Cole Has Grounds For Concern Paul Cole has warned the ground at Newmarket will need to dry out if Strategic Prince is to take his place in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes tomorrow.The Vintage Stakes winner is one of 15 declared for the Group One contest and faces a mouth-watering clash with crack Irish pair Teofilo and Holy Roman Emperor.With conditions currently described as good to soft, Cole said yesterday: 'I will make my mind up in the morning, but I walked the course today and it is too soft for him.'I know he is a good horse and I don't want him to be judged on soft ground.'Jim Bolger's Teofilo is unbeaten in four starts and handed out a length-and-a-quarter defeat to Aidan O'Brien's Holy Roman Emperor at the Curragh last month.He has not run since that success but Holy Roman Emperor bounced back to winning form in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp just under two weeks ago.Vital Equine, Eoghan O'Neill's Champagne Stakes winner, was third in France and will try his luck again.The Mick Channon-trained Halicarnassus is set for his first run since recording an impressive success in the Superlative Stakes in July, while He's A Decoy (second) and Rallying Cry (fourth) are set to reoppose.Peter Chapple-Hyam's unbeaten Richmond Stakes winner Hamoody will step up to seven furlongs for the first time under Frankie Dettori, while Stan Moore will be double-handed with Dubai Builder and Traffic Guard.Sir Michael Stoute's promising Adagio, Haatef, Mount Parnassus, Naigani and Prime Defender complete the field.(C) PA Sport
