Aidan O'Brien: “You see the horses progressing physically (during the off season). But you don’t know whether that progression will transfer into work. You’re never sure until you start, but it is exciting really.”
Donn McClean THERE IS AN air of calm about the place. Horses and riders, all at ease at the walk. All uniform, a red and black striped rug on every horse, every rider all in black except for the maroon cap that crowns every helmet. To the average human eye, from this remove, all the horses look similar, equine athletes during the warm-up, except maybe The Antarctic . To Aidan O’Brien, however, the slim figure standing in the centre, each horse has his or her own unique characteristics.
“You see the horses progressing physically ,” says Aidan O’Brien. “But you don’t know whether that progression will transfer into work. Some do very well. When you start working them, you know straight away, they’re bigger, stronger and better. You’re never sure until you start, but it is exciting really.”
Auguste Rodin is different. He started out over seven furlongs last season, he won his maiden over seven, and we already know that he stays a mile at least. He won the Group 2 KPMG Champions’ Juvenile Stakes over that trip at Leopardstown on Irish Champions’ Weekend last year, and he rounded off his season by winning the Group 1 Vertem Futurity Stakes at Doncaster.
“You’d imagine Auguste Rodin will have no bother stretching out to a mile and a quarter or a mile and a half,” says the champion trainer. “He’s that type of horse. He’s the type that could start in the Guineas and stretch out.”
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