Brian Meehan is torn over whether to run Rashabar in the English or French 2000 Guineas.
The Coventry Stakes winner returned to action in Saturday's Watership Down Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes and delighted his trainer by chasing home Jonquil.
Speaking on Monday's Nick Luck Daily Podcast the trainer said: "I was really happy. The idea of the race on Saturday for Rashabar was it was a trial. It was to get him started, get him out, get him running. He hadn’t run since the first week of October, had done very well over the winter, put on a lot of condition, and we didn’t want to overtrain him and get him fit. We wanted to bring him on by giving him a run."
In terms of which Guineas to target he added: “What would tempt me with Newmarket is it would be a stiffer mile, which is what I think he needs. I think he’ll probably go further in time.
“What’s interesting with him in France is he’s done a lot of his racing there, so he’s got a profile, and at some stage we’re going to have to consider his next career. He’d make a lot of sense to a lot of French breeders.”
Meehan feels Rashabar is one of the best horses he's trained, and was happy to compare to him to Delegator who finished second to Sea The Stars in the 2000 Guineas of 2009.
“He’s up there for sure. Placed in two Group Ones, on one occasion he was probably on the wrong side of the draw and on the second occasion it was probably on ground he didn’t like. He could easily be one of the best I’ve ever trained.
“He’s very similar in type to look at as Delegator. They’re both very good looking horses with huge depth and took quite a bit of training because they both carried a lot of condition. I would certainly think he’s as good.”
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