Jockey plans still to be made for Dancing Gemini

Roger Teal has yet to decide who will ride Dancing Gemini in the Royal Ascot curtain-raiser, the Queen Anne Stakes, next week.

Just touched off in the Lockinge by Lead Artist, the four-year-old will lock horns once again with John and Thady Gosden’s colt, as well as the likes of Rosallion and Notable Speech.

It will be a real case of jockey merry-go-round, however, as Colin Keane will be replacing Oisin Murphy on Lead Artist due to his new retained role with Juddmonte, while Ryan Moore, who rode Dancing Gemini at Newbury, could be required by Aidan O’Brien for Diego Velazquez.

The leaves the door open for either Rossa Ryan or Kieran Shoemark, who have both ridden Dancing Gemini to victory this season.

“There are three boys who have ridden him this season and we don’t know which way the cards are going to fall yet,” said Teal on Sky Sports Racing.

“One of them will be on board but I can’t say which one yet, we’ll just have to see what Mr O’Brien does with Ryan and Ralph Beckett with Rossa. Kieran is free so it will be one of the three.

“Rosallion and Notable Speech have a couple of lengths to make up on us and if the ground is on the easier side, I know the forecast is unpredictable at the moment, but if there’s soft in it then it will be more in our favour than theirs.

“I was tremendously proud of him, but I won’t lie I was gutted at Newbury. Second in a Lockinge is great, but to win would have been much better, hopefully we can win the Queen Anne and that will make up for it.

“Having a horse like Gemini in the yard is great for morale, they all play their part in getting this horse to where we are today.”