Bow Echo is stepping up his work ahead of a highly anticipated rematch with Newmarket runner-up and Irish 2,000 Guineas hero Gstaad at Royal Ascot. George Boughey reports the colt is training well and doing everything correctly, starting back galloping early last week due to the heat. Training is currently a steady build, with work expected to increase over the following week. Bow Echo justified pre-Guineas expectations by winning the opening Classic of the season, finishing about three lengths clear of Gstaad, with the rest of the field further behind. The St James's Palace Stakes is expected to be a major showdown, with Rayif also in contention, and Bow Echo aiming to cement his status as a leading name in the division.
""He's training good and doing everything the right way and we're very happy with him," said Boughey. "He started back galloping early last week and it's very hot at the moment so he's training early in the morning. We're just ticking over really but he will start picking up his work through the next week and he's right where we want him.""
"Bow Echo justified all the pre-Guineas talk when pulling the best part of three lengths clear of Gstaad in the closing stages of the opening Classic of the season - with the chasing pack a further eight lengths adrift of Aidan O'Brien's subsequent Curragh scorer."
""It's the race we all want to see and hopefully all three Guineas winners get there and it can be a big showdown," continued Boughey, who was assistant to Hugo Palmer when Galileo Gold did the 2,000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes double 10 years ago. "Hopefully our horse can show what he did at Newmarket and God willing he gets there in one piece. We're very happy.""
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