Options aplenty for impressive Albany heroine Venetian Sun
The filly has clearly always been held in high regard by trainer Karl Burke, and demonstrated exactly why when overcoming a difficult draw to take Group Three honours by a length and a half last week.
While there is no great hurry to formulate an immediate plan for the two-year-old daughter of Starman, a handful of races have been identified as possible next targets for the Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy-owned youngster.
Bloom's racing manager Sean Graham said: 'Karl said she came out of the race in great order.
'You've Newmarket for the Duchess of Cambridge, which is six furlongs at the July meeting, and you've got the Lowther over six furlongs at York. Later in the season you've also got the Moyglare over seven furlongs at the Curragh.
'We said to Karl that we'd let the hare sit after Royal Ascot and not be in any mad rush to make any definite decisions, but those races are certainly on our radar.
'If you win the Albany from a dreadful draw you probably have a much better filly still, she had no cover and was on the wide outside – everything went wrong and yet she still won.'
The Guineas was mentioned in the immediate aftermath of the Ascot contest, with all connections singing from the same hymn sheet with regards to Venetian Sun's potential, while remaining mindful that her three-year-old season is a distant prospect still.
Graham added: 'I think most trainers would automatically be thinking about the Guineas with an Albany winner, but her owners are very aware that an awful lot can happen between now and then so we won't get too ahead of ourselves.'
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Rhyl Journal
35 minutes ago
- Rhyl Journal
In-form Channon backing Ferrous to show his metal
The son of Dark Angel has yet to taste defeat in 2025 after clinching three victories on the all-weather at Lingfield, Southwell and Gosforth Park, and he will return to the latter in his bid to win the Group Three race over six furlongs. 'He's going up in grade and taking on better horses, we just hope he's good enough to take them on,' Channon said. 'He seems to like the all-weather and he's in great form, so we go there with a great chance.' Channon and his team at West Ilsley have been in hot form in recent weeks, which included a run of five winners from seven runners earlier this month, and the trainer praised the efforts of his staff. 'We work very hard, it's not as straightforward as you think, we work really hard to pick the right races with the right conditions and the right people on board,' he added. 'The team at West Ilsley are doing an amazing job to produce all the horses, there's a lot that goes into it, but I'm just thankful it's going well.' Ferrous' winning streak has convinced Channon that regardless of his performance on his first start at Pattern level, he believes the grey can compete in Group races from now on. 'Looking at his handicap mark now, we will be looking at stakes races for him going forward and hopefully he can progress,' Channon said. 'We just hope he's going to be a Group horse going forward. Unless he has a big run of disappointments, he will be out of the handicaps now.'
Rhyl Journal
35 minutes ago
- Rhyl Journal
Connections looking to to see the real Falakeyah next time out
Having bolted up on her Wolverhampton debut in November, the Owen Burrows-trained filly looked every inch a top-class performer in the making when running away with Newmarket's Pretty Polly Stakes on her return to action in the spring. After sidestepping the Oaks at Epsom and being ruled out of the French equivalent, Falakeyah dropped back to a mile for the Coronation Stakes, but ended up racing too enthusiastically for her own good on the front end before weakening in the home straight. Angus Gold, racing manager for owners Shadwell, said: 'It was a pity, as I was very pleased with her before the race. She settled beforehand, I thought, she was good and calm in the ring and Jim (Crowley) said she went down brilliantly relaxed. 'I've only seen the replay once, but it looked to me like for the first 50 or 60 yards of the race she was OK and then when Hollie (Doyle, riding Duty First) came upsides her she just put her head in the air and took off basically. It just set her alight and that was it. 'On a hot day like that, she was never going to be able to keep going at that pace, so we'll just give her a bit of time. We didn't learn anything regarding distance or anything like that, all we learnt was she's not going to win races if she races like that.' He added: 'We know she's considerably better than that, her work at home is very high class and that run didn't bare any resemblance to her work at home. We'll obviously have to try to settle her next time and maybe we'll have a look at something like the Nassau. We'll just see how everyone feels nearer the time. 'At home she settles beautifully and is quite happy to take a lead and doesn't fight the jockey, so we've just got to get her to do that on the racecourse if she's going to have any chance of finishing off her races.'
South Wales Guardian
4 hours ago
- South Wales Guardian
In-form Channon backing Ferrous to show his metal
The son of Dark Angel has yet to taste defeat in 2025 after clinching three victories on the all-weather at Lingfield, Southwell and Gosforth Park, and he will return to the latter in his bid to win the Group Three race over six furlongs. 'He's going up in grade and taking on better horses, we just hope he's good enough to take them on,' Channon said. 'He seems to like the all-weather and he's in great form, so we go there with a great chance.' Channon and his team at West Ilsley have been in hot form in recent weeks, which included a run of five winners from seven runners earlier this month, and the trainer praised the efforts of his staff. 'We work very hard, it's not as straightforward as you think, we work really hard to pick the right races with the right conditions and the right people on board,' he added. 'The team at West Ilsley are doing an amazing job to produce all the horses, there's a lot that goes into it, but I'm just thankful it's going well.' Ferrous' winning streak has convinced Channon that regardless of his performance on his first start at Pattern level, he believes the grey can compete in Group races from now on. 'Looking at his handicap mark now, we will be looking at stakes races for him going forward and hopefully he can progress,' Channon said. 'We just hope he's going to be a Group horse going forward. Unless he has a big run of disappointments, he will be out of the handicaps now.'
