DYLAN THOMAS, last year's Irish Derby and Irish Champion Stakes winner, has been entered for the Champions Mile at Sha Tin on April 29, although it is more likely that he will make his reappearance at the Curragh.
Speaking on Saturday, his trainer Aidan O'Brien said: "He has an entry in Hong Kong and, while I'm not ruling him out of that race, it's much more likely that he will start off in either the Alleged Stakes on April 15 or in the Tattersalls Gold Cup on May 27.
"A lot will depend on the ground and the weather, and if we decide to wait with Dylan Thomas then Septimus might start off his season in the Alleged Stakes."
The Group 1 Champions Mile on turf, worth £520,000, is part of the Asian Mile Challenge which offers bonuses of $1 million for wins in two of its legs, $2 million for winning three legs and $4 million for winning four legs.
Neil Callan put his intended 2,000 Guineas mount Cockney Rebel through his paces on Racecourse Side in Newmarket on Saturday morning.
The all-weather champion jockey enjoyed a smooth passage aboard Geoff Huffer's fancied candidate to power about eight lengths clear of stablemate Banjo Patterson (Emmett Stack) over six furlongs.
Huffer intends to run the son of Val Royal in the Group 3 Banshahouse Craven Stakes at HQ on April 19.
Sir Michael Stoute worked 2,000 Guineas entries Adagio (Kevin Bradshaw), Al Theraab (Wayne Goldsborough) and Al Shemali (J D Smith), who shared company in some easy work over seven furlongs. The powerfully-built Kaseema, a possible for the 1,000 Guineas on May 6, tracked her lead up the straight in a six-furlong exercise.
Of the senior team, Hard Top was back in action and the Great Voltigeur winner mixed with Maraahel and Jeremy.
Henry Cecil was soon on the scene and the promising maiden Templestern moved with plenty of gusto in his pairing.
Sound Of Nature, who got off the mark in a maiden at Windsor last October, strode out well in a solo exercise over seven furlongs.
