Joseph O’Brien is ready to check the derby credentials of his favourite Bacaro on Saturday’s Palisades Stakes in Leopardstown.
Buckaroo, the sector’s highest-ranked horse, wrapped up his occasion marketing campaign with a fourth place end in Group One Criterium de Saint-Cloud, whose kind was boosted by Stone Age runners-up earlier this week.
His coach, whose 2017 Ballysax winner Rekindling went on to win the Melbourne Cup, is keen to search out out if his newest candidate can flip into a practical derby contender.
“We’re aiming to go the derby route, all the pieces is okay at Ballysax,” mentioned the Proudly owning Hill coach.
“He is had himself in some hassle each of his final two rounds as a consequence of him being a bit missing early on.
“In France it was a stunning, chaotic race and it was final or second for a lot of the means and it stayed good but it surely was too late. That’s one thing that we hope maturity will handle.
“He would nonetheless be positive, however I do not assume he would go additional than a mile and a half.”
Aidan O’Brien has two contenders as he tries to broaden his spectacular racing report.
The Ballydoyle coach has organized the derby expertise over the previous 20 years, with subsequent winners of Epsom Galileo (2001) and Excessive Chaparral (2002) among the many earlier 11 winners.
This 12 months’s O’Brien saddles bluegrass And the screenwriterwho have been final seen in motion on Dewhurst Day in Newmarket in October.
Bluegrass operating at residence for coach Aidan O’Brien
Bluegrass, picked by Ryan Moore this weekend, completed fourth within the 10-furlong Zetland Stakes, whereas screenwriter Wayne Lordan completed fifth within the Group Three Autumn Stakes one mile.
Of Bluegrass, the son of Galileo from the primary set-winning Quiet Reflection runner, O’Brien – who hit with the Bolshoi Ballet 12 months in the past – mentioned: “He was just a bit inexperienced in Newmarket, it took some time for Penny to drop and he has a lazy means. to go.
“He hasn’t run so badly in Zetland having by no means traveled. Newmarket may very well be if you do not know your job.”
Like his father, Joseph O’Brien has a second string for his formed bow swan baywho wasn’t too far off from potential Luxembourg-based Ballydoyle star on the Beresford Stakes in September at Curragh.
“We expect Swan Bee is a horse that may keep nicely and we’ll see how he goes in Ballysaxes and takes it from there,” the coach added.
Different opponents embody Dermot Weld Duke de Sissa Doncha O’Brien teaching Biz Paddlewho cut up simply half the size when the primary and second Eyrefield Stakes have been right here within the fall.
