Racing: Kieren Fallon is looking forward to getting back on board crack stayer Yeats in the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh tomorrow.
The six-times champion watched from the sidelines as Mick Kinane did the steering when the five-year-old coasted to success in the Goodwood Cup on his last start.
However, back in his native Ireland, Fallon regains the ride and is confident Yeats can build on his Ascot Gold Cup win and add another Group One to his record before a possible tilt at the Melbourne Cup.
"I'm looking forward to getting back on him," he said. "He's a horse who's done nothing wrong all his life, all he's done is please us. His successes this year have been great.
"He won the Coronation Cup over a mile and a half last year, he's won over further this year so I don't think the trip will be a problem and he's a horse that goes on any ground - I'm quietly confident.
"He won easy at Goodwood last time and the second horse (Geordieland) has franked the form by running well in the Ebor with a big weight," he told At The Races.
Yeats was fourth, beaten less than two lengths by Collier Hill, in last year's renewal of the all-aged Classic, with Fallon blaming himself for the defeat.
"I didn't have my finest hour in the Leger last year, he should have won the race but we got squeezed up and I couldn't make my run when I wanted to. He hardly came off the bridle," he said.
"He's a better horse this year I think. It's not the best Leger that's ever been run, so we've got a great chance."
Yeats has been well backed in Australia for the Melbourne Cup, and William Hill were forced to cut him to 7-1 from 8-1 even though he is set to carry top weight.
Asked whether he was the type of horse for 'the race that stops a nation', Fallon added: "He's a horse that travels and you can see what he's done over various distances on all types of ground, so I don't think anything would be a problem for this horse."