Tattersalls test for Magician

Aidan O’Brien expects Magician to strip much fitter in Sunday’s Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh today than when he won the Mooresbridge Stakes earlier in the month.

It was arguably one of O’Brien’s finest moments last season when he was able to bring Magician back from finishing last in the St James’s Palace in June to claim the Breeders’ Cup Turf in November without a run in between.

He had won the Irish 2,000 Guineas before Royal Ascot to show his versatility and ran a respectable race in Dubai in the Sheema Classic when beaten three lengths by Gentildonna.