Eclipse Option For Magical Ouija

Ouija Board is a possible for the Coral-Eclipse Stakes following her brilliant victory at Royal Ascot.

Lord Derby's five-year-old mare added the Prince of Wales's Stakes to her remarkable portfolio which also includes victories in the English and Irish Oaks, the Hong Kong Vase and Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

The latter, in which she finished runner-up last year, will again be a major objective.

'We will consider the Eclipse and we'll see how she is and have a chat with the owner,' said trainer Ed Dunlop.

'She has got to be supplemented if we went to the King George and I don't know about that as it is a long way off. The Breeders' Cup is the big aim.'

The Newmarket trainer reported Ouija Board had come out of Wednesday's race in good form.

'She's fine and well and sound,' he said.

Olivier Peslier brought her sweeping round the outside of the field and with a devastating turn of foot she put the Group One contest beyond doubt in a matter of strides.

It was the mare's fifth victory at the highest level but for Dunlop, winning at Royal Ascot as a five-year-old is her greatest achievement.

'Lord Derby has to take a lot of credit for keeping her in training, we've had some great days,' he said.

'We've been all around the world with her but to win a race such as the Prince of Wales's is probably the highlight.

'We've had a fair share of bad luck with her this year. She was unlucky in Hong Kong, Dubai didn't work out and then she was beaten by probably the best mile-and-a-half horse in training (Shirocco) in the Coronation Cup.

'It's amazing that she is still so fresh and well, she looked better than she had done all year which is extraordinary.'

It was so nearly a Group One double at the meeting for Dunlop, whose Court Masterpiece suffered no luck in running at all in the Queen Anne Stakes on the opening day.

Despite Kieren Fallon being handed a four-day ban for his ride on the winner Ad Valorem, the stewards let him keep the race meaning Dunlop had to settle for second.

'I think it was pretty harsh,' Dunlop told At The Races.

'I know the winner has won by a length and a half but we would certainly have been a lot closer.

'I know they very rarely throw the winner out in these situations but Jamie (Spencer) adamantly felt he would have won the race.

'He ran a great race, we were unlucky but we got lucky on Wednesday, so we'll move on and take it on the chin.'

? PA Sport