Aidan O’Brien, the 12-time high coach at Royal Ascot, has saddled a report 85 winners on the large assembly and is ready for extra glory in Berkshire in 2024.
Since being appointed because the coach within the historic Ballydoyle advanced in 1996 on the age of simply 26, he has damaged each report value breaking and received each race value profitable in Europe and past.
Royal Ascot has all the time been a spotlight level for O’Brien, and it’s a assembly that he has loved a large amount of success at.
Certainly, he overtook Sir Michael Stoute as essentially the most profitable coach within the lengthy historical past of the assembly final 12 months together with his report now standing at 85 winners. In addition to that, O’Brien has been topped the main coach on the assembly on a minimum of 12 events.
Aidan sat down with Kevin Blake of attheraces.com to debate those who may give him extra glory at Royal Ascot in 2024.
Auguste Rodin
He is in nice order and he has been educated for the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes. We have been blissful together with his run within the Tattersalls Gold Cup. The hope going into it was that he’d win, however the rain despatched the bottom in a course that wasn’t splendid for him. He additionally simply had slightly wobble when he acquired pushed out on the house flip which interrupted his rhythm for just a few strides. Though he was crushed, the run was all the time going to convey him on. Royal Ascot has been an enormous a part of the plan with him, and we could not be happier with the place he’s on the minute. We would not need rain for him and would a lot favor quicker floor.
Steady
The plan is for him to run within the Hardwicke Stakes. We’re blissful to ship him there with out a run as we did not really feel there was an appropriate lead-in race for him. He is been away for 2 works, and he appears in good kind. He ran nice the final time we noticed him on the monitor within the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. We thought afterwards that possibly we rode him too quietly and that he would have run higher with a extra optimistic trip. We expect there’s extra to come back from him and hopefully he could make a powerful begin to his season at Royal Ascot.
Kyprios
He’s bang on course for the Gold Cup. He has hit each marker we have set for him this season and it has all gone very easily. He is by no means prone to be the kind to stretch away and after what occurred in France, the place he veered left after hitting the entrance, we’re by no means in a rush to ship him to the entrance. We’d all the time ideally wish to get him a lead for so long as potential. After all of the difficulties he confronted final season, we’re excited to see him again within the Gold Cup.
Diego Velazquez
It is not locked in but, however on the minute it seems like he might go for the Hampton Courtroom Stakes on the Thursday. We’re inclined to forgive his run within the Prix du Jockey Membership final time. He had a large draw and Ryan wasn’t pleased with the slot he ended up in from on the market in what was a messy race. We expect he’ll go away that run behind him and the Hampton Courtroom seems a pleasant spot for him.
Diego Velazquez and Ryan Moore win for coach Aidan O’Brien
Henry Longfellow
Henry Longfellow will go for the St James’s Palace Stakes. His final run within the Poule d’Essai des Poulains was a little bit of a large number. He acquired trapped again within the subject in a slowly-run race and each time he tried to come back out somebody reduce the top off him. It was a little bit of a non-event, however he did not have a tough race because of this, and he appears to have come ahead from it. We expect he’ll carry out an terrible lot higher at Royal Ascot. If the rain comes, that’ll be wonderful for him.
Opera Singer
We’re actually trying ahead to seeing her within the Coronation Stakes. She had a hold-up earlier this 12 months and we felt we needed to run her within the Irish 1,000 Guineas if she was going to make it to Royal Ascot. She hadn’t been away for a piece and actually, we did not count on her to run in addition to she did on the Curragh as we did not suppose she had practically sufficient work performed. It says a lot about how a lot class and skill she has that she ran so properly. She seems to have come ahead at dwelling simply as we hoped she would since then and he or she’s one to sit up for.
River Tiber
The plan is to run him within the Jersey Stakes. He ran very properly within the Irish 2,000 Guineas and in equity, you could not say he did not get the mile, however he does present a whole lot of tempo and we really feel the Jersey Stakes is a pleasant spot for him. We’ll be taught extra about him there, but it surely would not be in any respect out of the query that he might return as much as a mile after the Jersey. We’ll be guided by what we see from him there. He is a horse we have all the time held in excessive regard and we’ll trying ahead to him.
Moore seems throughout to see River Tiber has simply edged out Military Ethos within the Coventry
Two-year-olds…
Bedtime Story – The plan is to run her within the Chesham Stakes. We have been delighted along with her efficiency at Leopardstown. We did not actually got down to attempt to power any of those two-year-olds into attending to the Chesham, we simply let it occur if it occurred. She put her hand up for the job at Leopardstown and appeared an aesthetic filly.
Camille Pissarro – The plan is for him to run within the Coventry Stakes. Now we have thought for fairly a while that he’s a Coventry horse. He works like an excellent horse. He was simply inexperienced within the Marble Hill final time. Ryan felt he was very babyish and would come ahead a superb bit once more. We’re trying ahead to him.
Celtic Chieftain – I might say he is prone to run within the Windsor Fort Stakes. He was able to run early, however he had slightly hold-up that delayed him. We have been delighted with what he did at Navan, and it was nice to see him beat a horse in Purple Evolution that had such a superb run beneath his belt. He was a lot inexperienced when he hit the entrance. He ought to sharpen up and are available on a lot from that.
Straightforward Mover – I do not suppose she’ll run as it would come slightly bit quickly for her after solely profitable on Friday. If she was going to run, it might be the Albany Stakes, however I might say greater than probably she’ll look forward to the Airlie Stud Stakes on the Curragh on the finish of the month.
Fairy Godmother – She’ll go for the Albany Stakes. She has all the time labored like a very good filly. We could not see her being crushed on her debut at Naas, however when she acquired there to problem, she began trying far and wide and was crushed. So, for her second begin we set out with the intention of driving her a lot quieter and instructing her as a lot as we might. She quickened up very well from off the tempo to win narrowly and for us she could possibly be rated a good bit higher than the naked kind. She appears to have come ahead once more and is a very beautiful prospect.
Heavens Gate – We’re aiming her on the Queen Mary Stakes. It is a chance that she would possibly discover that check slightly bit sharp for her, however we’ve to separate them up and we hope she would possibly get away with it as she had good tempo. I might see her working over seven furlongs later within the season.
Treasure Isle – He is one for the Windsor Fort Stakes. He knuckled down properly when profitable at Naas final time and we expect he is come ahead from that. He has loads of tempo and will take pleasure in Ascot.
Treasure Isle and Ryan Moore win for coach Aidan O’Brien from Saratoga Particular
Tunbridge Wells – He is one other one which is not a sure runner at Royal Ascot. If he goes, it’s going to be within the Coventry Stakes. If he does not go, he’ll be one for the Railway Stakes. He galloped by the road very properly on the Curragh and appears a pleasant prospect.
Whistlejacket – He is the one for the Norfolk Stakes. We thought he could not be crushed on his debut, and he ran nice, however he ran into what appeared a very good horse in Cowardofthecounty. He had no downside dropping again in journey for the First Flier Stakes and was spectacular there. The shape has labored out properly since then. His full-brother Little Massive Bear was crushed on debut and went on to win the Windsor Fort Stakes at Royal Ascot and we expect this fella will go there with an enormous likelihood.
