Poet’s Word Likely to Train on at Six

[Wandering Eyes]

Sir Michael Stoute’s dual Group 1 winner Poet’s Word (Ire) (Poet’s Voice {Ire}) is likely to stay in training as a 6-year-old. With a date at York for the G1 Juddmonte International S. on Aug. 22 looming, Poet’s Word has the chance of a Group 1 midsummer hat-trick, having defeated Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the G1 Prince of Wales’s S. and stablemate Crystal Ocean (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. on July 28. The G1 Irish Champion S. and then possibly the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf are his objectives before a return to Dubai. Second in the G1 Sheema Classic in March this year, Bruce Raymond, racing manager to owner Saeed Suhail, has raised the possibility of an exciting raid on the G1 Dubai World Cup next year.

“York is still on the agenda, as are a few of those nice races coming up, but York is what we are thinking,” said Raymond. “There’s York and then the Irish Champion S., but I don’t think the Arc is really on his agenda, maybe the Breeders’ Cup. I don’t think he’d want soft ground, so the Arc hasn’t ever really been in our thoughts. The owner would like to take him back to Dubai and I’m sure he’ll be in training next year. He’ll either run in the Sheema Classic again or the World Cup, which is very prestigious.”

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