Australia faces six Champion rivals

Australia is one of seven runners as he goes for his fourth successive Group One win of the season in the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Aidan O’Brien’s top-class three-year-old will be taken on again by The Grey Gatsby, who chased him home two lengths down in second place on the Knavesmire.

The Prix du Jockey Club winner was added to the Irish Champion field at the supplementary stage by his trainer Kevin Ryan.