Classic Winner Cachet Eyeing Sceptre Return At Doncaster

Classic winner Cachet (Ire) (Aclaim {Ire}) is approaching her long-awaited return and is targeting the G3 Sceptre S. at Doncaster during the St Leger meeting next week, trainer George Boughey revealed.

Boughey told SBK, “I'm very happy with her. She's in as good a form as I could have her considering the lay-off she's had. She's been away to Chelmsford, and we worked her at Kempton on Thursday morning. She's worked in between on fast ground at home in Newmarket. Fast ground is really key to her. The surfaces on the all-weather are very deep at the moment due to the heat. Her work is good away from home but it's even better on the grass.”

Placed in the G2 Rockfel S. and G1 Fillies' Mile and fourth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf as a juvenile, the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing runner won the G3 Nell Gwyn S. upon resuming as a 3-year-old. The 'TDN Rising Star' then ran out a narrow winner of the G1 1000 Guineas and as second in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches in May of 2022. Last seen running fifth in Royal Ascot's G1 Coronation S. that June, she has been on the sidelines since. Boughey is considering either the G1 Sun Chariot S. at Newmarket on Oct. 7, or the G1 Prix de la Foret at ParisLongchamp on Oct. 1 after her Sceptre start, with a return to the Breeders' Cup also a possibility.

“If we get a warm autumn and the Sun Chariot S. comes up good or better, then that would be my preference over the Forêt,” he added. “She's proven how good she is at Newmarket's Rowley Mile. The Breeders' Cup has always been in the back of our minds at the end of the year too, but there are a few bridges to cross before we get there.”