God’s Window is pictured winning on debut last season.
Gaynor Ruper’s homebred Dubawi colt God’s Window is said to be the leading Eposm Derby hope of top stable John and Thady Gosden and he will now run in the Dante at York next Thursday after finishing a disappointing last of four in the Listed Dee Stakes at Chester on Thursday this week.
The Racing Post comments summed up God’s Window’s run, “Slowly into stride, swerved sharply left and lost ground soon after start, raced in last, joined main group after 2f, weakened over 1f out (op 7/2).”
A homebred of Gaynor’s UK-based breeding operation Cayton Park Stud Ltd, God’s Window won a Maiden at Doncaster over a straight mile on debut as a two-year-old in comfortable fashion and in his only other run as a juvenile finished a two length third in the Gr 1 Kameko Futurity Trophy Stakes over the same course and distance.
He reappeared in a three horse field at Nottingham over a mile and half-a-furlong and won by more than eight lengths at 1/14 odds.
The Dee Stakes was his next run.
Besides the Dante and the Derby he also holds entries for the Irish 2000 Guineas on May 25 and for the St. James Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 18.
Both of the latter runs are over a mile, so the Dante willl likely be a last chance for him to prove he is a Derby horse.
The Group 2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes over a mile and two-and-a-half furlongs is a traditional pointer to the Derby, which is run over a mile-and-a-half at Epsom on June 1.
A rider has not been declared for the Dante yet.
Kieran Shoemark has ridden God’s Window in three of his four starts including in the Dee Stakes.
