York tilt on Postponed’s agenda

A high-profile campaign for the rest of the year is in the pipeline for red-hot King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes favourite Postponed.

Now in the care of Roger Varian, having struck gold in the mid-summer showpiece 12 months ago for Luca Cumani, the Sheikh Mohammed Obaid-owned five-year-old is likely to be seen at York next month, should all go well at Ascot this weekend.

Varian outlined the Juddmonte International as the probable target in an attempt to land a Group One at a mile and a quarter with the son of Dubawi, who has three successes at the top level to his name over 12 furlongs.

He said: “We will see how we go on Saturday. Hopefully he will run well and come out of the race sound and healthy. We would like at some stage to see if he could win his Group One over 10 furlongs, and the race at York is the obvious race to try that.

“Thereafter it would probably be back up to a mile and a half and you would have to have the Arc in mind, and, who knows, possibly the Breeders’ Cup after that.”

Victory on Saturday would make Postponed only the third horse in history to win the King George twice, emulating Dahlia and Swain.

Speaking at a preview event in London, Varian added: “We are excited about running him, it’s a race I grew up watching and to be …

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