Kevin Shea is confident of a better performance from J J The Jet Plane in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Friday week.
The South African rider was slightly disappointed with Mike de Kock's star sprinter in the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot where he was only fourth to Art Connoisseur after being sent off the 5-2 favourite.
"He came out of his run well and it's hard to say what went wrong, if anything did," said Shea.
"Whether it was because it was his second run after a lay-off or because it was his first time at Ascot, or something like that, but I think he ran a little bit below-par.
"He's in good form and we're happy with him. He'll be running at Newmarket and taking on the ones that won at Ascot."
Shea is also looking forward to continuing his association with Imbongi at Ascot on July 11 following his victory in the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket.
The five-year-old entire could now try to emulate his stablemate Archipenko, who took the Group Two Summer Mile last season.
"It was a bit surprising to see him drift off the boards like that (4-1 to 8-1), but he won it well," Shea told At The Races.
"I think he's going to go on to the Summer Mile now.
"He went right through with it and I was quite impressed with him.
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