Thunder Snow to go global in search of Grade 1 glory
Breeders' Cup Classic will be the main objective for Saeed Bin Suroor's superstar
LAST season's Dubai World Cup sensation Thunder Snow will this year have the Breeders' Cup Classic as his main target.
The globetrotting Group 1 winner is also likely to tackle the Jockey Club Gold Cup and Juddmonte International.
Trainer Saeed bin Suroor has mapped out a plan that could end up in his stable star meeting American Triple Crown hero Justify and Mendelssohn in a Breeders' Cup clash of the ages.
The six-year-old was last seen thrashing his rivals in a Dubai World Cup romp, winning by five lengths to leave a clutch of top class horses trailing in his wake.
That was a career best for the four-year-old, who has now won over six million in prize-money.
With a CV as glittering as his, all top-class races are up for grabs - but it appears two contests have taken his trainer's fancy more than others.
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Bin Suroor said: "The main aim is the Breeders' Cup Classic. There is a race before that on the dirt at Belmont Park called the Jockey Club Gold Cup on September 29 which he could go for, but I want to run him in a race before that.
"He has started working now and is working well and is in good form. He was not ready for the Eclipse."
The top class colt also has entries in the Qatar Sussex Stakes and Qipco Irish Champion Stakes, but it appears York is first on the list.
"He needs a race in August somewhere and I'm looking to find a mile-and-a-quarter race. There is the possibility of the Juddmonte for him.
"We will talk to Sheikh Mohammed and make a decision, but it is so far, so good."
