Aidan O'Brien plotting separate Classic routes for star juveniles

City Of Troy is best-priced evens favourite for the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and while bookmakers rate stablemate Henry Longfellow as his biggest threat, he could instead head to the French equivalent 

City Of Troy cruises to victory in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmasrket in October. Picture: Healy Racing

Aidan O'Brien has confirmed his intention to split his Classic aces next spring, with Henry Longfellow unlikely to take on his esteemed stablemate City of Troy in the Qipco 2000 Guineas.

While Henry Longfellow has done nothing wrong in winning each of his three juvenile starts, it was City Of Troy for whom O'Brien reserved the highest praise, stating after his Dewhurst success at Newmarket in October: "He is the best two-year-old we've trained, there's no doubt."