Fame And Glory to drop in class and trip for next assignment

ASCOT Gold Cup winner Fame And Glory will drop in both class and trip to have his next race in the Ballycullen Stakes at the Curragh on August 20.

Aidan O’Brien’s five-year-old stepped up to two and a half miles for the first time in the Gold Cup but oozed class in beating Opinion Poll, who subsequently won the Goodwood Cup, by three lengths.

His next race will be over a mile and three-quarters in the Listed event as O’Brien builds towards a possible crack at the Arc.