Postponed is a six-year-old racehorse who has come through the age-category years since 2013, currently in his seven-year-old season. Born in Ireland and trained in England, the Sheikh Mohammed bin Obaid al Maktoum owned bay colt most recently raced at the Dubai World Cup, where he could only manage third place behind Jack Hobbs and filly Seventh Heaven.
His trainer Roger Varian, disappointed with the loss, blamed to below-performance on the slow track, a headwind and the slow pace of the race. He was however quick to point out that they had lost to a worthy opponent. Varian argued that Postponed did not have a bad race; that having grown a year older and after such a good year in 2016, a little slump could be expected.
In 2016, Postponed was sweeping all clean, winning the Dubai City of Gold, Coronation Cup Dubai Sheema Classic, and International Stakes with Atzeni as his jockey. The four wins propelled him to the top of racehorse ratings in Britain, despite finishing fifth in the 2016 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Postponed’s race career began in the two-year-old category, debuting at the Newmarket Racecourse in July 2013, where he finished fifth. His first win came at The Hamilton Park Racecourse in 2014, beating Double Bluff by three and a half lengths.
His career then took a series of highs and lows, losing out some races where he began as favorite, and at other times coming first in races where odds were aginst him. He was 15/1 favorite at the Sandown Park Racecourse in April 2015, but lost by a neck to come third behind Al Kazeem and Fascinating Rock. In July of the same year, he won by a nose when he was 6/1 fourth favorite at the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, arguably his greatest race ever.
Postponed’s earliest return to racing would probably be the Epson Coronation Cup, and, with age catching up, it will surely be one of his career tail-end races.
