Kinane Is Pitt's Rocket Man

Tim Pitt has secured the services of Mick Kinane to partner promising filly Blue Rocket in next week's Shadwell Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket.

Winner of a maiden at Haydock, the daughter of Rock Of Gibraltar was last seen finishing ninth in the Cheveley Park Stakes last September.

Blue Rocket faces tough opposition in the noted Classic trial, however, and could take on Jeremy Noseda's Stan James 1000 Guineas favourite Sander Camillo.

'She worked very nicely on Wednesday,' said Pitt. 'She is in the 1000 Guineas and she is in there for a reason.

'Obviously Sander Camillo could run and she would probably be a 1-4 shot but we've got to step her up to see if she warrants a run in the Guineas.

'Mick hasn't ridden her but there are plenty he has won on before that he hasn't ridden and there are not many better around than him.'

Bawtry-based Pitt also had news of the horse that put him on the map, Dual Group One winner Les Arcs.

'Les Arcs is absolutely flying and has had a wonderful winter off,' said Pitt.

'He's not an oil painting, he is not there to be looked at and we want to get him racing again.

'We are thinking about starting him off in the Duke of York Stakes at the Dante meeting next month at York.'

(C) PA Sport