York likely target for Churchill Churchill is likely to swerve the Prix Jacques le Marois at at Deauville on Sunday in preference for a trip to York later in the month. The dual Guineas winner was a late withdrawal from the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood last Wednesday due to the testing conditions, but he had been in the frame to head to France this weekend. But trainer Aidan O'Brien is now favouring an assault on the Juddmonte International at York on August 23. He said: "We are looking at York with Churchill. "It is not written in stone, but we are looking at going up to a mile and a quarter with him. "The plan was to go to Goodwood and then go up to a mile and a quarter after that. "If we were to go to France this week then we might not get a chance to go up to a mile and a quarter. "If York went well then he may go on to Leopardstown (Irish Champion Stakes)."
