Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted September 3 Journalists Posted September 3 Royal Ascot scorer Merchant, who had been an intended runner in Sunday's G2 Prix Niel at ParisLongchamp, has been ruled out for the remainder of the season after suffering a setback. Trained by William Haggas, Merchant was a dominant winner of the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot, before taking the step up to Group company in his stride with a narrow defeat of Wimbeldon Hawkeye (Kameko) in the G3 Gordon Stakes at Goodwood last time. The son of Teofilo was due to put his Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe credentials to the test in the Prix Niel, but those plans for the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing-owned colt have now had to be shelved. “He's just met with a little setback, so unfortunately he will be out for the rest of the year,” said Haggas. “It was always the plan to go to ParisLongchamp for the Prix Niel, but unfortunately we're not going. We feel a bit gutted, but sadly that's just the way it goes.” The post Exciting Merchant to Miss Autumn Targets Due to Injury appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote
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