Luca Cumani was thrilled with the performance of Purple Moon in finishing third in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot and he may now aim for a second win in the Ebor at York.The much-travelled seven-year-old won the big Knavesmire handicap in 2007 and has not scored since, though he has run well in top-class company.
"Purple Moon probably didn't quite stay the last quarter-mile of the Gold Cup but ran an excellent race even so," the trainer told his website, www.lucacumani.com.
"He saw the trip out better than most of his opponents, and even briefly looked early in the straight as if he was going to take a big hand himself.
"There is every chance we will bump into Age Of Aquarius somewhere along the Cup trail, though we also have the Lonsdale at York as an alternative and possibly the Ebor as well.
"We will need to do some more research into the record of top-weights before we commit him to an entry in that race."
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