Trainer David Oughton will make an early start on overseas targets for Bowman's Crossing after announcing he will run in the Singapore Airlines International Cup on May 16.
In a change, the fast-finishing fourth-placed horse in Sunday's Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup will join David Hayes-trained Ain't Here in the second leg of the World Series at Kranji.
'He's been in the entries for Singapore all along even though I hadn't really thought to go there,' Oughton said yesterday.
'But the entries for it look to have cut up a bit now and, unless the Godolphin horse, Vespone runs, Bowman's Crossing will nearly be the highest-rated runner in the field. A final decision will depend on how he is in training during the next few days but, all being well, he will go.'
Michael Kinane will partner Bowman's Crossing, who has been plagued by bad barriers in several of the biggest races this season.
'He doesn't have to be out the back all the time if he draws in closer but when he gets the outside gate every start, there aren't too many options,' Oughton said. 'There is definitely a big race in Bowman's Crossing and it's a shame to see the horse racing so well but unable to win one.'
The trip has thrown Bowman's Crossing's visit to Royal Ascot into doubt but Oughton is confident the quarantine questions will be answered positively.