Fantastic Light delighted Godolphin as he completed his King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes preparation with a gallop in Newmarket yesterday.
He worked over five furlongs on the Limekilns short gallop with Broche, who is a possible pacemaker at Ascot on Saturday.
And trainer Saeed bin Suroor said: "I was very pleased with the way Fantastic Light worked and everything is ready for Saturday." The five-year-old is William Hill's 9 to 4 second favourite for his clash with dual Derby winner Galileo in the King George, in which he chased home Montjeu last year, having scored an impressive victory in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot last month. "That run was a career-best performance and he will have to reproduce that effort at least in order to have a realistic chance of winning on Saturday," Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford said yesterday.
"He is giving us all the right signals. Fantastic Light has improved since last year. He is older and stronger and has very effective acceleration."
Meanwhile, Grand National-winning trainer Terry Casey has died after a long battle with illness. He was 56.
Casey, who enjoyed his finest moment when Rough Quest - ridden by fellow Irishman Mick Fitzgerald - triumphed at Aintree in 1996, had been battling cancer of the throat for some time.
Casey served his riding apprenticeship with Aubrey Brabazon in Ireland before riding as stable jockey for Frank Gilman. Casey moved to Dorking and started training for Rough Quest's owner, Andrew Wates, in 1993, having previously trained for John Upson. He sent out his final winner, the Wates-owned Ibis Rochelais, at Folkestone in May.
Prince Fahd Salman, the owner of 1991 Derby hero Generous and Irish Oaks heroine Ramruna, has died after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday night.
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