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Date Posted: 01:37:32 07/26/05 Tue
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Fast ground blamed for Grey Swallow's eclipse
by Tony O'Hehir and David Lawrence
DERMOT WELD on Sunday blamed the fast ground at Newbury for stable star Grey Swallow's eclipse in Saturday's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.
Sent off the 10-3 second favourite, Grey Swallow could only finish seventh behind Azamour under Pat Smullen.
Weld said on Sunday: "The ground was very fast as we saw with two track records being set. The winner's performance was brilliant, but our horse just never let himself down on the ground. I had said all week that fast ground was a concern and so it proved. We will see how he comes out of the race before making plans for the autumn. There are plenty of options, in Europe and in the US."
Norse Dancer, who finished a length and a quarter behind Azamour at Newbury, could bid to land an elusive Group 1 success in Australia and Hong Kong at the end of the season.
Elsworth, speaking at Salisbury on Saturday night, said: ”As far as a Southern hemisphere campaign goes we would look at the Caulfield Cup in Australia and the two invitation races over a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half in Hong Kong.
“Both those races are in December and that would fit in nicely as he could then come back and take up stud duties here in the spring as I know Jeff (Smith) intendsstanding him at his stud.
“I have been thinking about running him in Australia and Hong Kong as the ground is always fast there and it seems to me the horse really operates in those conditions.
“Having said that we have got plenty of options at home in the near future with him as he is in everything and I will have to discuss everything with Jeff as he's got his own ideas about where the horse should go.?bR>
Godolphin's King George sixth Doyen came out of Saturday's race "very well", according to racing manager Simon Crisford, who added that: "We'll be letting the dust settle before making any definite plans about his next run."
He added: "It's too early to say for sure that the blinkers he wore for the first time at Newbury werea success, as he was still beaten quite a long way, but I don't think they did him any harm and we're never shy of using headgear if it helps a horse.
"Our first impressions were that, while he was still a long way below the form he showed when winning the King George last season, Doyen ran much better at Newbury than he had in either the Hardwicke at York or in his final two races last year.
"That's obviously an encouraging sign, even if he's still behind what he achieved at Ascot 12 months ago, but we'll be monitoring his progress before looking ahead to another run."
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