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Nando Parrado Given Morny Target

Nando Parrado (GB) (Kodiac {GB}), who became the highest-priced winner in Royal Ascot history when winning last week’s G2 Norfolk S. at odds of 150-1, will target the G1 Prix Morny at Deauville on Aug. 23.

“We’re looking towards that. That would be our plans and thoughts at this stage,” said trainer Clive Cox. “It would be a logical step from here.”

Cox said Marie McCartan’s colt didn’t handle Newmarket’s undulations when fifth on debut on June 4, and thus was not surprised by the bay’s improvement in the Norfolk.

“He’s a horse we’ve liked enormously,” the trainer said. “When we got back racing to begin with, the BHA gave us slots that we could achieve a free passage with our intended Ascot runners. The Newmarket maidens that took place to begin with, as you would expect, were jam packed with horses trainers had that intention with. The track at Newmarket did not suit him. It was one of those factors that can happen, and did happen there, but he clearly came back and took a step forward as well.”

The Cox-trained Get It (GB) (Twilight Son {GB}), who stayed on well into fourth in the Listed Windsor Castle S., is set to reappear in the G3 Prix du Bois at ParisLongchamp on July 2.

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English King Pleases Walker In Work

G1 Investec Derby favourite English King (Fr) (Camelot {GB}) and new rider Frankie Dettori had an opportunity to get acquainted with one another on the Lambourn gallops on Wednesday, with the Italian partnering the Ed Walker-trained Listed Derby Trial S. winner in a piece of work.

“Today is 10 days out from the Derby, which is always when I would do my last proper piece of work with a horse, and he worked very well,” Walker said. “Frankie came in and had a sit on him, and everything went smoothly. He came out of it good and seems in good shape.

“I wasn’t really nervous about this piece of work, because he’s not a horse that you need or expect to see blasting clear of his lead horse in Frankel-Bullet Train style. I was lucky enough to see that horse work a number of times and I always feared that if that’s what it took to have a Group 1 horse, I probably never would have one. This guy only does what he has to do, and the thing I was most nervous about, with Frankie coming down, was he might not impress Frankie, but he loved the horse. Frankie rode him from his stable and back to his stable–he really wanted to get inside the horse’s head and understand him, which is a mark of Frankie’s professionalism. He rode him for well over an hour, and they got on great.

“His feedback was kind of as I expected–he loves the way he moves, he’s an exceptionally athletic horse and he loved his personality. He’s a playful horse who switches off and conserves energy. He is very straightforward, but has that Montjeu twinkle in his eye. He’ll have another piece of work early next week, all being well. Then it’s just a case of freshening him up and getting him feeling as well as he possibly can for the big day.”

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Hayley Turner Out With Injury

After collecting her second Royal Ascot victory last week with the Charlie Fellowes-trained Onassis (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the Sandringham H., jockey Hayley Turning is facing a spell on the sidelines after suffering a dislocated collarbone in a fall at Kempton on Saturday.

Turner was thrown to the track near the finish of a seven furlong handicap when her mount Red Armour (GB) (Nayef) suffered a fatal injury.

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Ten Things You Should Know About the 2020 Fleur de Lis Stakes

Fillies and mares star in Saturday’s Fleur de Lis Stakes, one of two Breeders’ Cup Challenge races at Churchill Downs. Champion and current No.-1 ranked older horse in the country Midnight Bisou is among the horses squaring off in the 1 1/8-mile race. Find 10 fun facts about the race below.