Frederick Engels could lead to France on Sunday week as he bids to make compensation for his luckless run in the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh.
David Brown`s juvenile made his Group One entry in Ireland and looked to make outstanding claims following victories in the Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot and in Newmarket`s July Stakes.
All appeared to be going well until the center stage when Frederick Engels and Johnny Murtagh were seriously hampered, effectively losing all prospect of victory.
Once Murtagh got his mount back on an even keel he fairly rattled home, but it was all too deep in the day and he passed the stake in 6th place.
Brown is in little question that his star turn would have been victorious and provided he arrives back at his Yorkshire home good and sound, the child could now contest the Prix Morny at Deauville on August 21.
"The horse appears to be fine this morning. He`s eaten up and it doesn`t appear to have daunted him," Brown said.
"I was a bit apprehensive about him afterwards what happened but, thankfully, he seems all right.
"Johnny Murtagh is quite confident he would have won and that he`s a Radical One horse.
"His mind was to go up the train and the gap was there when he set out to go. Johnny said he could have gone through but he didn`t need to waken him up so early having got him settled. He just wanted to sail a bit closer first.
"Johnny is adamant he would have won. He said he felt very serious and that he`d get on for his rush at Newmarket. I knew he had at home.
"I believe with a clean run, once Johnny pushed the button he`d have won very easily.
"Unfortunately that`s racing and we might be changing our plans now.
"I originally thought we`d go to the Curragh and probably waiting for the Middle Park or the Dewhurst in October, but the way it worked out, he didn`t take a race.
"He was hardly blowing after the race, so maybe now we`ll go to France for the Prix Morny.
"I love the earth will be on the mild side and that would be fine, but if for some argue it was stupidly soft, we`d probably consider going to York for the Gimcrack.
"Newmarket is 8 weeks away yet and if everything is OK over the following few days, then we`ll probably go to France. We desire to go and win a Radical One before Newmarket and Johnny is hot on going to the Morny.
"It was disappointing what happened on Sunday but as Johnny said, at least we live now that he is a Radical One horse."
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