O’Brien feels Darkness Falls has Triple Crown potential

EXCITING PROSPECT: Darkness Falls powers to victory in the inaugural running of the Group 1 Golden Fleece Stakes at Leopardstown last Saturday. Picture: Healy Racing

Aidan O’Brien believes his impressive Irish Champions Festival winner Darkness Falls could potentially be his first realistic Triple Crown contender since Camelot.

Camelot was famously denied becoming the first horse since Nijinsky in 1970 to win the 2000 Guineas, Derby, and St Leger in the final leg by Encke in 2012.