Ambiente Friendly Starts Afresh In Sefton Heat

In 2015's Derby runner-up Ambiente Friendly will make both his seasonal and steady launching in the bet365 Earl of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket on Tuesday.


The Gleneagles colt was previously trained by James Fanshawe, for whom he was second to City Of Troy at Epsom and then a close-up third at the Curragh in the Irish Derby.


He has since been relocated to James Owen's backyard by owners the Gredley family and will make his first start for his brand-new handler and rider Hector Crouch in the nine-furlong Group 3.


"He's extremely well, he's been training well and this is an excellent starting point for him," stated Owen.


"We're eagerly anticipating getting him on the track, obviously this is his very first start for us, so it's interesting.


"He's been very straightforward in your home and Hector has got on well with him.


Ambiente Friendly winning the William Hill Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes (Steve Paston/PA)


"It's a race we'll develop from, he's going to begin from it however he's in an excellent place and needs to run well."


The same trainer and owner are likewise represented by Lavender Hill Mob, who changes his attention to the Flat having actually been campaigned over difficulties through the winter.


Owen included: "He's been training extremely well, I think he'll be pleased he hasn't got a flight of hurdles in front of him!


"He's training well, he's in shape and he ought to provide a good account of himself."


Charlie Appleby has two entrants in 2023 and 2024 victor Ottoman Fleet and First Conquest, who will be ridden by William Buick and James Doyle respectively.


Appleby informed www.godolphin.com: "I think we have 2 live gamers. Ottoman Fleet has a good record at Newmarket and has returned from Dubai fit and well.


"I make sure he will put up his normal strong efficiency and should be bang there at the surface once again.


"First Conquest improved throughout the winter and I felt he lost nothing in defeat in the Stakes, when he gained more experience.


"He is less exposed than Ottoman Fleet and comes here a fit horse following his Dubai campaign."


Richard Hannon's Persica and Alice Haynes' Cairo finish the field of 6.