Star European 3-year-old Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) moved one step closer to an engagement in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf after pleasing trainer John Gosden in a work at Newmarket Wednesday. The 3-year-old, who has won this year's G1 Investec Derby, G1 Coral-Eclipse, G1 Qipco Irish Champion S. and G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, worked under regular race rider Frankie Dettori.
“Golden Horn worked this morning and we were happy with how he worked,” said Gosden. “He worked on the long gallop and Frankie Dettori was pleased with him. The plan is for him to head out on Saturday, all being well. He has held his condition extremely well. He put the weight back on to what he was before the Arc five days after the race. He has some constitution, and that is the one thing that gives us hope racing this late in the year with him.”
Another European shipper in good form for the Breeders' Cup is Khalid Abdullah's Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who will contest the GI Mile for trainer Roger Charlton.
“Time Test is in a good place at the moment–I am very happy with him,” said Charlton. “He had a gallop at Wolverhampton last week, jumping out of the gates and spinning round the tight turns under Ryan Moore, which was highly satisfactory.”
“I am very excited to have another Breeders' Cup runner with a lively chance, and if he gets a good draw I think that he is capable of running very well,” Charlton added. “He may still prove to be at his best over a mile and a quarter, but he has enough class and speed to be effective over a mile and I think that the turns at Keeneland will suit him.”
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