O’Brien confident Dick Whittington can handle longer trip

Aidan O’Brien believes that Dick Whittington’s victory in the Phoenix Stakes offered plenty of encouragement that he will stay further than six furlongs.

In his six runs to date, he has only tackled one race in excess of six furlongs when he finished third to Richard Pankhurst in the Chesham at Royal Ascot.

O’Brien feels he had a viable excuse that day, though, and he may be tempted by his entry in the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes over seven furlongs than the more than the Vision.ae Middle Park Stakes over six.