Ciro provided Aidan O'Brien's first Group One success of the season in Sunday's Prix Lupin and the Ballydoyle trainer is formulating plans for another Longchamp raid next weekend with Saffron Walden.
The Irish 2,000 Guineas winner hasn't been seen since finishing down the field in York's Juddmonte International last August but has the Group One Prix d'Ispahan over nine furlongs on Sunday as a likely reappearance date.
An alternative for Saffron Walden is Newbury's Lockinge Stakes, where the Sussex Stakes winner, Aljabr. could face a mouth-watering clash with the top French miler Sendewar.
'We'll probably decide on Thursday where he will go,' O'Brien said yesterday. 'ChiangMai is also in a Group One at Longchamp (Prix de St Alary) but that will depend on the ground. She's a possible for the Irish 1,000 Guineas, too, if the going is on the easy side.'
Before all that, Royal Kingdom will fly the Ballydoyle flag in tomorrow's Dante at York and O'Brien reported: 'We've been very happy with him since his run in France and the ground will be a lot better in York.'
O'Brien attributed Monashee Mountain's disappointing run in the French 2,000 Guineas at the weekend to the track rather than than the soft ground.
'Longchamp can be a funny track if a horse isn't used to it and Michael (Kinane) said he couldn't get the horse organised,' he said. 'We'll wait and see where he goes next, but I wouldn't imagine he will clash with Giants Causeway in the Irish Guineas.'
