O’Brien leaves options open

AIDAN O’BRIEN looks set to have a maximum of three runners in Saturday’s Ireland The Food Island Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

The champion trainer has been enduring a rough period of late as his yard has been badly hit by the cough but he reports his older stable stars to be back on track now.

O’Brien had 15 horses among the original entries for the race but five of those have now emerged as possible runners.