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Dragon Dancer suffers setback

by David Carr

DRAGON DANCER is likely to retain his status as the best maiden in training for a while yet after it emerged on Wednesday that last year's Derby runner-up has suffered a setback.

The four-year-old had been pencilled in for a comeback in the Jockey Club Stakes this month but did not take up his entry in that race and trainer Geoff Wragg said: “He is on the sidelines at the moment. He is just not quite right. I don't know if it will be a long-term problem - I'm hoping not.”

Dragon Dancer went down by just a short head to Sir Percy when a 66-1 shot for the Derby last year, having finished second in the Chester Vase on his previous start. He had been beaten in maiden company three times before that and was unable to break his duck in four subsequent outings inpattern company, although he did finish fourth in the Irish Derby and second in the Prix Eugene Adam at Maisons-Laffitte, taking his career total of prize-money to nearly £370,000.

The colt, who was bought for 200,000gns as a yearling and runs in thecolours of John Pearce, has not been seen out since a moderate sixth in the St Simon Stakes on heavy ground at Newbury last October.