Sea The Stars to race three more times this year
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from At The Races:
John Oxx is looking to give superstar colt Sea The Stars three more runs this season.
Already the winner of the 2000 Guineas, the Derby and the Eclipse, Oxx would like to see him have six races this season but has still to make a decision on whether he runs in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday week.
The trainer told At The Races: "I'll talk to the owner in the next couple of days and then we'll decide where we go next with him, but he's fine - he's fresh and well."
He added: "We'll make the decision based on plans for the rest of the year as we are looking at running him three more times.
"That would be six races in six months which is a fair old schedule for a horse running at Group One level every time.
"We have to decide whether to give him another quick race after running a very fast time in the Eclipse, whether you'd run him again three weeks later bearing in mind you have the plan to run him three more times - that is what we have to consider.
"We'll make a decision in the next few days.
"The whole point about missing the King George is so we can take our foot off the pedal with him with regards to his work and prolong his well-being to the end of the year.
"There is no point putting all our eggs in the Arc basket as in the last 16 years only four have been run on good ground.
"At a risk of sounding like Aidan O'Brien all the options are open to him because he has won Group Ones over a mile, 10 furlongs and a mile and a half."
John Oxx is looking to give superstar colt Sea The Stars three more runs this season.
Already the winner of the 2000 Guineas, the Derby and the Eclipse, Oxx would like to see him have six races this season but has still to make a decision on whether he runs in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday week.
The trainer told At The Races: "I'll talk to the owner in the next couple of days and then we'll decide where we go next with him, but he's fine - he's fresh and well."
He added: "We'll make the decision based on plans for the rest of the year as we are looking at running him three more times.
"That would be six races in six months which is a fair old schedule for a horse running at Group One level every time.
"We have to decide whether to give him another quick race after running a very fast time in the Eclipse, whether you'd run him again three weeks later bearing in mind you have the plan to run him three more times - that is what we have to consider.
"We'll make a decision in the next few days.
"The whole point about missing the King George is so we can take our foot off the pedal with him with regards to his work and prolong his well-being to the end of the year.
"There is no point putting all our eggs in the Arc basket as in the last 16 years only four have been run on good ground.
"At a risk of sounding like Aidan O'Brien all the options are open to him because he has won Group Ones over a mile, 10 furlongs and a mile and a half."