Magician sights set on Gold run

Aidan O’Brien plans to follow a tried and tested route with Magician after the dual Group One winner left it late to claim the High Chaparral European Breeders Fund Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh.

The master of Ballydoyle had saddled the previous four winners of the Group Three contest in Fame And Glory, So You Think, Windsor Palace and Camelot.

Fame And Glory and So You Think returned to the track to win the Tattersalls Gold Cup on their next start, and O’Brien is confident there is plenty of improvement in Magician ahead of his tilt at the same Group One prize on May 25.