Aidan O’Brien confirmed yesterday that UltimatePoker.com 2000 Guineas winner Footstepsinthesand will not take his chance in the Boylesports-sponsored equivalent at the Curragh on Saturday.

ENGLISH 2000 Guineas hero Footstepsinthesand will miss the Irish equivalent at the Curragh on Saturday.

Aidan O’Brien confirmed this evening that UltimatePoker.com 2000 Guineas winner Footstepsinthesand will not take his chance in the Boylesports-sponsored equivalent at the Curragh on Saturday.

Star filly Attraction and 2000 Guineas hero Footstepsinthesand headline a 71-strong entry for the Darley July Cup at Newmarket.

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A record 33 international contenders have been entered for Sandown’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on July 2.

The chemistry between Aidan O’Brien and new Ballydoyle No 1 jockey, Kieren Fallon is encouraging, believes Pat Keane.

KIEREN FALLON is loving life at Ballydoyle. He has left the daily grind of driving up and down the motorways of Britain for the idyllic surroundings of Tipperary and, already, seems the better for it.

Aidan O’Brien is hoping either Footstepsinthesand or Oratorio can provide him with a third success in Saturday’s UltimatePoker.com 2000 Guineas.

Footstepsinthesand and Oratorio are Aidan O’Brien’s most likely contenders for the UltimatePoker.com 2000 Guineas.

Footstepsinthesand proved the star of the show as the Ballydoyle team enjoyed a good day at Leopardstown this afternoon.

Classic prospect Footstepsinthesand duly landed the odds for Aidan O’Brien and Jamie Spencer in the Kilavullan Stakes at Leopardstown today.

TOP-WEIGHT Dark Cheetah provided Aidan O’Brien with back-to-back victories in the Derrinstown Stud Birdcatcher Nursery on a day of doubles for three top trainers at Naas yesterday.