King George next for Golden Horn

Golden Horn’s owner-breeder Anthony Oppenheimer has given the strongest indication so far his champion three-year-old is likely to retire at the end of the season.

The Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, for which the John Gosden-trained colt would have to be supplemented, could be his swansong as long as the ground was not soft at Longchamp on October 4.

After Golden Horn’s unprecedented treble of the Dante, the Derby and the Coral-Eclipse, the race Oppenheimer would dearly love to win now is the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes as his company, De Beers, were the race sponsors from 1972 to 2006.