The show goes on….
The ante-post betting for the first Classic of the year was thrown into turmoil when it emerged that the two colts had been removed in error, and that O’Brien was trying to get them reinstated.
That outcome seems unlikely, but he confirmed that the option to supplement them at a cost of £30,000 each would be exercised if need be, adding that it remains the plan to aim Albert Einstein at the Newmarket race despite his Curragh defeat at the weekend.
“I don’t think the BHA will allow them back in, so we’ll supplement them come the time if that’s what the lads decide to do,” he said.
“What has happened won’t affect what we’ll be doing. They will stay on their programmes. At the moment, it looks like we’re going to train Albert for the Guineas, and that has also been the plan for Gstaad. I’d imagine the lads will supplement them if we decide that’s the thing to do.”
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