Dubai: A world of opportunities await the outstanding Muhaarar after he emulated sprint legend Dayjur when completing a season hat-trick of Group 1 wins in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville at the weekend.

Trained by Charlie Hills for Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, the son of Oasis Dream comfortably saw off a strong field to add the French showpiece to his previous victories in the Commonwealth Cup at Ascot and July Cup at Newmarket.

Muhaarar, who scored by half a length from the favourite Esoterique and well-campaigned Gordon Lord Byron in a pulsating renewal of the 1,600-metre contest, has several exciting options lined up, including a potentially audacious shot at the Breeders’ Cup Mile, where he could take on the likes of Solow, Wise Dan, Territories, Night Of Thunder and Toormore.

In the interim, he could return to France from his UK base at Lambourn to challenge for the 1,400-metre Prix de la Foret on Arc day (October 4), while the Haydock Sprint Cup (September 15) over 1,200 metres is also on the radar.

“We need to see how he comes out of this but, whatever happens, looking further ahead I wouldn’t mind having a crack at the Breeders’ Cup Mile,” Hills said following his Deauville win.

“Six-and-a-half [furlongs] is probably a good trip for him and I wouldn’t be afraid to run him at a mile again.

“When I saw him in the same sentence as Dayjur in the Racing Post I said, ‘it’s nice to even be considered in the same sentence’. I think now he is proven with three Group 1s and hopefully there are couple more to come this year.

“We will see how he comes out of this race but the obvious race is the Haydock Sprint Cup.”

Twenty-five years ago, Dayjur, who was also owned by Shaikh Hamdan, recorded a rare hat-trick of Group 1 victories over sprint distances, a feat that Muhaarar stands to eclipse should he win his next start.

Dayjur narrowly missed the feat when jumping a shadow in the closing yards of the 1990 Breeders’ Cup Sprint to finish second.

Dubbed the ‘fastest horse in the world’, he won seven of his 11 starts before he was retired to stud at Shaikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Farm in Lexington.

During his career, Dayjur sired three champions, more than 30 stakes winners and more than 60 stakes horses. He was also the broodmare sire of a number of major stakes winners before he was euthanised in 2010 at the age of 26.