Breeders Cup Possibility for Paco Boy

After a unfortunate performance in the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp, Paco Boy could possibly finish off his racing career with an attempt at success in the Breeders’ Cup.

Paco Boy

With a trio of Group One victories under his belt, the Richard Hannon trained five year old did not have a trouble free run last Sunday, but still managed a fourth place, only two lengths behind the winner.

While the potential selection of The Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs remains as a choice for the Hannon charge, a plan has not yet been put into place.

“Paco Boy will stand at the Highclere Stud at the end of the season, but a tilt at the Breeders’ Cup Mile in Kentucky remains a possibility,” the trainer stated on his website.

“It was a non-event for Paco Boy; he was a bit handier than usual as they went a stop-start pace and he got no run whatsoever and hasn’t had a race.

“The seven furlongs of the Challenge Stakes at Newmarket on October 16 would suit him ideally and it would be a great way to finish his career on home soil at least.

“The problem is that it is a Group Two and he would get a heavy penalty, so we’ll have to think again.”