Singapore Airlines International Cup hero Jay Peg will not seek glory in Europe but will be rested and then target the Cox Plate in Melbourne and the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup.
On the morning after Jay Peg had demoralised his rivals in the S$3 million (HK$17.1 million), Singapore race over 2,000 metres, trainer Herman Brown said Europe would not be in the four-year-old's best interests.
'He's done a superb job, winning the Dubai Duty Free and now in Singapore as well, but I feel it would be pushing too far to go on with him now,' Brown said.
'He'll return to Dubai and have a break, I'm sure that's the best thing for the horse right now. He'll need a total rest, both physically and mentally, and then we'll begin the build-up for Melbourne.'
Details of the assault on the late-October Tatts Cox Plate, Australia's richest weight-for-age race, have still to be worked out.
'We have spoken to the people in Melbourne and they will be getting back to us with more accurate information as far as the rules and protocols for a horse coming from Dubai,' he said.
'As soon as we have those, we'll know more about where we are heading. After the Cox Plate, the international races in Hong Kong are the next obvious target.'