David Set For Break

Dubai Duty Free winner David Junior will be given a break by trainer Brian Meehan ahead of a crack at the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 21.

The 10-furlong highlight on the Wednesday of the summer meeting will be the next target for the four-year-old who scooted clear of his rivals at Nad Al Sheba on Saturday to land the Group One contest by three and a half lengths.

'At the moment the plan would be to run at Royal Ascot. We will have to see how he comes out of the race but that would be his target,' said Meehan.

'He flies back on Thursday and there are three months between now and Ascot so we will take our time. He is pretty fit and is not a gross horse so it will just be maintenance work between now and Ascot.'

Winner of last season's Emirates Airline Champion Stakes, David Junior could clash with Dubai World Cup winner Electrocutionist at Ascot, but Meehan is not fearful of the opposition.

'Wherever David Junior goes now, for the rest of his career, he is always going to be the horse to beat,' he added.

The colt's success in Dubai was particularly poignant for Meehan as he was the first runner to be sent out from the trainer's new base at the Sangster family-owned Manton stables in Wiltshire.

'We wouldn't have expected any better from Manton and you couldn't have written the script. It is a big responsibility here and it is a big outfit so it couldn't have been better to start like that,' he told At The Races.

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