Workforce, who finished second to Nathaniel in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes last month, will miss the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in favour of a crack at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on October 2.
The Sir Michael Stoute-trained four-year-old, who won the Arc last season, is being primed to bid for a repeat success in the Longchamp showpiece, for which he is a 7-1 chance with William Hill.
Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Workforce's owner/breeder Khalid Abdullah, said: "Not entering him for the Champion Stakes is to do with the distance more than anything. He is happiest at a mile and a half, and the Arc is the plan."
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