will put it in.
“What we have to see is whether he is as effective on turf as he is on dirt, that’s the big question mark I think,” de Kock told At The Races.
“He works at home like a pretty awesome horse. He’s done it in Dubai against his own age group and I feel that if he can do it against older horses, we can maybe start to get a little carried away.”
Asiatic Boy is rated the equal of the dual Guineas winner Cockney Rebel and is one of 24 horses still in the Sussex Stakes at the latest forfeit stage with one of his possible rivals being Godolphin’s recent Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes winner Ramonti.