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YEATS MAY have trailed home last in Saturday’s Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh but the legendary stayer could still attempt to end his career in style at November’s Breeders’ Cup in Los Angeles. Aidan O’Brien gave the four-time Ascot Gold Cup winner a clean bill of health yesterday and put down Yeats’ lacklustre display to the testing ground.

There had been initial speculation after Saturday’s race that the eight-year-old’s career may be drawing to a close. “You don’t get to be around for as long as Yeats has unless you learn to look after yourself,” O’Brien said. “That was bad tacky ground on Saturday and he didn’t like it at all.”