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Botti eyeing Wulfruna Stakes success with Prince Of India

Marco Botti is looking forward to getting Prince Of India back in action as he gears up to take on seven rivals in the Listed BetMGM Lady Wulfruna Stakes at Wolverhampton on Saturday.

Trainer : Marco Botti.
Trainer : Marco Botti.

A four-time winner from eleven starts, Prince Of India progressed nicely for Marco Botti last season, landing back-to-back handicaps at Newmarket and Ascot before finishing a highly creditable third in the Listed Garrowby Stakes at York.

As a result, he was sent off just 11/4 on his step up to Group 3 level in the Bengough Stakes at Ascot in October, but after suffering notable interference early on, Jamie Spencer was forced to ease his mount out of contention.

Botti said: "Prince Of India's latest run at Ascot was a bit of a disaster as he almost got brought down, but he had progressed nicely through the season until then and we felt he would have at least been in the frame.

"He has developed very well physically during the winter. We have had this race in mind for a while given he has won on the all-weather before and it should give us a good idea of which direction to go in the first part of the turf season."

Whilst Prince Of India boasts winning form over the course and distance, Botti believes his future may well lie over six furlongs, with the Italian-born maestro looking forward to using this race as a stepping-stone for the upcoming turf campaign.

He added: "While he has won over seven furlongs, we think a stiff six furlongs is going to prove his optimum. I would like to think that we can target some nice Group races. Hopefully, Saturday will be a good stepping stone towards that."

Marco Botti's four-year-old is a general 13/2 chance under Billy Loughnane, with Andrew Balding's 108-rated Cool Hoof Luke – who is named after former World Darts Champion Luke 'Coolhand' Humphries – topping the betting at 2/1 following his encouraging comeback third in the Listed Midnite Kachy Stakes.

The intriguing field of eight also features the reopposing pair of Ferrous and Marshman, who were both unplaced in the aforementioned Lingfield sprint, as well as Ralph Beckett's Palmar Bay, who was last seen finishing fourth in Listed company at Deauville.


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