Curragh option for Litigant Joe Tuite is aiming to get Litigant back on the track next month, with Royal Ascot and the Curragh under consideration. The eight-year-old has had his problems but showed what a smart stayer he is when winning the Ebor at York last summer in his first start for 16 months. He signed off the campaign with victory in the November Handicap at Doncaster but has yet to run so far this year. Tuite reports his stable star in full training and hopes to get him started in either the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot or the Curragh Cup in Ireland - as long as conditions are favourable. "All's good with him, but obviously he's ground dependent," the Lambourn trainer told At The Races. "He's back in full work. It's all systems go for Ascot at the moment and then we'll see nearer the time whether we get to Ascot or instead go to Ireland for the Group Two. "We just need nice ground. He wouldn't run on fast ground."
