Trainer Clive Cox could aim Cobh at Pattern company for the first time in next month’s Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket.
The Kodi Bear colt was edged into second place by Chindit in the Listed Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot in July but he bounced back from that minor disappointment by winning on his first attempt over a mile in Friday‘s Stonehenge Stakes at Salisbury.
Cox believes the future is certainly bright for the two-year-old colt and he is now considering running him in the Group 2 Royal Lodge, which will take place on the Rowley Mile on September 26.
“He is a very progressive colt with bags of scope and he is a horse to be excited about the future with,” Cox told reporters.
“We will quite possibly look at the Royal Lodge with him as it was a race that was mentioned for him but we will do what is best for the horse.”
Cox certainly believes Cobh has proven his credentials over a mile with his victory at Salisbury, but he has also indicated he would be willing to drop the colt back in trip if the right opportunity came along.
“He clearly got the mile well, but he has gears to still consider the seven-furlong options as well back on easy ground,” Cox added.
“With strength horses get further but they also get quicker so I would keep an open mind.”
