Pivotal son Wings Of Desire’s connections are to consider running him in the Vodacom Durban July Handicap at Greyville before he takes up stud duties at Heversham Park Farm in South Africa later this year.
Wings Of Desire in action on the track
The Racing Post reports that the 5yo was trained by John Gosden in Britain for owner-breeder Lady Bamford to win the Gr2 Dante Stakes at York on only his third start in 2016, Wings Of Desire was purchased by Heversham Park in December, in a deal brokered by bloodstock agent Richard Venn.
The five-year-old son of Pivotal was also fourth in Harzand’s Derby and subsequently earned a career-high Racing Post Rating of 119 for his valiant second to the year-older Highland Reel in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Wings Of Desire boasts a true Classic pedigree as a brother to the Royal Ascot scorer Eagle Top and Oaks third The Lark, out of Gull Wing, a Listed-winning half-sister to Pivotal’s dual Oaks heroine Sariska.
He came out of quarantine this week and is likely to go into training with Ormond Ferraris.
The feature is run on 7 July.
