Surprise GI Arlington Million winner Spirit One (Fr) (Anabaa Blue {GB}) will make his next start in the GI Goodwood S. at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting Sept. 27; his connections are eyeing the GI Breeders' Cup Classic Oct. 25, according to Racing Post. It will be his first attempt over the Pro-Ride surface. “We decided not to go for the [GI] Jockey Club [at Belmont Sept. 27] as we will come up against Curlin,” trainer Philippe Demercastel told the Post. “And I don't want to run him over a mile and a half in the Turf Classic [also at Belmont], so we have decided to go to Santa Anita.” A close fourth to Duke of Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill) in the G1 Prix Ganay in April, Spirit One was runner-up in the G3 La Coupe June 14 at Longchamp before wiring his rivals at 13-1 in the Arlington Million Aug. 9.
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