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O'Brien not sure about Blanco staying

Aidan O'Brien has expressed doubts over the stamina of Cape Blanco ahead of his run in the totesport Dante at York on Thursday.

The son of Galileo is twice a Pattern-race scorer and looked impressive when landing the Futurity Stakes at Fairyhouse last August.

Yet to go beyond seven furlongs, O'Brien is in the dark about how far Cape Blanco will stay.

"He is a low-moving horse and you wonder how far he will stay," said the Ballydoyle handler.

"He should get a mile and a quarter and if he gets further then who knows, but he does have class.

"There doesn't look to be a lot of pace in the Dante and we don't have a pacemaker in it.

"I would love to have something in there to go on and make the running but we don't."

The Ballydoyle handler won the Dante 12 months ago with Black Bear Island.