No reason to oppose Australia in Champion Stakes

There is no logical reason to oppose Australia in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown this evening and anything less than a reasonably comfortable success for Aidan O’Brien’s colt will be a surprise.

Basically, he has done just about everything asked of him thus far by the Ballydoyle maestro and was especially impressive on his latest appearance when landing the Juddmonte International at York last month.

The son of Galileo, who wasn’t overly convincing in winning the Irish Derby at the Curragh previously, revealed his true colours on this occasion.