Bay City Roller handed possible Eugene Adam date
The George Scott-trained three-year-old surrendered his unbeaten record at the Esher track when carrying a 5lb penalty for his Champagne Stakes victory and was caught out for pace over a mile by Charlie Appleby's 5-4 favourite Opera Ballo.
Billy Jackson-Stops, racing manager for owners Victorious Racing, is keen to see the New Bay colt step up to a mile and a quarter with Saint-Cloud the target later this month.
Jackson-Stops said: 'We kind of knew we were going to get done for gas over a mile with the way we've been working this year.
'We've been working very well, showing that he was going to be a 10-furlong horse.
'We got stuck between a rock and a hard place. The French Derby was always going to come up quick.
'So we had to go to the Heron and carry a penalty and we thought he ran superbly. He ran through the line and we'll step him up to 10 furlongs now.
'(We will) possibly have a look at the race in France called the Eugene Adam, a mile-and-a-quarter race at the end of the month and go from there step by step.'
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