The Prix de l'Opera and British Champion Stakes are among Tamfana's end-of-season goals after David Menuisier revealed she was "off-colour" at present.
The daughter of Soldier Hollow, who opened her Group 1 account in last year's Sun Chariot Stakes on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket before finishing third in the QEII on QIPCO British Champions Day, was a promising second to Dancing Gemini on her seasonal bow but is not quite herself following a subsequent below-par effort in the Lockinge when last seen.
Trainer David Menuisier is happy to draw stumps for the summer swing and look to bring the four-year-old Tamfana back a little later in the year.
He said on Racing TV: "Tamfana I’m not quite happy with, she’s a bit off colour.
"I might give her the summer off and give her an autumn campaign, she doesn't like the ground to be rattling-quick as we could see in the Lockinge so rather than prepare her for the next target which she may not get to, maybe it's smarter to give her a bit of time off now and be ultra-ready for the autumn.
"That could be the Sun Chariot again, it could be the Opera her main target, and maybe the Champion Stakes after that. I want to try her over a bit further again. So all the options are open, and she will tell us but I think the Opera would be my main target at the moment."
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