Mill Reef beckons for Into The Sky

Jim Boyle has a return to Newbury for the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef in mind for his runaway debut winner Into The Sky.

The Starman colt made a serious impression when taking to the racecourse for the first time last week, cruising to a seven-and-a-half-length victory at 80-1.

With plenty of well-bred, costly purchases behind him, the 25,000 guinea buy very much caught the eye and is pencilled in for a step up in grade back at Newbury later this season, for which he would need supplementing at a cost of £6250.

“The most likely race for him now would be the Mill Reef at Newbury on the 20th of September,” said Boyle.

“He’s come out of his race grand, we’re very happy with him. Visually it was extremely impressive and that was backed up by the time.

“You couldn’t fail to be pleased with that, we’re just looking forward to his next run and hoping he can back it up.

“We’ve never had a two-year-old of the sort of quality that we’d be looking to go to the Mill Reef with any degree of expectation.”

Into The Sky’s early promise is another feather in the cap of the sire Starman, whose earlier progeny have been excelling on the racecourse.

Boyle said: “I have another Starman in the yard, he’s a lot more backward and may not see the track this year but he’ll be a smashing horse for next year.”