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One-two for Ballydoyle as O'Brien gets off the mark

Trinity College (white cap) beats Acapulco Bay (right)Trinity College (white cap) beats Acapulco Bay (right)
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Aidan O'Brien sent out his first winner of the season as Trinity College (10/11fav) made all to beat stablemate Acapulco Bay in the TRM - Supplements You Can Trust Race over a mile.

Owned by the Coolmore partners and racing in the grey and white check silks of Masaaki Matsushima, the Dubawi colt responded well under pressure from Wayne Lordan to score by two lengths as the 5lb lower-rated runner-up could find no more late on.

“We’re delighted with him, he’ll stay further,” said O’Brien.

“It was nice to get him started, he had some very good runs last year.

“He’ll have no problem going up to a mile-and-a-quarter, I’d imagine.

“We’ll look at a Derby trial and he could be a French Derby horse.

“It was bad ground today so he did well.

“The second horse will definitely stay. He’ll definitely get a mile-and-a-quarter and he could even get further.

“They’ll both obviously come forward from the runs.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

About Mark Nunan
Mark has followed racing since he was a teenager and worked for many years as a broadcaster with the Irish version of Racecall. He joined the Press Association in 2019 and is also a contributor to the Racing Post. A native of Kildare, he now lives in Sligo.