Van Der Decken Now An Appleby Ace
Godolphin's smart juvenile Van Der Decken has joined Charlie Appleby at Moulton Paddocks, Newmarket (UK), and is now set to target the top two-year-old races for the remainder of the season.
Godolphin's smart juvenile Van Der Decken has joined Charlie Appleby at Moulton Paddocks, Newmarket (UK), and is now set to target the top two-year-old races for the remainder of the season.
Van Der Decken was in the care of his original trainer Paddy Twomey when he finished a promising fifth to Caravaggio in the G2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot last month.
The son of Dutch Art had been purchased privately by Godolphin after making a winning debut at the Curragh in a six-furlong maiden on May 22.
John Ferguson, Godolphin's chief executive and racing manager, said: "We were delighted with Van Der Decken's run in the Coventry, and we think he will be suited to either the G2 Richmond Stakes or G2 Vintage Stakes at Goodwood."
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