Breeders’ Cup dream alive for Abbaye star The Platinum Queen

Richard Fahey is pondering a Breeders’ Cup trip for his Prix de l’Abbaye winner The Platinum Queen.

The two-year-old has impressed all season as she progressed from novice company to Group races, finishing second in both the Nunthorpe at York and the Flying Childers at Doncaster.

Partnered by Hollie Doyle in the Abbaye, she become the first juvenile to land the race at ParisLongchamp since 1978.

“I was over the moon with The Platinum Queen winning the Abbaye on Sunday,” the trainer told www.sportinglife.com. “As a trainer, watching her canter every morning, you wouldn’t think such a good-moving filly would handle the ground in Paris – but she did. It just shows you never know everything in this job – you’re learning all the time, however many years you’ve been doing it.

“I’d have said the ground would definitely have been a huge hinderance to her. Hollie Doyle said she coped with it, though, and half pulled up in front – then went again when the second made his challenge.