Los Angeles: Aidan O’Brien maintaining choices open for Irish Derby winner | Racing Information

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Los Angeles will both run within the St Leger or the Irish Champion Stakes at Doncaster on September 14.

Aidan O’Brien’s Irish Derby winner defied a 5lb penalty within the Nice Voltigeur Stakes at York final week, with stablemate Illinois closing him down quickly within the final of the 12 furlongs.

If he stays at house for the Irish Champion, he will probably be dropping to 10 furlongs, however ought to he run at Doncaster, he will probably be stepping as much as a mile and three-quarters.

O’Brien is effectively stocked for each races, with Auguste Rodin pencilled in for the spotlight of the Irish Champions Competition, whereas at Doncaster, stablemates Illinois, the unbeaten Jan Brueghel and Grosvenor Sq. are heading the betting.

With Metropolis Of Troy set to skip the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in favour of the Breeders’ Cup Traditional, Los Angeles may e-book his ticket for Paris by working effectively at Leopardstown.

“He could go to either the St Leger or the Irish Champion Stakes. Obviously, if he’s going to the Arc, he could go for the Irish Champion Stakes,” mentioned O’Brien.

“Auguste Rodin may go there as effectively with Luxembourg. That is a little bit little bit of a change this week.

“We’ll see what the ground is going to be like at Doncaster and there are three other horses that could run in the St Leger if he (Los Angeles) didn’t run there.

“He appears to have come out of the race (in York) effectively. We’ll see what occurs over the subsequent couple of weeks.”

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