National assignment on the radar for Vintage hero Zavateri
'He's come out of Goodwood great,' said the Blewbury-based trainer.
'He is unbelievable because he thought he'd won his race, he'd switched off and then good old Morris Dancer came for him and you could see him flick his ears, change his legs and almost say 'oh for goodness sake, come on then!'.
'We'll look at the Dewhurst but that's quite a long way off, he's in the National Stakes too so that would be quite a nice start for him with the timing – National and then Dewhurst.
'He's fantastic, I'm so proud of him. It's very, very exciting.'
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