Bewitched to take on Goldikova in Longchamp The Charles O'Brien trained Bewitched will take on the superstar mare Goldikova in Sunday's Group 1, Prix de la Foret at Longchamp. Incredible 14-time Group One-winning mare Goldikova will be bidding for back-to-back victories in the seven-furlong prize before heading back to America, where she will go for a fourth victory in the Breeders' Cup Mile. Her three-year-old stablemate Moonlight Cloud showed her class with a scintillating performance in the Prix Maurice de Gheest on her latest appearance but while the Foret was mentioned as a possible target, her trainer Freddie Head says that she will bypass Longchamp and instead go to Ascot on October 15 to contest the Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes. "Goldikova is very well and the plan is still for her to run in the Foret on Sunday," said Head. "I am very happy with her at the moment and the ground looks like it will be on the fast side of good, which will suit her. "We've decided Moonlight Cloud will not be going and she will instead wait to Ascot and run in the sprint." Meanwhile O'Brien said of Bewitched: "We've discussed it with the owners this morning and we've decided to let her run. "She never got a run at Haydock, but we were delighted with her last time. "She goes on any ground so that isn't a concern and we'll see how she gets on in what is going to be a very good race with Goldikova and Dream Ahead in there."
