ARCHIPENKO is set for a key gallop next week ahead of his bid for Champion Stakes glory at Newmarket on October 18.

Mike de Kock attempts to halt the Aidan O’Brien bandwagon in Chicago on Saturday when his Archipenko locks horns with Mount Nelson in the Arlington Million.

Globetrotting trainer Mike de Kock added a win in Britain to his international haul as Archipenko claimed the Group Two Plymouth Gin Summer Mile Stakes at Ascot.