O'Brien's Guineas plans nearing completion Aidan O'Brien is pleased with Australia ahead of the colt's intended seasonal debut on Saturday week. Australia is currently second favourite for the Quipco 2000 Guineas and heads the ante-post market for the Investec Derby. The son of Galileo, out of the brilliant mare Ouija Board, has always been held in very high regard at Ballydoyle. He looked an exciting prospect when ending his two-year-old campaign with a six-length romp over Free Eagle in the Group Three ICON Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Trial Stakes at Leopardstown on September. "We're happy with him and always have been. He's never done anything other than that for us," O'Brien told At The Races. Australia could be accompanied in the Classic by his stablemate War Command, who wound up his juvenile season with victory in the Group One Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in October. "The plan was always to train both for it and then we'd see closer to the time," said O'Brien. "It's very possible both will run, but the boys (owners) will decide that closer to the time."
