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Elzaam: Royal Ascot possible

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Roger Varian's Elzaam could be aimed at the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot following his Listed Newbury win last week.

The son of Redoute's Choice looked to have a huge career ahead of him when making a winning debut at York a year ago but after going down by the narrowest of margins in the Coventry Stakes, his career went the wrong way.

He looked right back to his best when triumphing in Listed company last week though, and Angus Gold, racing manager to owner Hamdan Al Maktoum, is hoping he can make his mark in some of this year's top sprints.

"We were delighted to see him come back to form and while we haven't really discussed his next target, in the back of my mind is the Golden Jubilee," said Gold.

"That is a big step up for him, but he seems to have come out of the race in very good form and we'll just see how he is nearer the time.

"I'm not saying he's good enough to take on the best sprinters in the world, but at the same time he looked a pretty decent horse the other day.

"Hopefully Sheikh Hamdan will be keen to have a go and we'll leave him in. There isn't a lot for him beforehand anyway, so we won't be rushing him.

"We'd lost our way with him a bit, but to be fair to the horse, he didn't do a lot wrong last year.

"He was sick after he disappointed in the July Stakes and he then ran a good race in ground that probably didn't suit at Newbury.

"The only surprising one was his first run this year at Newmarket, but we dropped him back in trip, removed the headgear and rode him differently last time and it seemed to help him.

"We saw the true horse which he has always looked at home and hopefully we have a sprinter to go to war with."