Provisional plans outlined for Never So Brave and More Thunder Never So Brave and More Thunder, who encountered contrasting fortunes at Royal Ascot, could both skip the bet365 Bunbury Cup. The pair are owned by Saeed Suhail, with the Andrew Balding-trained Never So Brave winning the Buckingham Palace Stakes in style, while More Thunder just failed to reel in Get It in the Wokingham for William Haggas. They are currently 4-1 joint-favourites for the Bunbury Cup with the sponsors, but Philip Robinson, Suhail’s racing manager, indicated both are likely to step out of handicaps. “It was nice to see Never So Brave win and he’ll probably go to Goodwood for the seven-furlong race, the Lennox,” said Robinson. “We had to split him and More Thunder up and we very nearly got the double. “I wouldn’t be at all surprised if More Thunder steps up to seven furlongs next time. He was unfortunate and with one more stride he’d have got there. “He was running over 10 furlongs last season for Sir Michael (Stoute), so we know he’ll get further. He’d probably get a mile, but I think William is happy to go over seven for the time being. “His next race, I would think, would be a Group or a Listed race somewhere, he’s very keen to do that if we can. “We’ve two nice horses for the rest of the season anyway.”
