Trainer A P O'Brien | irishracing.com

he's so special, he's a very very special horse and every year he seems to be improving. That even looks to be his best again and Ryan said he won so easy. It's a special place and a special race. it's a very special pedigree and Eva has brought it along all the way and these kind of horses are once in a life time. In the Ascot Gold Cup very few horses are able to get that far but this horse has serious class as well. He's so genuine to get through what he has had: he's one in a million. He doesn't have to run again this year; the way we approach every race is that we see how he is and have a chat and then see if we go again and he could run in an Arc. It's important to mind him, do the right thing for him, and let him tell us how he is and where he wants to go at that time of the year.

Curragh Sun, 15th Sep, 2024 Lake Victoria

we thought that she would finish second to the other filly (Bedtime Story) but Ryan's filly hit the gates and he couldn't get her back, and that was it. When that happens it's usually over. Lake Victoria is a very good filly though and went to Newmarket where she won very impressively. She's a very classy filly and is very fast. The plan was to take our time, let her relax and we didn't want to give her a tough race. Wayne gave her a brilliant ride. She's by Frankel but she's made like a sprinter and we ran her here with the thought in our heads that she could be a Cheveley Park filly. I'm delighted for Wayne. He's a great fella and he does a lot of work, day in day out, at home. He's a great rider, we're so lucky to have him here after what happened in the Irish Derby and he went through a tough time for four or five months, so nobody deserves it more. He's a great world class rider.

Leopardstown Sat, 14th Sep, 2024 Diego Velazquez

He's a lovely, straightforward, genuine horse,. He has pace enough for a mile and will probably get a mile-and-a-quarter. He's a lovely relaxed, uncomplicated horse. Christophe (Soumillon) rode him (in the French Guineas) and said ''this horse is going to win a Group 1 very quick' after it. Then it just went a little bit wrong on us. We went to the French Derby, and it was the wrong thing as it was too quick. Then I went up to a mile-and-a-half at Ascot, which was the wrong thing as well. He's a speed horse, he's probably a miler that will get a mile-and-a-quarter. He could go to a Breeders' Cup Mile or the Cox Plate. Adelaide was third in a trial in France on this weekend (ten years ago) and he won the Cox Plate.

Gowran Park Tue, 3rd Sep, 2024 Monumental

he did it nicely from the draw (wide in 9) and Wayne gave him a lovely ride and tracked the pace. He’d a good run the last day at the Curragh and the form has worked out well. Wayne thought that seven furlongs trip suits him well as he has plenty of pace and can travel off a good speed. He’s got a host of options now and is definitely a Stakes horse in the making. Maybe something like the Flying Scotsman at Doncaster or he could wait for the Legacy at Dundalk.

Chris Armstrong representing

Curragh Sat, 31st Aug, 2024 Ides Of March

He was professional and grew up a lot from the last day,. I'm delighted and we'll look at the Middle Park with him now. He's a powerful, fast horse and he finds it easy to go quick. He's big and he's strong. He was going very easy through the race before Ryan started to let him go. I think he's versatile (ground-wise). Wootton Bassetts handle soft ground as well and he handles fast ground very easy, he's a very good mover. The mare was a very good mare in America (Grade 1 winner).

Curragh Sat, 31st Aug, 2024 Dreamy

I'm delighted with her, she's lovely,. Ryan is very impressed with her. She's a baby and he was minding and teaching her. She's a fine big mare. We'll see whether we go again or not this year, she doesn't have to. Ryan said she was never really engaging at all until they came beside her.

Curragh Sat, 31st Aug, 2024 Acapulco Bay

We're very happy with him, he was very green in front,. The last day he came from behind and Ryan said he never really picked the bridle up at all. He felt that he was in second gear the whole time. It was new to him but he was very happy with him. He really didn't go forward at all and was just waiting the whole time because he hadn't been in front before. Obviously he's going to be a horse that will take his time in a good race. We saw what he did the last day over seven when he came flashing home. The last day he travelled and quickened and today he didn't go forward at all because all he was doing was looking, he was getting no lead. I'd say he's quicker than he looked today. The second horse ran a lovely race. He has done plenty of work and has been there a long time, working all the time, but he's just been asleep. That's why we run them, get them out and see. Wayne was happy with him, complimentary of him.

Leopardstown Thu, 22nd Aug, 2024 Platoon

He's a very straightforward horse and he's just taken time to come to hand. . He's been coming along nicely in the past couple of weeks and we felt this was a nice race to start him in. The trip is his absolute minimum. . Probably the best part of the race was the gallop out, Jack couldn't pull him up at the line. . He's a horse that will get further, he has a nice bit of class and he'll come on a lot physically. . There is a winners' race for him in September or we could look at something like the Listowel Stakes. The Diamond Stakes in Dundalk could also suit him over an extended ten furlongs. . He's a horse to look forward to for the back-end and I think he'll definitely make up into a stakes horse.

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