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Wed 09 Sep 2009O'Brien ready to let Rip
HORSE RACING:AIDAN O’BRIEN is gathering the might of his Ballydoyle stable for a concentrated attack on the world’s major Group One prizes over the two next two months, beginning with Rip Van Winkle in Saturday’s QEII at Ascot.
The Sussex Stakes winner is already an even money ante-post favourite for the mile highlight but O’Brien is thinking even further ahead and confirmed yesterday that Santa Anita’s Breeders’ Cup Classic is an end-of-season target for Rip Van Winkle.
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