Martyn Meade has Craven Stakes in mind for Classic contender Eminent

Eminent could take in next month's Craven Stakes at Newmarket en route to a shot at Classic glory in the 2000 Guineas.The son of Frankel, who made a big impression on his debut last September when he won one-mile maiden at Newmarket, is a best-priced 40-1 for the first Classic of the season on May 6.Trainer Martyn Meade is thrilled with how his star youngster has wintered and could give him a trial run in the Craven on April 20.Meade said: "He is absolutely fine and that (the Craven) is the plan as things stand, but we'll see what the entries are looking like nearer the time."If it looks like a very tough race, we might give it a miss, not because I don't think he'll be ready for it, but I don't want him to have a very hard race before the 2000 Guineas."We might decide to miss the Craven, give him a racecourse gallop somewhere and then go to the Guineas."The race he won wasn't desperately impressive, but I think the style with which he did it was and the way he's progressed since, I think he's a pretty smart horse."