Golden Horn on course for Irish Champion after York upset

John Gosden is keen to run Golden Horn in the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes ahead of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe granted suitable conditions following his shock defeat at York on Wednesday.

Golden Horn on course for Irish Champion after York upset
Fri, 21 Aug, 2015 - 01:00
Colin Wilson

The Newmarket trainer admitted he got the tactics wrong by not making the most of supplemented pacemaker Dick Doughtywylie as Arabian Queen stunned the Knavesmire crowd by getting the better of the Derby and Eclipse winner by a neck.

Gosden will now prepare his star three-year-old for the Group One over a mile and a quarter at Leopardstown on September 12.

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