Shoemark felt the favourite struggled in the Dip and suggested a step up in trip might suit. He said: "Field Of Gold travelled really well but just lost it in the Dip for a few strides and he look his time to find his feet. He stayed on well and he'll be a ten-furlong horse in time."
Agentz12025-05-04 08:39:42
John Gosden
"Field Of Gold has run well in what is a strong race as the winner showed a lot of class last year and the third was champion two-year-old.
"I said earlier in the week that these horses that have not run in Europe this year should not be discounted and Ruling Court has possibly proved worth his purchase price [€2.3 million]."
Agentz12025-05-04 08:40:30
"The race wasn't probably run in the fractions of the Craven Stakes and we were sat some way back. The winner has kicked and gone and we ran out of racetrack. Given another 25 yards the race would have been ours."
"You'll probably find he's run a better race than he did in the trial but a trial is a trial. When this track gets fast like this it can ride slick with a crosstail wind and they can get away from you. It just got away from us, I'm afraid, as we came into the Dip from where he was clawing the ground back.
"I could see it was lost going into the Dip as we were just too far back and the winner got first run."
He added: "We'll talk with the family about where we go next but I think you're looking at a St James's Palace Stakes after that."