Dods considers Champion Angel

Trainer Michael Dods could be tempted to allow Mecca’s Angel to bid for top honours over six furlongs before she retires to the paddocks.

The five-year-old, winner of the Nunthorpe Stakes over the minimum trip last summer, is among the entries for the Qipco British Champions Sprint at Ascot on October 15.

Her first objective is to defend her York crown on August 19 after which she might be aimed at the Ascot sprint.

“If everything is right on the day we’d be keen to have a crack at it,” said Dods said.

“This will be her last season before she goes off to stud and we felt she deserved the chance to go for six and this race fits the bill.

“It will be interesting, I think she will stay. It’s been difficult to give her a run over the six because of the targets she’s already got over five.

“We considered the July Cup this year but I just felt the Newmarket track would not really suit her as well as somewhere like Ascot.

“A lot of people tried to get us to supplement for the Champions Sprint last year. We thought long and hard about it, but decided we wouldn’t because we were going to go for the Abbaye. Then that didn’t work out because of the ground.”

Entries for the race include the first five home in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in June.

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