Aidan O’Brien’s gamble to end hoodoo with City Of Troy gets lost in Californian dirt
City Of Troy and Rachel Richardson at morning exercise ahead of The Breeders Cup Classic at Del Mar. Pic: Healy Racing
The most predictable line in the aftermath of the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday was the one where Aidan O’Brien blamed himself for City Of Troy’s failure to run to form – or, let’s face it, to run any kind of race at all – in the meeting’s showpiece event.
“He lost it at the start and obviously I didn’t have him prepared to come out quick enough,” O’Brien said. “We thought we did, but we didn’t. He missed it and left Ryan [Moore] with no chance, really.”
