Yeats ‘fine’ after canter
The 5-2 market leader for the Epsom Classic had been stiff following a routine workout last Friday, but O'Brien was happier with the colt's condition by Sunday.
"He cantered this morning and everything was fine," said O'Brien.
Yeats is likely to do his final price of work on Friday before the June 5 contest.
Plans for his stablemate Meath have yet to be decided after he overturned the much-hyped Derby gamble Cairdeas at the Curragh on Sunday in the Airlie Stud Gallinule Stakes.
Reporting the colt to have come out of the race well, O'Brien added: "He is a possible for Epsom but he could well go for the French Derby."
Epsom second favourite Snow Ridge was put through his paces by Ted Durcan in a workout on the Limekilns in Newmarket yesterday morning.
The UltimateBet.com 2000 Guineas runner-up will be Frankie Dettori's mount in the colts' Classic, with Kerrin McEvoy set to ride Godolphin's number two Rule Of Law, the totesport Dante Stakes runner-up.
Dettori, who rode work for the first time yesterday since he broke a finger in a freak accident at Goodwood last week, said: "Snow Ridge is a very well-balanced colt, straightforward and with a good turn of foot.
"He is a real pro and a gentleman and I really think he must run well."
Dettori's views were echoed by trainer Saeed bin Suroor.
"He has given me the confidence that he is going to run a big race," he said.
"He is working very well and I feel he will get the trip, even though I have always really thought he was a mile-and-a-quarter horse.
"I really do feel he will run very well for us."
Snow Ridge and Rule Of Law could yet be joined by Bull Run at Epsom should connections take the decision to supplement the colt, who arrived from David Loder's yard after winning a conditions race at Epsom last month.
Bull Run will work this morning, but the vibes still seem to be that he may lack the physical maturity of his team-mates.
"He is a light horse who needs to put some muscle on and I think we will see the best of him next year," bin Suroor reported.
"You can't squeeze this type of horse and he has a lot of options. He has the class and he has worked well.
"If Sheikh Mohammed wants to run him then I think he will run well because I like the way he works he has a beautiful action.
"But there is also the French Derby or Royal Ascot for him and so far we haven't decided where he will go."
Luca Cumani will make a decision regarding Pukka's participation in the Derby after the colt works at Newmarket today.
"He'll work in Newmarket in the morning and a decision on the Derby will be taken after that," said the trainer.
"The horse is well and we think he will have come on for his first run."
Pukka is 66-1 for the Classic, but his handler feels he is bred for the job.
"He has a true mile-and-a-half pedigree by Sadler's Wells out of a Darshaan mare, and the dam herself won a Listed race over a mile and a half," said Cumani.
