Clive Cox is buoyed by Ghostwriter’s gallant Dubai Turf run as he plans the colt’s domestic campaign.
The four-year-old was fourth in the Meydan Group One, pocketing £200,000 under Rossa Ryan in a field of 11.
He was unbeaten at two and held his own in a string of top-class three-year-old contests last season, so naturally there will be plenty of lofty targets for him when he makes his comeback on home turf.
“Ghostwriter is back home safe and sound and ran an absolute blinder for Jeff Smith in Dubai, netting a very valuable purse for finishing fourth,” said Cox.
“He will come forward for that and we will definitely be going back up to a mile and a quarter and maybe even beyond.
“I’m so pleased with the way he has come home and he’s really grown up, mentally he’s grown into a man who we can properly consider real long-term targets with – and I’m very excited.
“He’s in the Tattersalls Gold Cup and at the moment I would be encouraged to go there, especially with the way he’s taken his trip to Dubai.”