York or Chantilly the options for Tiffany this weekend Connections of Tiffany are biding their time before committing to where she will make her seasonal reappearance this weekend. The Sir Mark Prescott-trained six-year-old holds Listed entries in the Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Grand Cup Stakes at York on Saturday and in Chantilly on Sunday in the Prix Pawneese. She was been off the track since chasing home subsequent Coronation Cup winner Bay City Roller in the Group One Grosser Preis von Bayern in November, having filled the same spot in two previous top-level events. Patient Preparation for Elite Star And after an extended holiday, Dan Downie, racing manager for owners Elite Racing, said: “We’ll have a proper look through this week and then decide and also look at the ground as well. “She’s done well and we didn’t rush her back. She was quite late last year when she had her last run in November so she had a good holiday and then we didn’t rush her back. “She seems to do better when we can have a nice quiet preparation. Everything’s gone well and she did a nice piece of work last week and she’s ready to go. I would have thought she’ll run in either York or Chantilly. “She’s a good mare and she deserves to get her head back in front, so the priority is to find a race where that might be possible.” Stretching Out to New Distance Horizons The Grand Cup would be a first test over a mile and three-quarters for the daughter of Farhh and would give connections an idea if she is comfortable over the extended trip. Downie added: “We just thought it might be worth going up in trip. She settles so well, she travels so well and she certainly gets the mile and a half. We were thinking this is likely to be her final year in training, so it was probably worth a go. “She’s got an entry in the Irish St Leger later in the year as well and it’s definitely in our minds to step her up. “It would be a nice target for her to have and I think if everything went smoothly and she proved the trip was within her compass then I think that would be a lovely target for her.”
