Goodwood or Deauville options for Field Of Gold
John and Thady Gosden's colt has followed an identical route to his brilliant sire Kingman so far this season by finishing second in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket before going one better in the Irish equivalent and then bolting up in the St James's Palace Stakes.
With Kingman going on to land the Sussex and then the Marois on what proved to be the final start of his career, the Juddmonte team are hopeful Field Of Gold can at least match if not surpass his father's achievements.
Where were you when…
Field Of Gold blew the Royal @Ascot crowd away with a scintillating performance in the St James's Palace Stakes! pic.twitter.com/nyEjtjPqKo
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 24, 2025
'He's come out of Ascot in great form, as far as I know they are all happy with him,' said Juddmonte's European racing manager Barry Mahon.
'It was a great result, he's obviously an exceptional horse and it was nice to see it all come together on a big day.
'I suppose his dad's three-year-old season got cut short a little bit and hopefully this lad will be able to continue that run for the rest of the year.
'I think that seems to be the train of thought, sort of Sussex or Jacques le Marois next. He'll tell us closer to the time whether he's ready for Goodwood or he needs another week or two.'
Colin Keane and Field Of Gold following his Royal Ascot triumph (John Walton/PA)
With the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday week seemingly coming too soon, if Field Of Gold is to test his powers over a mile and a quarter at some stage that will have to wait until later in the summer, with the Juddmonte International at York considered an 'obvious' potential target.
Mahon added: 'At the start of the season we were more bullish about going a mile and a quarter, but the more they keep winning at a mile you start questioning it.
'I'm sure we'll try it at some stage and that (Juddmonte International) would be an obvious place to do it if we wanted to go that way.'
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