Peter Chapple-Hyam will have to wait for a few weeks before he can start getting to know Hydrogen, the 2.5 million guineas colt he has been given to train by Qatar Racing.

Sheikh Fahad Al-Thani invited all of his trainers across Europe to a parade and then lunch in Gloucestershire on Sunday, before presenting them with envelopes containing the names of the yearlings which would be arriving at their stables.

And Chapple-Hyam, who trained Hydrogen's half-brother Authorized to win the Derby and has done well with the Qatari family's Caravan Rolls On this season, was the lucky recipient of the Tattersalls sale-topper.

Explaining the decision-making process, the owner's racing manager, David Redvers, said: "It was a mixture of things but Peter has a track record of taking top-class young horses on to greatness.

"He trained the brother and also did well with the horse he trained for us last season.

"He will stay here (Tweenhills Stud) for another three or four weeks. We just want to get him out and about and used to things a bit more.

"He should be in Newmarket before Christmas, and straight onto the Heath I should think."

19 June 2013

Plenty of rain needed for Approval
Banoffee pencilled in for Haydock
Classic rematch in Coronation
Guest has excellent chance
Brittain sweet on Rizeena
Team O'Brien hope for perfect Ten
Chigun aiming for Cambridge glory
Camelot bids for redemption
O'Neill ace proves too sharp
Ballydoyle in command in Coventry
Dawn delivers in thriller
Sole powers to sprint glory
O'Brien sounds War cry

18 June 2013

Stevens is king of the Castle
Al Thani snaps up Sandiva
Minute's silence remembers Cecil
Duntle on Cambridge duty
Alive and Just in Ribblesdale mix
Passage heads Gold field
Deegan considers Soprano options
Toro out for Palace glory
Cecil's words not lost on Ponsonby
Dawn out for Palace redemption
Hawkwood supplemented for Hardwicke
Flotilla To Drop Back In Trip
Cecil's Chigun in Cambridge action
Al Kazeem and Camelot clash again
De Kock hoping to make history
War ready for Royal Ascot battle
Kingdom set to reign over Ascot

17 June 2013

Magician set for Palace showdown
Cat clings on for Carroll
Three more winners for Lady Cecil
Monaghan delivers on Midnight
Treve in stunning Diane win
Sapphire target for Trees
Beckett mulls Secret options
Nicholls has broken wrist

16 June 2013

Songbird aiming to fly high
Movie has Newmarket on radar
Fahey juveniles primed for action
Stubbs leads O'Brien Coventry team
Salsify on summer break
Kempton target for Benbulben
Top trio head Palace runners
Shea Shea shoots for Stand glory
Animal heads Queen Anne field
Saint-Cloud aim for Dunaden
Magician to be declared for Palace
Soul all heart in York sprint
Kingsgate rules Musselburgh
Sam too sharp for rivals
Hughes makes it pay with Knight
Balding on mark with double
Morawij in a hurry in Scurry
Bartley is queen for a day
Big guns to clash in Coronation