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Image: Sheikhzayedroad: Could go for the Champion Stakes

Sheikhzayedroad and Trade Storm are unlikely to rest on their laurels after giving trainer David Simcock an amazing Grade One double in Canada on Sunday.

The Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot or the Pattison Canadian International back at Woodbine could be on the agenda for Sheikhzayedroad following his victory in the Northern Dancer Stakes.

Trade Storm, on the other hand, could go to America for the Breeders' Cup or to Australia after he tasted glory in the Woodbine Mile.

"They are two good old boys aren't they?" the Newmarket handler told www.davidsimcock.co.uk.

"Trade Storm has been frustrating but even when he gets beaten, he is one of those horses you don't get disappointed with - he is just a lovely horse to be around.

"Sunday was his kind of race. He got a good pace and beat a useful horse in Kaigun. Sheikh Fahad will decide whether Trade Storm goes to America (Breeders' Cup Mile) or Australia for his next run - he is entered in the Cox Plate.

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"Sheikhzayedroad will either go to Ascot (Champion Stakes) - but only if it came up very soft - or probably back to Canada for the International."

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