O'Brien considers Triple Crown programme for Warrior Aidan O'Brien has raised the possibility of Saxon Warrior being aimed at the Triple Crown. An impressive winner of the 2000 Guineas, he will now head to the Investec Derby next month. If all goes well there it will be off to Doncaster for the oldest Classic of them all, the St Leger, in a quest the Coolmore team so very nearly achieved with Camelot in 2012. O'Brien watched the race on a computer in a hotel room in America as he was with Mendelssohn in his failed bid in the Kentucky Derby. "We were watching it from afar but it was unbelievable," O'Brien told ITV Racing. "Donnacha (O’Brien) has ridden him in all his work so he knew what he was able to do. He knew the horse better than I did. "The lads (owners) always had it in their heads he would go for the Guineas and Derby. Donnacha was very happy, too, so I think that is what everybody is thinking next. "The Triple Crown has to be on our minds, if he wins the Derby that would be the obvious thing to do but I haven’t been told yet." O’Brien confirmed that Ryan Moore would be back on board at Epsom in his role as number one rider.
