Baaeed will sign off his career in Ascot’s QIPCO Champion Stakes after William Haggas ruled out a career swansong in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
In the wake of the three-year-old’s Juddmonte International success over 10 furlongs at York last month, Haggas had spoken of “a strong chance” that the Sheikha Hissa Al Maktoum-owned Baaeed would step up to a mile and a half for Europe’s middle-distance championship in Paris on October 2.
But the master of Newmarket’s Somerville Lodge said: “After much consultation with Sheikha Hissa and her team, we have decided that Baaeed’s final start will be in the QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot on October 15.
