Opinion Poll's participation in the Gold Cup at Ascot is still up in the air after his fair performance at Goodwood on Friday evening.
Michael Jarvis' promising stayer finished third behind the impressive winner Holberg on ground that would have been plenty quick enough for him. With soft ground unlikely at the Royal meeting, Jarvis is holding fire on definite plans.
"We felt that we had to run him because he's a very idle worker at home and he was getting fairly unfit, so we had to get a run into him," said Jarvis.
"We are not quite sure where we'll go with him yet, whether he will run in the Ascot Gold Cup or not.
"He's very ground dependant and he's such a different horse on soft ground it's difficult to be positive about where he'll go yet.
"He's got an entry in the Curragh Cup (June 26) but it's even quick ground over there at the moment, just like here it can change in 24 hours though."
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