Dermot Weld a real threat to O’Brien’s title ambitions

Could the unthinkable actually happen?

At the start of the flat season if you put forward the notion that someone else besides Aidan O’Brien might end the campaign as champion trainer then the lads in white coats might have been summoned.

But the admittedly early skirmishes have given every indication that a changing of the guard could be a real possibility and there is little doubt that O’Brien faces a tough battle if he is to retain his title.