O'Brien star Yeats over stiffness scare

Aidan O'Brien today issued an upbeat bulletin on his Vodafone Derby favourite Yeats.

Aidan O'Brien today issued an upbeat bulletin on his Vodafone Derby favourite Yeats.

The Ballydoyle trainer yesterday revealed that the son of Sadler's Wells had been stiff following a routine piece of work on Friday.

But speaking from the Curragh this afternoon he said: "There is nothing to be worried about and I was happier with him today than I was yesterday.

"If it had been any other of my horses I wouldn't have said anything, but it was the fact he is the Derby favourite, so we thought it only fair to let everybody know.

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"He'll probably do his final piece of work towards the end of this week and his plans haven't been changed at all."

O'Brien also had news of One Cool Cat, who was forced to miss the Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas after picking up a low-grade infection.

"He didn't scope clear on Thursday morning so we put him on a course of antibiotics," he said. "Hopefully he will appear at Royal Ascot."