26 Abr. GB. Casino at Bet365.com Classic Trial. G3. Sandown Park. 10f. Turf. 50.000 £
1.- CENTENNIAL (J.Fortune)
2.- WHISTLEDOWNWIND (L.Dettori)
3.- FEARED IN FLIGHT (D.Holland)


FOR Tiger Woods, talk of a grand slam came to an end on the greens of Augusta. For John Gosden, the grand slam dream might just yet be realised after his Derby ambitions were kept alive thanks to Centennial's "very satisfactory" seasonal reappearance.

A clean sweep of Classics might be nigh on impossible to achieve, but no trainer has more chance of achieving it than Gosden, who won the most recent Classic in Britain when securing the St Leger with Lucarno last September.

He goes into 2008 with genuine chances in the next four, thanks to Stanjamesuk.com 1,000 Guineas favourite Infallible, 2,000 Guineas fancy Raven's Pass, Dar Re Mi, who trades as short as 6-1 for the Juddmonte Oaks following Friday's Sandown success, and Centennial.

Anyone who thinks Gosden will go through Newmarket and Epsom unbeaten can have 250-1 with William Hill, whose prices make the trainer only an even-money shot to win at least one of the four races.

His Vodafone Derby aspirant's odds were cut to as short as 8-1 following an all-the-way win under Jimmy Fortune in the Bet365-sponsored Classic Trial, although William Hill trimmed him to 8-1 from 10-1. The son of Dalakhani, who held on by a neck from the running-on Whistle-downwind with Feared In Flight third, is a best-priced 12-1 for Epsom.

Gosden, triumphant in the Sandown Classic Trial four times in the 1990s and whose Derby winner Benny The Dip finished second in the Group 3 test, said: "That was very satisfactory. He has only been working on the bridle at home and in the last 110 yards he was definitely getting tired. He will come on bundles for the race and Jimmy said he will get better with age, so we also have a four-year-old to look forward to!

"My previous four winners of this trial were primed for the race. Benny The Dip was not and nor was this horse.
"I'd have thought that we should now go for the Dante to run against a certain talented horse called Twice Over, although Lingfield would also be an option."