Distant Storm heads trio hunting G3 Tattersalls Stakes glory

Two-year-olds Distant Storm, Catullus and Archer Royal look to continue their education in the G3 Tattersalls Stakes, the day one highlight of the Cambridgeshire meeting at Newmarket on Thursday, 25 September.

Distant Storm made a winning introduction for Charlie Appleby at Newmarket’s July Festival before finishing third in York’s G3 Acomb Stakes, in which the Night Of Thunder colt failed to settle. 

Stablemate Catullus was third behind Distant Storm on the July Course and has progressed in two subsequent starts, finishing second at Sandown Park prior to scoring by seven and a half lengths at Yarmouth.

Archer Royal switches to turf on the back of a debut all-weather success at Chelmsford in late August, when the John & Thady Gosden-trained son of Blue Point overcame signs of greenness to prevail by a length.

Charlie Appleby said: “Distant Storm broke his maiden at the July Festival and the form of that race worked out well. I think you can put a line through his Acomb run – sometimes two-year-olds going to York at that stage of their career can run too freely. He came out of the race well and we have been pleased with his preparation. I would be disappointed if he is not bang there at the finish.

“Catullus was very impressive at Yarmouth and had put up two good performances prior to that win. He has definitely come forward and deserves his place in a race like this. I’m pretty confident that he will be in the mix as well and we go into the race with two nice colts.”

Live Your Dream makes his first appearance for two years in the Listed Jockey Club Rose Bowl later on the card.

Trained by Saeed bin Suroor, the son of Iffraaj won a valuable handicap on Newmarket’s July Course in 2023 before finishing third in the Ebor Handicap at York. The eight-year-old was a close fifth on his most recent outing in the same season’s G1 Preis von Europa in Germany.

Saeed bin Suroor said: “Live Your Dream has been working nicely and is ready to go again. He has been off the track for a long time and will improve for the run, although two miles is a nice trip for him.”