Cold As ice is being targeted at the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in bid to fly the flag for South Africa.

Ridgemont manager Craig Carey said: “William Haggas’s favoured race for her is the Jubilee but he stresses that everything has to go right in the meantime for her to run in that. It would be great for South African racing and breeding if she were to run.”

Bernard Fayd’Herbe, who rode her to win the Choice Carriers as well as her first two British starts including the win at Chelmsford, has stood himself down as he does not expect to be able to do the weight in her planned campaign.

Carey said: “We’ve left it in William’s care to find a suitable jockey but we want continuity, someone who can ride her at Lingfield and Ascot as well as the two or three races leading up to the Jubilee.”

Joe Fanning, who rode her last time, rides the majority of Mark Johnson’s big string and so is unlikely to be available. Cold As Ice runs next in the £150 000 (R3.3 million) Fillies & Mares Final at Lingfield on Friday week.

– Michael Clower
– Picture: Liesl King