Rely on Rome

MUCH interest at the Curragh this afternoon will centre on Aidan O’Brien’s Australian import, So You Think, in the Group 3 High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge Stakes.

Formerly trained by the legendary Bart Cummings and actually a son of High Chaparral, he was a brilliant horse in his native country. So You Think is the winner of five Group 1’s, and eight of his 12 races in all, and was last seen when finishing a creditable third in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington in early November.

This is a gentle introduction to Ireland and it will be disappointing should he have any trouble dismissing modest opposition on the way to Royal Ascot.