Quiet Reflection '˜in great form' ahead of competitive return

Karl Burke’s daughter of Showcasing enjoyed a fantastic 2016 campaign, winning four of her six starts including Group One victories in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot and the Sprint Cup at Haydock.

Burke is pleased with how his four-year-old is training ahead of her return in either the Duke of York Stakes on May 17 or the Temple Stakes at Haydock 10 days later.

“She’s in great form and I’m thinking of taking her for a day out after racing at Redcar on Thursday. I think that will do her good,” said the Leyburn trainer.

“At the moment I’m favouring going to Haydock for the Temple with her, but it all depends if there’s ‘soft’ in the going description.”

Meanwhile, Syphax remains on course to test his Epsom Derby credentials in the Betfred Dante Stakes at York on May 18.

The three-year-old landed the Acomb Stakes on Knavesmire last summer, a victory which prompted Godolphin to secure his services.

Though beaten at Newcastle on Good Friday, trainer Kevin Ryan is upbeat. The Hambleton handler said: “He’s in great form.”

Warren Greatrex will keep Cole Harden going through the early months of the new season after outlining plans to switch him back to fences.

He plans to give the 2015 World Hurdle winner, who finished second on his sole start over fences at Wetherby in December, an entry in a beginners’ chase at Ffos Las on May 9. After finishing fourth in the Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, the eight-year-old was then pulled up after going lame at Aintree last month.