Adelaide Down Under? Saturday's big American winner Adelaide could sign off his career with Aidan O'Brien by heading to Australia. The Galileo colt has an entry for the Sportingbet Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 25 and indications Down Under are that he will then represent trainer Chris Waller. Adelaide, who was second in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot, finished in the same position in the Belmont Derby before making his Grade One breakthrough in the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington. O'Brien said: "There's a possibility that he'll have a bit of time (off) and go to Australia to be trained for the Cox Plate. He's a lovely horse. He travels well and he quickens well." Speaking to the Herald Sun, Coolmore's Australian spokesman James Bester said: "He's a legitimate Cox Plate contender on that effort. The race was run over 2000m on what was described as a very firm track. It was a perfect Cox Plate test. "We had debated the best course of action and one course of action was to have Adelaide quarantine in Newmarket and come out and run for Chris Waller. "But that did not make as much sense as having him quarantine at Ballydoyle, where he could stay in his normal routine with his normal handlers all the way through to flying out to Werribee. "Rather than have him trained by remote control in Newmarket, that way he would certainly stay with Aidan and be trained right into the Cox Plate by Aidan."
