Cliffs Of Moher (2.25), who runs in the Dee Stakes at Chester, could emerge as Aidan O’Brien’s leading candidate for the Derby
Chester owes Aidan O’Brien. It is a wonderful track in a beautiful and historic city and will never struggle to pull in a crowd, but you can only wonder what might have become of the Classic trials at its May Festival without O’Brien’s unstinting support over the last few years.
O’Brien said on Thursday that he feels young, inexperienced three-year-olds can do a great deal of learning in a single spin around the Roodee, and he sends a colt of immense promise to the Dee Stakes, a venerable race that has now slipped to Listed level but, with O’Brien’s help, might yet return to its former status as a Group 3.
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