Aidan O’Brien could be without a runner in Saturday’s Betfred Sprint Cup after ruling Due Diligence out of the Haydock Group One.

Guerre proved himself a potentially high-class sprinter when lowering the colours of Prix de L’Abbaye winner Maarek in the listed Woodlands Stakes in Naas last night.

Geoffrey Chaucer provided Aidan O’Brien with his thirteenth victory in the Group 2 Juddmonte Beresford Stakes when getting the better of stable-companion Oklahoma City in yesterday’s feature at the Curragh.

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LUCA Cumani was left ruing his luck following Bauer’s narrow defeat at the hands of Viewed in the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington yesterday.