Mondialiste (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who shipped successfully to North America last year to win the GI Woodbine Mile, is likely to take another transatlantic trip in two weeks' time for the GI Arlington Million.
The now-6-year-old closed out his 2015 campaign with a second to Tepin (Bernstein) in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland, but took a few starts to get back to his best this season, finishing a well-beaten seventh in the G1 Prix d'Ispahan May 24 and 11th, again behind Tepin, in the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot. He pleased trainer David O'Meara, however, with his second-place finish to Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G2 York S. July 23.
“Mondialiste ran great at York,” O'Meara said. “It was his first run over a mile-and-a-quarter for us, having previously been campaigned over a mile. He ran well at York last year in the Strensall, but has never run well on the straight track at Ascot for some reason.”
“He seems to like a turn in his races, so the Arlington Million might be a good opportunity for him to travel back to America and win some prize-money,” O'Meara added. “There's a lot of money on offer in America and he travels so well, so it makes sense to consider it.”
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