St Nic primed for Autumn return

AIDAN O’BRIEN hopes to have St Nicholas Abbey back in action in time for the big races in the autumn.

Last year’s champion juvenile could finish only sixth in the 2000 Guineas and then suffered a setback which forced him to miss the Derby.

“He’s good. Our advice at the time was to give him an easy few days so we decided to give him the month of June off,” said O’Brien.