Corine Barande-Barbe believes her stable star Cirrus Des Aigles to be as good as ever as he prepares for a fourth attempt at the Longines Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday week.

He may argue otherwise, but trainer Aidan O’Brien can once again dare to dream about winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic tonight.

Cirrus Des Aigles will not run in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown next Saturday.

Caspar Netscher gave Alan McCabe the biggest success of his training career when gaining just reward for his consistency with a hard-fought victory in the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Gimcrack Stakes at York.

Manduro bids to end a year-long winless spell in tomorrow’s Weatherbys Earl Of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket.