St Nick to bypass Royal Ascot, but class act Magician on course for St James’s Palace

Last weekend’s Coronation Cup winner St Nicholas Abbey will head next for the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot in July and won’t run in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot, it was  confirmed today.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien said on the Coolomore website: “St Nicholas Abbey has come out of the race at Epsom really well and we’re looking forward to his next run.

“Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Magician is a likely runner in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, he’s an exciting horse for the future.”

Magician is a top priced 5/4 for his Royal Ascot target.

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