Marco Botti has his sights set on some of Europe's top middle-distance events for Gitano Hernando after he finished an unlucky sixth in Saturday's Dubai World Cup at Meydan.
Sent off favourite for the world's richest race after an impressive warm-up success at Lingfield, the four-year-old went down by just over two lengths after suffering trouble in running, and trips to Royal Ascot and even a tilt at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe could now be on his agenda.
Fallon echoed the trainer's sentiments and felt Gitano Hernando did not get the run of the race in Dubai.
He told At The Races: "It was all happening in front of me. I was going half-speed all the way. I was trying to angle to get out but the same thing was happening to Frankie (Dettori on Mastery). I couldn't really move with the two horses in front of me dictating it at their own pace.
"I have always thought a lot of him and he's up there with the best. If there had been a gallop, or if I could have gone when I wanted, he would have opened up and that would have been good enough for me."
