Harbinger given Juddmonte target Brilliant King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Harbinger is poised to drop back in trip for a crack at the Juddmonte International at York next month. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained colt is officially rated the best in the world after his 11-length demolition of Cape Blanco at Ascot last weekend. While the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October remains the big objective for the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing-owned four-year-old, connections feel a run in the interim will be to his benefit. Highclere manager Harry Herbert told www.highclereracing.co.uk: "The horse looks really well and Sir Michael reports that he has now put back all of the weight that he lost during the race. "He feels that it is too long a gap between now and the Arc for Harbinger not to have another race and with this in mind, we are seriously considering running him in the Juddmonte International on August 17th." Prince Khalid Abdullah is likely to run Twice Over and Byword in the Juddmonte International, a race he sponsors. Byword, trained in France by Andre Fabre, and subsequent Coral-Eclipse hero Twice Over, from Henry Cecil's Newmarket stable, finished a respective first and second in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot. The talented pair would give their owner a strong hand in the Group One contest over an extended mile and a quarter. "Twice Over and Byword are heading towards York at the moment," said the owner's racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe. "Both horses are in good form." Another Abdullah star on target for York is Midday. The Cecil-trained filly is set for the Darley Yorkshire Oaks after winning the Nassau Stakes for the second successive year on Saturday. "She is very tenacious and it was very exciting on Saturday. It is the Yorkshire Oaks next for her," Grimthorpe added.
