Hay aiming for more Gold Fame And Glory bids for back-to-back victories in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot with one of his owners hoping he will be coming back for a few more years yet. Already a six-year-old, Dr Jim Hay, who owns last year's winner along with the Coolmore triumvirate of John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, has dreams that he can go some way to emulating his former stablemate Yeats, who won the race four times. Hay feels honoured to be part of the huge Ballydoyle operation and frighteningly for his opponents, he has been told his pride and joy is in even better form this year. Having met with defeat in two runs after winning the Gold Cup 12 months ago, Aidan O'Brien's charge returned to Ascot to win on Champions Day and he also scored first time out this season. "The word from Ballydoyle is that they think Fame And Glory is even better than he was last year and that seems to be reflected in his price," Hay told At The Races. "Joseph (O'Brien) was really happy with him on the day. He phoned me up after the race and said everything he asked him to do, he did with great ease and confirming what Aidan has been saying (that) he's probably better than last year. "As long as it's not extreme conditions at either end of the scale, he should run well. "There are a lot of incidents that go into preparing a horse but Aidan is a genius. He's the master at preparing a horse for the big occasion and we're very, very hopeful. "For us, this an enormous privilege to be aligned with John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith. It's a huge honour. "To win another would be a dream and hopefully we'll be back again next year maybe. "The ambition we've got is to be aiming for what Yeats did."
