David Menuisier took Lionel to Kempton for a racecourse gallop final week forward of his bid for Vintage glory within the Dubai Accountability Loose Irish Derby on Saturday.
Winner of the Cocked Hat Stakes at Goodwood, the place he got here from an unpromising place and completed strongly, the Lope De Vega colt is a common 10-1 likelihood for the Curragh showpiece.
“All is in position for Saturday, thus far so excellent,” mentioned Menuisier.
“He assists in keeping on growing and getting more potent and more potent. He did a pleasant piece of labor on Thursday at Kempton and that used to be just about his ultimate bit and we have been thrilled. He is are compatible, he is aware of the activity so all is excellent in point of fact.
“In an excellent international I might like excellent, excellent to cushy floor as he is a large horse. In my opinion I do not like operating on very speedy floor, particularly when they’re green nonetheless. When they grow older it is perhaps no longer as necessary, but if they’re nonetheless studying I to find they are able to be taken off their toes and no longer in point of fact perceive what is going on.
“I believe we are going there as one of the crucial main avid gamers, however clearly I am biased. I believe he is a in point of fact great horse and the adaptation between him and most of the different runners is that we’ve got aimed toward this race for some time.
“We mapped it out earlier than his earlier run, it isn’t an afterthought, put it that manner – it used to be his primary plan. We did attempt to run him at Lingfield earlier than Goodwood, however he used to be a little bit below the elements. The plan used to be at all times to offer him a excellent wreck earlier than this and it has all long gone in line with plan.”
