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Trainer Form ProfileA P O’Brien

Trainer Form Profile

Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
VerdictStarting price

1st

8

(13)

20th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

2m 5f 143y

Class 2

18:10 Ascot

Illinois

9st 4lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Finished runner-up in last year's Gold Cup here (good to firm) and second again in the Goodwood version (2m, good), only narrowly failing to concede 14lb to Scandinavia; crystal clear claims on these favourable terms if returning to that level of form but he wasn't at his best when bidding for a second Ormonde at Chester and ran abysmally in the recent Coronation Cup when under the pump from a worryingly early stage (unwise to blame the rain-hit ground when he has soft-ground form); hard to dismiss but in equal measure he's hard to trust.

7/4F

2nd

11

(8)

20th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

1m 1f 212y

Class 2

17:35 Ascot

Amadeus Mozart

9st 2lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Won a 7f Curragh maiden last June in his only race as a 2yo; never dangerous in 1m2f Group 3 this May but useful form when second in small-field events over 1m2f/1m4f on starts either side (last time 7l behind Thursday's Listed second Endorsement); lightly raced but needs to show something new for a prominent finish on this handicap debut.

14/1

9th

1

(2)

20th Jun 2026

Soft

1m 4f 207y

16:33 Down Royal

New Zealand

9st 13lb

J: Jack Cleary

T: A P O’Brien

Narrow winner of a Curragh maiden last July; limitations exposed in stakes races, twice last year and in Listed events at Epsom and Navan this term; cheekpieces tried now; stable has won two of the last five editions of this race; unwise to rule out.

6/1

9th

1

(6)

20th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 0y

Class 1

16:20 Ascot

Dorset

9st 6lb

J: Wayne Lordan

T: A P O’Brien

Capped a productive 2yo campaign by winning the valuable Goffs Million at the Curragh and a Group 3 at Leopardstown, both on softish ground (unraced on firmer than good); no better than seventh this year, facing a stiff task in the French 2,000 Guineas on latest; penalised and needs a personal best.

66/1

4th

6

(3)

20th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

1m 3f 211y

Class 1

15:05 Ascot

Jan Brueghel

9st 3lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: A P O’Brien

Dual Group 1 winner who has a record of 6-9 overall and had a mitigating factor (set an unsuitably steady pace) in his 2025 King George defeat in sole C&D attempt; played a distant second fiddle last time when bidding for a Coronation Cup double at Epsom but nothing behind the winner showed their form in the rain-soaked conditions; the peak form he showed when beating Calandagan 12 months earlier gives him a big chance in this field.

6/1