Joe Murphy has raised the possibility of stable star Cercene travelling to Del Mar for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf in November.
A winner of the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, the Australia filly went on to finish second to Whirl in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood over a-mile-and-a-quarter before reverting to a mile when fifth in the Matron Stakes at the Irish Champions Festival.
While unable to land a telling blow, Cercene was only beaten three lengths and Murphy feels she could have finished closer with a clearer passage.
He said, “We were a bit unlucky, she got squeezed up in a gap and had to take a pull and come around again. When you have to do that in a Group One you're in trouble, but I liked the way she ran on at the finish.”
While keen to let the dust settle on her recent outing, Murphy is not against the idea of stepping his stable star back up in trip.
He concluded, “We're contemplating the Breeders' Cup, but it's a bit too soon to say. We'll have a better idea in a week, but we're very happy with the way she came out of the race.”
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