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Postponed team eyeing up Breeders Cup

Postponed and Andrea Atzeni in winning action at YorkPostponed and Andrea Atzeni in winning action at York
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Postponed could be bound for the Breeders' Cup Turf should he be none the worse for his run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Roger Varian's top-class middle-distance performer is ante-post favourite at around 4-1 for the mile-and-a-half Group One at Chantilly on October 2 after his victory in the Juddmonte International at York over an extended 10 furlongs last week.

"He's a great horse and I'm so pleased with how he's come out of the race," Varian told At The Races.

"You're never quite sure when you run him back off a setback. You want that first run back to bring him forward and not send him backwards again.

"It's certainly brought him forward. He's come out of the race bouncing. He looks tighter and fresher for the run. I couldn't be more pleased with how he looks since the Juddmonte.

"It was important to achieve that Group One win over 10 furlongs. Whether he needs to go over 10 furlongs again, possibly not. He'll step back up to a mile and a half for a crack at the Arc next time.

"I think we'll go straight to the Arc.

"If he comes through the Arc unscathed, we'd consider a crack at the Breeders' Cup Turf and I should think that would be it for the year, but we've got a big one to focus on right now."