War looks to end O'Brien hoodoo

He may argue otherwise, but trainer Aidan O’Brien can once again dare to dream about winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic tonight.

The closest the Ballydoyle trainer came to landing one of the most sought-after races in world racing was when Giant’s Causeway painfully lost out to Tiznow by a neck in 2000.

But in Declaration Of War, O’Brien arguably has one of his strongest contenders for quite some time.