Ascot Gold Cup winner Subjectivist is ready to return from a 20 month injury lay-off with trainer Charlie Johnston hoping he can reclaim his spot as the world’s best stayer.
Johnston’s first big assignment since he assumed the training licence from record breaking father Mark is to saddle the 2021 Royal Ascot winner in the £2 million Longines Red Sea Turf Handicap in Saudi Arabia a week on Saturday.
The Group 3 race, over a mile and seven furlongs, will be the stayer’s first start in 605 days. He has spent the last 18 months on a rehabilitation programme but proved his return to fitness in a racecourse gallop at Newcastle last week under big race jockey Joe Fanning.
