Royal Ascot: Aidan O’Brien 2024 steady tour options outdated favourites Kyprios, Auguste Rodin & Steady | Racing Information

Aidan O’Brien, the 12-time high coach at Royal Ascot, has saddled a file 85 winners on the large assembly and is ready for extra glory in Berkshire in 2024.

Since being appointed because the coach within the historic Ballydoyle advanced in 1996 on the age of simply 26, he has damaged each file price breaking and received each race price profitable in Europe and past.

Royal Ascot has at all times been a spotlight level for O’Brien, and it’s a assembly that he has loved a large amount of success at.

Certainly, he overtook Sir Michael Stoute as essentially the most profitable coach within the lengthy historical past of the assembly final yr together with his file now standing at 85 winners. In addition to that, O’Brien has been topped the main coach on the assembly on a minimum of 12 events.

Aidan sat down with Kevin Blake of attheraces.com to debate those who can provide him extra glory at Royal Ascot in 2024.

Auguste Rodin

He is in nice order and he has been educated for the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes. We have been blissful together with his run within the Tattersalls Gold Cup. The hope going into it was that he’d win, however the rain despatched the bottom in a path that wasn’t superb for him. He additionally simply had slightly wobble when he acquired pushed out on the house flip which interrupted his rhythm for a couple of strides. Despite the fact that he was crushed, the run was at all times going to convey him on. Royal Ascot has been an enormous a part of the plan with him, and we could not be happier with the place he’s on the minute. We would not need rain for him and would a lot want quicker floor.

Steady

The plan is for him to run within the Hardwicke Stakes. We’re blissful to ship him there with out a run as we did not really feel there was an acceptable lead-in race for him. He is been away for 2 works, and he appears in good type. He ran nice the final time we noticed him on the monitor within the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. We thought afterwards that possibly we rode him too quietly and that he would have run higher with a extra optimistic experience. We predict there’s extra to return from him and hopefully he could make a powerful begin to his season at Royal Ascot.

Kyprios

He’s bang on course for the Gold Cup. He has hit each marker we have set for him this season and it has all gone very easily. He is by no means more likely to be the sort to stretch away and after what occurred in France, the place he veered left after hitting the entrance, we’re by no means in a rush to ship him to the entrance. We’d at all times ideally prefer to get him a lead for so long as doable. After all of the difficulties he confronted final season, we’re excited to see him again within the Gold Cup.

Diego Velazquez

It is not locked in but, however on the minute it appears to be like like he might go for the Hampton Court docket Stakes on the Thursday. We’re inclined to forgive his run within the Prix du Jockey Membership final time. He had a large draw and Ryan wasn’t proud of the slot he ended up in from on the market in what was a messy race. We predict he’ll depart that run behind him and the Hampton Court docket appears to be like a pleasant spot for him.

Henry Longfellow

Henry Longfellow will go for the St James’s Palace Stakes. His final run within the Poule d’Essai des Poulains was a little bit of a large number. He acquired trapped again within the discipline in a slowly-run race and each time he tried to return out somebody lower the top off him. It was a little bit of a non-event, however he did not have a tough race in consequence, and he appears to have come ahead from it. We predict he’ll carry out an terrible lot higher at Royal Ascot. If the rain comes, that’ll be nice for him.

Opera Singer

We’re actually wanting ahead to seeing her within the Coronation Stakes. She had a hold-up earlier this yr and we felt we needed to run her within the Irish 1,000 Guineas if she was going to make it to Royal Ascot. She hadn’t been away for a piece and actually, we did not count on her to run in addition to she did on the Curragh as we did not suppose she had practically sufficient work achieved. It says loads about how a lot class and talent she has that she ran so effectively. She appears to be like to have come ahead at house simply as we hoped she would since then and he or she’s one to sit up for.

River Tiber

The plan is to run him within the Jersey Stakes. He ran very effectively within the Irish 2,000 Guineas and in equity, you could not say he did not get the mile, however he does present lots of tempo and we really feel the Jersey Stakes is a pleasant spot for him. We’ll be taught extra about him there, nevertheless it would not be in any respect out of the query that he might return as much as a mile after the Jersey. We’ll be guided by what we see from him there. He is a horse we have at all times held in excessive regard and we’ll wanting ahead to him.

Two-year-olds…

Bedtime Story – The plan is to run her within the Chesham Stakes. We have been delighted along with her efficiency at Leopardstown. We did not actually got down to try to pressure any of those two-year-olds into attending to the Chesham, we simply let it occur if it occurred. She put her hand up for the job at Leopardstown and seemed an aesthetic filly.

Camille Pissarro – The plan is for him to run within the Coventry Stakes. Now we have thought for fairly a while that he’s a Coventry horse. He works like an excellent horse. He was simply inexperienced within the Marble Hill final time. Ryan felt he was very babyish and would come ahead bit once more. We’re wanting ahead to him.

Celtic Chieftain – I would say he is more likely to run within the Windsor Citadel Stakes. He was able to run early, however he had slightly hold-up that delayed him. We have been delighted with what he did at Navan, and it was nice to see him beat a horse in Crimson Evolution that had such run below his belt. He was loads inexperienced when he hit the entrance. He ought to sharpen up and are available on loads from that.

Simple Mover – I do not suppose she’ll run as it would come slightly bit quickly for her after solely profitable on Friday. If she was going to run, it might be the Albany Stakes, however I would say greater than seemingly she’ll watch for the Airlie Stud Stakes on the Curragh on the finish of the month.

Fairy Godmother – She’ll go for the Albany Stakes. She has at all times labored like a very good filly. We could not see her being crushed on her debut at Naas, however when she acquired there to problem, she began wanting in every single place and was crushed. So, for her second begin we set out with the intention of driving her a lot quieter and instructing her as a lot as we might. She quickened up very well from off the tempo to win narrowly and for us she might be rated a good bit higher than the naked type. She appears to have come ahead once more and is a very pretty prospect.

Heavens Gate – We’re aiming her on the Queen Mary Stakes. It is a risk that she may discover that check slightly bit sharp for her, however we have now to separate them up and we hope she may get away with it as she had good tempo. I might see her operating over seven furlongs later within the season.

Treasure Isle – He is one for the Windsor Citadel Stakes. He knuckled down effectively when profitable at Naas final time and we expect he is come ahead from that. He has loads of tempo and may take pleasure in Ascot.

Tunbridge Wells – He is one other one which is not a sure runner at Royal Ascot. If he goes, it will be within the Coventry Stakes. If he does not go, he’ll be one for the Railway Stakes. He galloped by way of the road very effectively on the Curragh and appears a pleasant prospect.

Whistlejacket – He is the one for the Norfolk Stakes. We thought he could not be crushed on his debut, and he ran nice, however he ran into what seemed a very good horse in Cowardofthecounty. He had no downside dropping again in journey for the First Flier Stakes and was spectacular there. The shape has labored out effectively since then. His full-brother Little Large Bear was crushed on debut and went on to win the Windsor Citadel Stakes at Royal Ascot and we expect this fella will go there with an enormous probability.