National assignment on the radar for Vintage hero Zavateri
Following a successful debut at Salisbury in early June, the Without Parole colt sprang something of a surprise when landing Newmarket's July Stakes last month, but proved that victory was no fluke when bagging a second Group Two success in the Vintage Stakes on the Sussex Downs.
Trainer Eve Johnson Houghton will now look to test her star juvenile at Group One level, potentially at the Curragh on September 14.
'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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