O’Brien’s horses more forward than was believed

THE early indications, after just four days of the flat season, are that Aidan O'Brien's horses may well be much further forward than the trainer believed.

At the recent open day at Ballydoyle, he indicated that they would certainly come on plenty for a run, but the weekend was rather encouraging.

The one horse I think we all took out of Ballydoyle was the unraced Galileo colt, Acapulco, which O'Brien referred to, more than once, in favourable terms.