Tatts Gold Cup next for Fame

Fame And Glory is to be campaigned back at the top level after opening his account for the season in the Group Three Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh last week.

The 2009 Irish Derby hero could try for a Group One double in the Tattersalls Gold Cup back at the Curragh on May 23 followed by the Investec Coronation Cup at Epsom on June 4.

"The plan with Fame And Glory is to go to the Tattersalls Gold Cup and then if everything is OK he could go for the Coronation Cup," said trainer Aidan O'Brien.

"He could then have a break and we might start him back in the Irish Champion and he could go for the Arc and Breeders' Cup.

"That was always going to be the plan with him if his early-season campaign went right.

"He will deserve a break after the Coronation Cup and we have always had the autumn in mind."

O'Brien is also thinking of running Age Of Aquarius after being encouraged by his performance when second to Harbinger in the Ormonde Stakes at Chester last week, in his first race for 10 months.

"Age Of Aquarius is a possible for the Coronation Cup. We think he's a very classy horse who will come on nicely for his run at Chester," the Ballydoyle trainer added.

"If he doesn't go to Epsom then he could go to the Hardwicke (at Royal Ascot). We have always trained him with a four-year-old campaign in mind."

O'Brien's other major older horse this season is likely to be QEII and Sussex Stakes scorer Rip Van Winkle, who is on a retrieval mission after disappointing in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

"Rip Van Winkle is well and we hope to go straight to Royal Ascot, probably for the Queen Anne," he concluded.