{"id":114622,"date":"2025-05-19T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114622\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:09:10","slug":"unbeaten-bay-city-roller-to-bypass-irish-2000-guineas-in-favour-of-tilt-at-the-prix-du-jockey-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114622\/","title":{"rendered":"Unbeaten Bay City Roller to bypass Irish 2,000 Guineas in favour of tilt at the Prix du Jockey Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"Text__0__GlideArticleBody\">George Scott has decided to wait for next month&#8217;s Prix du Jockey Club before unleashing his unbeaten Champagne Stakes winner <a target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"Link__02__GlideArticleBody\" id=\"bay-city-roller\" class=\"sc-b2c32ca0-0 dLKaTt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racingpost.com\/profile\/horse\/5826747\/bay-city-roller\/form\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay City Roller<\/a>, rather than taking on the likes of Field Of Gold, Twain and Cosmic Year in the Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__1__GlideArticleBody\">Scott had been working back from the Curragh Classic with his Group 2 scorer, but a combination of factors have persuaded the Newmarket trainer to wait until the French Derby at Chantilly on June 1.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__2__GlideArticleBody\">&#8220;Saturday&#8217;s race is looking red hot and his work is indicating he&#8217;s not going to have a problem at ten furlongs, so we&#8217;re aiming him towards the Prix du Jockey Club,&#8221; 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