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Aidan O’Brien to pursue international riches with City Of Troy and Auguste Rodin

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Aidan O’Brien to pursue international riches with City Of Troy and Auguste Rodin

City Of Troy, due to run in Saturday’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes, could tackle the Breeders’ Cup Classic and Auguste Rodin the Japan Cup, both worth over £4m, at the end of the year

City Of Troy (left) and Auguste Rodin: have major international objectives(AFP via Getty Images)

Aidan O’Brien is eyeing a tilt at two of the world’s richest races that not even he has managed to land with his two Epsom Derby winners..

The master trainer, who has no peers, landed his 400th Group 1 victory on the Flat during another dominant week at Royal Ascot.




He has captured prizes all over the world but among those to have eluded him are the Breeders’ Cup Classic in the US and the Japan Cup.

O’Brien came close to winning the Classic, which is run on dirt, when Giant’s Causeway was denied by Tiznow in 2000.

In the brilliant City Of Troy, a son of US Triple Crown winner Justify, he finally has a contender who is bred to excel on US dirt.

And Auguste Rodin has a compelling connection to Japan as he is a son of Deep Impact, who became a superstar in his home country where he won the Japan Cup in 2006.

The Classic and Turf, which he won last year, have been mentioned among Auguste Rodin’s 2024 options.

After winning the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot he is now being prepared for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot

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