Aidan O’Brien triple-handed as he pursues fifth success in Ascot’s all-aged midsummer feature
Auguste Rodin and Rebel’s Romance hold promise of classic King George clashThis King George, though, can justifiably be teed up in terms of a real clash. The racing arms of the Coolmore and Darley empires each has a 123-rated older star to throw into the fray and for good measure, another of racing’s behemoths, Juddmonte, has the star filly Bluestocking.
With a Breeders’ Cup and a pair of German Group One’s under his belt in 2022, the Godolphin star now gets a shot at breaking his top-flight duck in Britain. Oisín Murphy riding Sunway to win the Chasemore Farm British EBF Maiden Stakes at Sandown Park in June, Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Ridden by Oisín Murphy at the Curragh, Sunway will be ridden here by James Doyle who faces getting down to do 8.12. The upside is an 11lb swing from his older male opponents – and 8lbs from Bluestocking – which is a significant plus by any measure.
O’Brien suggested after last month’s battling success in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes that he’s only now starting to work out what’s tactically optimum for his mercurial star. That promises a scenario where Moore and William Buick eyeball each other from some way out with the prospect perhaps of another epic King George finish to look forward to.
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