Toast Of New York will have his next start in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on January 27.
Jamie Osborne's six-year-old entire had been off the track for over 1,000 days before making a winning reappearance at Lingfield recently.
Prior to that he had not been seen since being beaten a nose in the Breeders' Cup Classic by Bayern back in 2014.
He picked up an injury when being prepared for the Dubai World Cup which forced his retirement but after only a semi-successful spell at stud in Qatar it was decided to see if he would stand up to going back into training.
Brought along slowly through the summer by Osborne, he won earlier this month to set up an ambitious tilt.
Runners in the Pegasus need to purchase one of 12 slots and an agreement has been reached by Toast Of New York's owners, Al Shaqab Racing, and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, an original shareholder in the Pegasus.
"It's really good news," said Osborne.
"Obviously we are very grateful to all parties concerned for making the move."
Dean Reeves of Reeves Thoroughbred who were represented by Breaking Lucky last year who finished eighth behind Arrogate, told www.bloodhorse.com: "I think that he ran so well (on his return) that sort of put him in the picture.
"I had gotten wind of the fact that they wanted to run the horse in the race. Of course we had some other opportunities with some of the other horses, but we really didn't know if we were going to get anything done.
"Really in the last 24 hours, it sort of started to come together. We pulled the trigger and got the deal done.
"We certainly liked the way he looked (at Lingfield) and this was a solid horse three years ago.
"He was right there in the Breeders' Cup. We'll look pretty smart if he wins it. If he runs up the track, it won't be any worse than it was last year."
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