SCENIC BLAST and Takeover Target completed their preparations for next Friday's Group 1 Darley July Cup when pleasing connections in a workout on the July course in Newmarket on Friday, reports the UK Racing Post. It says the pair had worked on the track a week earlier and the exercise spin was along similar lines as Takeover Target took them along at a steady pace under Jay Ford before quickening up in the final two furlongs. There was once again little between them as they flashed past the win
SCENIC BLAST and Takeover Target completed their preparations for next Friday's Group 1 Darley July Cup when pleasing connections in a workout on the July course in Newmarket on Friday, reports the UK Racing Post. It says the pair had worked on the track a week earlier and the exercise spin was along similar lines as Takeover Target took them along at a steady pace under Jay Ford before quickening up in the final two furlongs.
There was once again little between them as they flashed past the winning post but the evidence of the naked eye suggested that it was Danny Morton on Scenic Blast who had the gears to go for as the 6-4 favourite for the 6f contest prepares to add to his victory in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Morton said: "He felt great and they were going a bit quicker than last time so he was concentrating a bit more . My bloke's pretty laid back and he's shaping as if he's improved since Ascot - there are no excuses now." Trainer Joe Janiak wasdelighted with Takeover Target, who had to miss the Golden Jubilee at Royal Ascot when running a temperature, as the two crack Australian sprinters prepare to meet each other in public for the first time.
Janiak said: "That will have put him right and he's in good form and ready for the kill." Ford is also looking forward to the challenge and added: "Takeover Target is in good form and I am very happy with him going into the July Cup. He isa top notcher and is going real well."