Trainer James Tate is hoping Royal Aclaim can book her ticket to the top level when she makes her seasonal return in Saturday's Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock Park.
The daughter of Aclaim is set for her sixth career start in the £125,000 Group Two feature of three days Flat action at the Merseyside track after being among the 15 high-class entries for the five-furlong sprint. The four-year-old is a best-priced 5-1 with Coral to land a first success in Pattern company.
Royal Aclaim missed most of her two-year-old campaign in 2021 after injury in the build-up to the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot prevented her from lining up. But she returned last summer to win twice, including the Listed City Wall Stakes at York in July, before finishing sixth behind Highfield Princess in the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes and third in a Group Three at ParisLongchamp. Tate believes she has the ability to mix it at the top level in the sprinting division and a good run in the Temple Stakes on Saturday could book a spot in the Group One King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot next month.
