Champions Day absentee Hawkbill bound for Germany

Hawkbill (left) beating The Gurkha in the Coral-EclipseCredit: Alan Crowhurst

Coral-Eclipse winner Hawkbill will step up in trip to a mile and a half for his final start of the season in next month's Group 1 Grosser Preis von Bayern, as trainer Charlie Appleby also revealed he will remain in training at four.

He said: "Hawkbill will head to Germany on November 1 for a Group 1 and stays in training next year.

"We might winter him in Dubai but whether he runs there I don't know; I think we've learned enough to know he's ideally suited with more ease in the ground, which is why he didn't run on Champions Day."

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Stuart RileyDeputy news editor

Published on 16 October 2016inNews

Last updated 17:38, 16 October 2016

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