Curragh ground key to Australia run
Aidan O’Brien commented in the past that Camelot, his 2012 Derby winner, was never the same after winning the 2012 Irish renewal in very soft conditions.
His jockey Joseph O’Brien is keen to ride him over 10 furlongs in the future and warned his appearance at the Curragh is ground dependent.
“He’s a very good horse, it all went pretty much to plan on the day,” O’Brien told At The Races.
“He has a great temperament, he lobbed down to the start, left the gate and never picked up the bridle all the way. He was lovely and relaxed.
“I’d love to ride him back at a mile and a quarter and he is something to look forward to.
“The ground would have to be very nice for us to run him in the Irish Derby, we definitely wouldn’t risk him on slow ground so the ground would have to be very nice.”
Meanwhile, unbeaten filly We Are will miss Sunday’s Prix de Diane at Chantilly.
The daughter of Dansili did not see a racetrack until April, but won a maiden at Longchamp and followed up three weeks later at Saint-Cloud in conditions company.
Stepped up to the highest level for the Prix Saint-Alary back at Longchamp, she hacked up by three lengths and was strongly fancied to add a Classic to her record.
lA son of Frankel will be up for auction at Monday’s inaugural Goffs London Sale in association with Qipco.
The colt will be the first offspring of the champion racehorse to come under the hammer and will be sold along with his dam, Crystal Gaze, who is also expecting a second foal by Frankel next year.
lJamie Moore has been banned for 17 days, five of which have been deferred for two months, for misuse of the whip by a disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority.
Moore broke the rules when riding While You Wait to win at Worcester on May 29 but the raceday stewards referred his ride to High Holborn as it was his fifth whip offence in the past six months.
The suspension will run from June 20 until July 9, on days on which jumps racing is scheduled to take place.
