Gold Cup plans on ice for Yeats

AIDAN O’Brien admits a decision has yet to be made on whether Yeats will bid for a fourth Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

The eight-year-old looked a shadow of his former self when beaten into sixth on his reappearance in the Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan last month.

“Yeats is fine, and we feel privileged to have such a horse. For him to win one Gold Cup, then two, then three, was unbelievable. We never thought that could happen,” said O’Brien.