The home focus next week may be on Galway but the Kevin Prendergast-Declan McDonogh team could have Group One ambitions elsewhere at Goodwood after Decado was one of only nine entries left in the BGC Sussex Stakes yesterday.
Along with the Aidan O'Brien- trained trio of Excellent Art, Trinity College and Archipenko, Irish interest in Wednesday's Group One mile championship event will also centre on Decado who would have little problem coping with possible soft ground conditions at Goodwood.
"I've left Decado in the Sussex and I will discuss it with the owners closer to the time about going," said Prendergast who also has the option of running Haatef in the Group Two Betfair Lennox Stakes on Tuesday.
Decado won the Group Three International Stakes at the Curragh on his last start earlier in the month but Excellent Art will bring top-flight winning form to the Sussex having landed the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot last month.
Their opposition is set to include the top South African- trained Asiatic Boy who was a nine and a half length winner of the UAE Derby in the spring as well as Godolphin's Queen Anne Stakes winner Ramonti.
Aidan O'Brien's more immediate Group One focus, however, will be on tomorrow's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes after both Dylan Thomas and Scorpion were among the seven left in the mile and a half highlight at yesterday's final declaration stage.
The Ballydoyle trainer has already expressed reservations about very soft going for Dylan Thomas who will be ridden by John Murtagh while Michael Kinane retains the mount on the Coronation Cup winner Scorpion.
"We have to be worried about the possibility of testing ground for Dylan Thomas. It's the intention to run but everyone knows Dylan Thomas is not as effective on soft ground as he is on quick," O'Brien said.
"Soft ground would have to be a negative."
A total of 39 entries remain in the Day Two Ballybrit feature, the Tote Galway Mile, after yesterday's forfeit stage and they include last year's impressive winner Quinmaster.
However, Michael Halford's 107-rated horse is not the highest rated runner remaining in the 39 with Jim Bolger leaving in the 110-rated Namaya for a race the Co Carlow trainer won back to back in 1999-2000 with Tushna and Tiger Shark.
Aidan O'Brien has just one entry for the Listed event, the impeccably-bred maiden Red Rock Canyon, while Richard Fahey's course winner Bolodenka is a possible for a Galway return.
John Murtagh will be at Fairyhouse this evening ahead of his King George date with Dylan Thomas and the former champion jockey looks to have secured an interesting ride on Clear Riposte in the concluding mile and a half handicap.
Willie Mullins's mare has developed into quite a good hurdler since the last of her five previous flat starts in 2005 and if she translates that level of form back to the level, she will be a tough cookie to beat off a mark of 49.
Murtagh will also fancy his chances in the six-furlong handicap on board White Gables who was only beaten three lengths behind Alone He Stands at Leopardstown on her last start.
Wexford stages a mixed card on ground that is forecast to be good to yielding and Clear Riposte's stable companion Cru looks like one to examine in the 13-furlong maiden. Declan McDonogh's mount was slightly disappointing behind Bold Bidi at Killarney but is worth another shout.
The Chip Chopman reverts back to hurdles for the two-mile handicap after three wins on the bounce on the flat and Davy Russell's mount is preferred to Equator.
