John Gosden’s Cracksman still has options for the rest of the season
CRACKSMAN still has plenty of options for the rest of the season with connections yet to commit to him to any particular target.
Before York, it had been suggested that he would run again this season, but after his demolition job on the Knavesmire he has opened up plenty of options.
Cracksman holds entries in both the Irish and English Champion Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, for which stablemate Enable is the hot favourite.
Owner Anthony Oppenheimer told Press Association Sport: "I think Mr Gosden is just keeping an eye on the horse and trying to work things out.
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"The horse is entered for the Arc, the Irish Champion Stakes, the English Champion Stakes and for the Prix Niel.
"If Enable is going to run in the Arc I don't think he will want to take her on. I could be wrong, but it's the same jockey (Frankie Dettori) so I don't think we'd want to change if we can help it.
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"He may decide, depending on ground conditions and everything else, not to run the horse this year.
"What we don't want is for the horse to have a hard race going into the winter. He had a very nice race at York and he knew it, too.
"We'll just have to wait and see as the trainer is keeping all his options open."