Group 2 winner Persian Force (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) is pointing to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian announced on Sunday. A winner of the G2 July S. at Newmarket in July, the colt has been placed in three successive Group 1 races since–second in both the Phoenix S. at the Curragh on Aug. 6, and the Prix Morny at Deauville on Aug. 21–and third in the Middle Park S. at Newmarket on Sept. 24.
“He'll go to the Breeders' Cup and then we'll make a decision after that,” said Joorabchian “He'll go for the Juvenile Turf Sprint. I think he has enough speed. Frankie [Dettori] rode him in the Prix Morny and said he has a lot of speed and even when Rossa [Ryan] rode him in the Middle Park he said the speed is right there.
“He has been unlucky, I think. The horse deserves to have won a Group 1, but he has finished second in all of them and has never really run a bad race the entire year. He has done everything his father [Mehmas] has done plus more. He has just been a trooper for us, incredible, he's been a fantastic little horse and never stops.”
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