English Two Thousand Guineas winner Golan will remain in training as a four-year-old after originally being slated to stand the upcoming breeding season at Coolmore Stud.Golan was thought to have concluded his racing career with a sixth-place finish in the Japan Cup (Jap-G1) at Tokyo on November 25. But last week, breeder and part-owner Lord Weinstock raised the subject of keeping the lightly raced Golan in training.

"Lord Weinstock was very keen to keep him in training and Mr. (Michael) Tabor loves having an older horse, and Golan will be staying with us," trainer Sir Michael Stoute told Racing Post. "I am delighted to be training him at four."

From the first crop 1995 Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) winner Spectrum, Golan is the only stakes winner from two foals to race produced by the Generous mare Highland Gift, a half sister to Group 2 winner Bonny Scot and Group 3-placed Border Mate (Ire) and Alignment.

Golan broke his maiden in his only start as a juvenile and has won two of six starts with one second and one third this year. He won the Guineas at Newmarket in May and then ran second to Galileo (Ire) in the Epsom Derby (Eng-G1) in June and was third to Galileo in the Irish Derby (Ire-G1) in July at the Curragh.

He returned to the winner's circle in the Prix Niel (Fr-G1) at Longchamp in September and ran fourth to Sakhee in the Arc de Triomphe (Fr-G1) in October before his effort in the Japan Cup.

John Warren, bloodstock agent for Lord Weinstock, said Golan is expected to campaign against top company as an older horse as well.

"It is too hard to say what his targets will be next year, but Sir Michael really feels he has a serious chance of proving himself at the top level as a four-year-old," Warren said. "He is an outstanding looking horse and has all the attributes to make it. If you had taken Galileo out, he would have been the winner of both the Guineas and the Derby and there should be so many opportunities for him next year."