Aidan O’Brien, the 12-time prime coach at Royal Ascot, has saddled a file 85 winners on the massive assembly and is ready for extra glory in Berkshire in 2024.
Since being appointed because the coach within the historic Ballydoyle complicated in 1996 on the age of simply 26, he has damaged each file price breaking and gained each race price 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 probably the most profitable coach within the lengthy historical past of the assembly final 12 months together with his file 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 people who can provide 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 had been comfortable 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 supreme for him. He additionally simply had a bit wobble when he obtained pushed out on the house flip which interrupted his rhythm for just a few strides. Despite the fact that he was overwhelmed, the run was all the time going to deliver 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 want quicker floor.
Steady
The plan is for him to run within the Hardwicke Stakes. We’re comfortable to ship him there and not using 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 type. He ran nice the final time we noticed him on the observe within the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. We thought afterwards that perhaps we rode him too quietly and that he would have run higher with a extra optimistic trip. We expect there’s extra to return from him and hopefully he could make a robust begin to his season at Royal Ascot.
Kyprios
He’s bang heading in the right direction 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 sort 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 might all the time ideally wish to get him a lead for so long as attainable. 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 appears like he might go for the Hampton Court docket 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 depart that run behind him and the Hampton Court docket appears 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 obtained trapped again within the area in a slowly-run race and each time he tried to return out somebody reduce the pinnacle off him. It was a little bit of a non-event, however he did not have a tough race consequently, 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 advantageous 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 assume she had almost sufficient work finished. It says a lot about how a lot class and talent she has that she ran so nicely. She appears to have come ahead at residence simply as we hoped she would since then and he or she’s one to look ahead to.
River Tiber
The plan is to run him within the Jersey Stakes. He ran very nicely within the Irish 2,000 Guineas and in equity, you could not say he did not get the mile, however he does present plenty 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 appears 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 had been delighted together with her efficiency at Leopardstown. We did not actually got down to try to pressure 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 seemed an aesthetic filly.
Camille Pissarro – The plan is for him to run within the Coventry Stakes. We’ve 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 very good bit once more. We’re trying ahead to him.
Celtic Chieftain – I would say he is prone to run within the Windsor Fort Stakes. He was able to run early, however he had a bit hold-up that delayed him. We had 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 very good run below 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.
Simple Mover – I do not assume she’ll run as it would come a bit bit quickly for her after solely profitable on Friday. If she was going to run, it will be the Albany Stakes, however I would say greater than seemingly she’ll look ahead 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 extremely good filly. We could not see her being overwhelmed on her debut at Naas, however when she obtained there to problem, she began trying in all places and was overwhelmed. So, for her second begin we set out with the intention of driving her a lot quieter and educating her as a lot as we might. She quickened up rather well from off the tempo to win narrowly and for us she might be rated a good bit higher than the naked type. She appears to have come ahead once more and is a extremely pretty prospect.
Heavens Gate – We’re aiming her on the Queen Mary Stakes. It is a risk that she would possibly discover that take a look at a bit bit sharp for her, however we now have to separate them up and we hope she would possibly get away with it as she had good tempo. I might see her operating over seven furlongs later within the season.
Treasure Isle – He is one for the Windsor Fort Stakes. He knuckled down nicely 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 will be within the Coventry Stakes. If he would not go, he’ll be one for the Railway Stakes. He galloped by means of the road very nicely on the Curragh and appears a pleasant prospect.
Whistlejacket – He is the one for the Norfolk Stakes. We thought he could not be overwhelmed on his debut, and he ran nice, however he ran into what seemed a extremely 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 nicely since then. His full-brother Little Massive Bear was overwhelmed 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 probability.
