The consistent Reach For The Moon (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) will reappear in a mid-May trial for the G1 Cazoo Derby in June, according to co-trainer John Gosden. A runner in the colours of Her Majesty The Queen, the bay ran second in his first two starts, including in a Royal Ascot listed affair in June. He broke his maiden at third asking in a novice stakes at Newbury going seven furlongs on July 16 and added the G3 Solario S. at Sandown by four lengths on Aug. 21. Reach For The Moon signed off his juvenile season with a narrow second in the G2 Champagne S. at Doncaster on Sept. 11.
Gosden, who trains with his son Thady, told ITV Racing, “He's coming back, but it's a slow process and whether it all comes too soon, we'll know more in three weeks really. The key thing is by the middle of May he is running in a trial and time will be of the essence.
“At the moment he's moving along well, but you know, when you get an interruption like that and he went back home, then came back to us, it's not the ideal flow through the autumn, winter and spring, that's for certain.”
Reflecting on the potential of fielding a Derby runner for The Queen during her Platinum Jubilee year, Gosden added, “You do what's right by the horse and that is what we will do no matter what anyone thinks, and that is what the owner would want.”
The Queen has won every British Classic barring the Blue Riband.
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