Connections of Workforce will see how their star colt is over the next fortnight before deciding on whether to have a tilt at the Breeders' Cup Turf.
The Derby winner, trained by Michael Stoute, bounced back to form after his flop in the King George at Ascot to land the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp and is now favourite to win in America at Churchill Downs next month.
‘The horse trotted out fine this morning,’ said Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah.
‘It was quite a rough race but Ryan negotiated a very good passage for him. He showed plenty of courage and brilliance to quicken at the right time.
‘It (the plan) is to be decided. The Breeders' Cup could be a possible, but we'll have to see how he is over the next couple of weeks.
‘We will have to wait and see about next year.’
Workforce's performance at Longchamp was at least the equal of his win in the Derby at Epsom.
‘It was fantastic to see the Derby winner bounce back to form,’ said Phil Smith, British Horseracing Authority head of handicapping.
‘After his Derby win I had him on 128 and that was pretty much agreed by all the international handicappers, but initially when the Derby form didn't seem to work out too cleverly at first and Workforce ran so disappointingly at Ascot we dropped him back to 126.
‘After yesterday it's pretty easy to get him back to at least 128 which was his Derby rating and now the Derby form doesn't look as bad as people thought a month or six weeks after the race. A number of horses have run quite well.
‘He's guaranteed to go back to his Derby figure. It's just a debate whether he should be 1lb higher.
‘One thing we have learned about Workforce is that I suspect if he does stay in training we won't see him that often. He does seem a horse that needs a bit of time between his races,’ Smith told At The Races.
