On September 22nd, Sunday Thoroughbred Club announced that their G1 winning five-year-old, Shahryar, is set to run in the Breeders' Cup with Cristian Demuro onboard. Connections are also considering making another overseas expedition to Hong Kong for the International Races on December 10th at Sha Tin Racecourse.

On the 22nd, he was moved from Northern Farm-Kuko in Hokkaido to Northern Farm Ten-ei in Fukushima. He will be transferred to Northern Farm Shigaraki in Shiga and returned to Ritto Training Centre on September 27th. The horse recovered uneventfully from epiglottic entrapment surgery on 24 August after his last race.