Oxx hoping for big run from Rock John Oxx feels Saddler's Rock has the hallmarks of a top stayer as he prepares for his biggest test. The County Kildare trainer sent out Enzeli to take the stayers' championship in 1999 and has a leading contender this time in the lightly-raced four-year-old. He has only had seven starts, but has already shown himself to be of a decent standard, beating Opinion Poll in the Doncaster Cup last September. He is, however, tackling Group One company for the first time, as well as stepping up to two and a half miles. "He won at Doncaster, he beat Opinion Poll and he beat him well," Oxx told British Champions Series TV. "He stays well but he's got a good turn of foot when you shake him up and give him a crack of the whip, he seems to find a lot. "He races lazily and conserves his energy which is what you need for Cup races. "He just lobs along, doesn't pull, he's very relaxed off the bridle and then produces a good turn of foot at the end. "That's a rare quality in a horse that stays an extreme distance as usually they're a bit one-paced." Jockey Johnny Murtagh expects the four-year-old to be all the better for his seasonal reappearance in the Saval Beg Stakes. "He'll improve for the run, he's a bit lazy at home and he didn't have a straightforward preparation," Murtagh told At The Races. "I think he'll definitely come on for the run. He's come out of the race well and John Oxx is very happy with him. "I don't think there'll ever be another Yeats, but Fame And Glory is a very classy horse. "Two and a half miles stretches him to the limit, he might not be a thorough stayer like Yeats, it's more his class that gets him through. "He's a very high-class horse and the ground will be on the easy side again so he's the one to beat."
