Aidan O’Brien admits Gleneagles ‘worry’

Aidan O’Brien has his fingers firmly crossed the weather will be kind enough to allow Gleneagles to run in the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown next month.

The Ballydoyle trainer has already pulled the dual 2000 Guineas hero out of three races because of unsuitable ground, the latest being the Juddmonte International, since he won the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot in June.

O’Brien is now preparing to step Gleneagles up to a mile and quarter if conditions are agreeable.