Australian sprinters Nicconi and Alverta have touched down safely in England, ahead of the Royal Ascot carnival.Trainers David Hayes and Paul Messara confirmed their respective sprinters had travelled well and arrived in London around 11pm on Thursday night (8am Friday AEST).Lightning Stakes winner Nicconi will line up in the Group One King's Stand Stakes (1000m) along with fellow Aussie Gold Trail on June 15, while Coolmore Classic winner Alverta will run in the Group One Golden Jubilee (1200m)
Australian sprinters Nicconi and Alverta have touched down safely in England, ahead of the Royal Ascot carnival.
Trainers David Hayes and Paul Messara confirmed their respective sprinters had travelled well and arrived in London around 11pm on Thursday night (8am Friday AEST).
Lightning Stakes winner Nicconi will line up in the Group One King's Stand Stakes (1000m) along with fellow Aussie Gold Trail on June 15, while Coolmore Classic winner Alverta will run in the Group One Golden Jubilee (1200m) on June 19.
"Reports are she travelled well," Messara said of Alverta.
"She lost a lot of weight on the way to Melbourne (from Scone) but she travelled well to England.
"She was settled throughout the trip and got off the aeroplane without too many hassles.
"Hopefully she'll wake up in the morning in a nice green environment with the sun on her back."
Messara will head to England on Sunday after Saturday's Group One Doomben 10,000 meeting in Brisbane, where he has Mic Mac in action.
"I'm really looking forward to it, it's going to be a great experience," Messara said.
Hayes will leave for England on Thursday.
"He (Nicconi) has arrived at Newmarket and the flight went incident free," Hayes said.
The two sprinters were flown from Melbourne with stopovers in Singapore and Sharjah.
"Everything was on time," Hayes said.
"The first leg (from Melbourne) was late but he (Nicconi) was at home in his box. From the time he got on the plane everything went to plan."
The Gary Portelli-trained Gold Trail arrived in England last weekend.