Arabian Queen flying at home
Elsworth's filly has failed to reach the same level of form she showed last year but Elsworth reveals she is in flying form at home for the first time in a while
DAVID ELSWORTH is hoping for a good end to the season with smart filly Arabian Queen.
Things have not gone to plan this term for the four-year-old, one of just two horses to beat Golden Horn in what was her finest hour to date in the Juddmonte International 12 months ago.
Her reappearance was a perfectly satisfactory second to Usherette in the Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket, but she beat only one home in her other start, the Coronation Cup at Epsom.
Elsworth said: "I don't want to tempt providence, but she is flying at the moment. We have had a stressful time with her.
"After she came back from Epsom we did exhaustive tests with her. She was wrong behind on her pelvic area.
"We've had another go and got the wheels turning and we are a bit further down the road than before.
"It's her final season, but she has had not had much of a season. She ran a storming race first time at Newmarket, but then Epsom was a disaster.
"We will give it another go. She is in great form and there is the Sun Chariot. Ideally, I would want to find a race in 10 days to let her loose."
