St Nic has point to prove

Aidan O’Brien singled out Point of Entry as the main stumbling block to St Nicholas Abbey’s attempt to retain his Breeders’ Cup Turf crown at Santa Anita on Saturday.

The five-year-old Montjeu entire gave the Ballydoyle trainer and his jockey son, Joseph, an emotional success at Churchill Downs 12 months ago.

Just as last year, St Nicholas Abbey has to bounce back from defeat in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe a month earlier.